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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,2011 • HILLTOP VIEWS
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Students cautious about wildfires, evacuate homes in Bastrop
Ethics and Leadership Center
hosts discussions, debate
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words may be far apart in
the dictionary, but they are
closely related in that they
are the values held by the St.
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for Ethics and Leadership.
The purpose of the Center
for Ethics and Leadership
is to uphold leadership and
ethics beyond the organiza-
tions on campus by reaching
out to the surrounding com-
munity. This year, the Center
for Ethics and Leadership is
hosting numerous interactive
events to get students and
staff involved in ongoing de-
bates about world issues.
The first event this semes-
ter is a Fusion Discussion
Group. Seven of these dis-
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ACE Fellows program, which
selects interns seeking to be
trained in administration,
cussions will occur through- Frohardt will also share
out the year, each debating with students and faculty his
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two-and-a-half-year-old
daughter packed their most
important and practical pos-
sessions in the half hour that
they were given and left their
home at 8 p.m. on Sept. 11.
Around 1 a.m., residents
were told that they could
get a lot of sleep,” she said.
The Texas wildfires remain
a threat to Bastrop County
as well as all of Texas. Out of
254 Texas counties, 250 have
reported burn bans, according
to the Texas Forest Service.
Those four counties that have
not reported burn bans reside
along the Gulf Coast, making
return to their homes. On
Sept. 12, however, high
moving winds were deter-
mined to be an increased
fire danger, and Connolly
and her family were required
to evacuate a second time.
“I was just trying to stay
calm for Marley, my daugh-
ter. I don’t think she re-
such as social security cards,
passports and photo albums.
By the time Connolly and
her family were able to return
home, the fires were 80 per-
cent contained. The morn-
ing of Sept. 13, Connolly
returned home and was able
to attend classes.
“It was rough because I didn’t
brain. Russell Frohardt, as-
sociate professor and chair of
the psychology department
at St. Edward’s, led the dis-
cussion group.
“Dr. Frohardt did a won-
derful job of moderating the
discussion and by giving the
diverse group of attendees
more technical understand-
ing of neuroscience as it re-
lates to the article,” said Kate
Rosati, the administrative
coordinator of the Center for
Ethics and Leadership.
Taking a break from the dis-
cussions is American Council
on Education (ACE) on the
Hill, an event co-sponsored
by the Center for Teaching
Excellence along with the
Center for Ethics and Lead-
ership. Frohardt will host the
event and discuss his experi-
ences this past year with the
them less threatened by fires.
Downtown Bastrop appears
untouched by the fires. How-
ever, immediate surrounding
areas such as Tahitian Village
and McAllister Road neigh-
borhoods are dotted with
ruined or damaged homes,
disaster relief stations, and
signs that read “street closed.”
ally understood what was
going on,” Connolly said.
“She asked me if they were
roasting marshmallows."
During the second evacua-
tion, Connolly and her fam-
ily were given more time
to pack and evacuate their
home and thus were able to
gather important documents,
works by different authors experiences acting as a men-
who discuss societal issues. tor. At the end, a discussion
This first Fusion Discus- will be opened to debate the
sion Group debated “Rule ethical challenges for train-
Breaker: When it comes to ing people for administra-
morality, the philosopher Pa- tive positions along with the
tricia Churchland refuses to challenges faced by higher
stand on principle” by Chris- education.
topher Shea. The article pos- Ethical challenges are also
es many questions brought evident in places other than
about by the philosopher philosophy and education,
and neuroscientist Patricia They can be found in intel-
S. Churchland, who ques- lectual property laws. Mark
tions not only the origins of Bradley Wilson, a partner at
human values, but also how The International Law Firm
they attach themselves to the of Fulbright and Jaworski,
will hold an event discussing
the challenges of intellectual
property laws. Wilson will be
addressing the many ethical
challenges found in intellec-
tual property law, focusing
on patent, prosecution and
enforcement.
The fifth annual Passion
and Civility Debate Tourna-
ment is set to take place in
2012. For this annual event,
Campus Ministry will be
partnering with the Center
for Ethics and Leadership
to hold a debate tournament
for students. The debates
will cover numerous current
events as well as political hot
topics for those with prior
debate experience or prepa-
ration prior to the event.
A past winner, senior Ma-
rett Hanes, said she kept up
with current events before
the tournament.
“Other than that, I didn’t
do any preparation because
you have no idea what you
will be debating until you get
in the room and you have five
minutes to prepare,” Hanes
said.
For more information re-
garding the event schedule
for the Center for Ethics and
Leadership visit their website
http://think.stedwards.edu/
ethics.
Claire Ricke
cricke@stedwards. edu
Ethics can be defined as
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[connect] outward to the
rest of the world and get the
information and knowledge
that they need in order to do
the kind of research that we
hope for at every academic
institution of higher educa-
tion,” Martin said.
The Library Learning
Commons will house the
Writing Center, a technolo-
gy center, group and private
study spaces and a global
classroom to allow students
to connect to other parts of
the world as a part of the
global initiative.
Some of the collections in
the Scarborough-Phillips
Library will be moved into
the new library. Martin said
that the Scarborough-Phil-
lips Library will still exist
after the new library is built
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SU“We have [the plans for Tom Mitchell, the new dean Alumni Gym which are
the library] all laid out and of the School of the Natu- funded by a $1.7 million
we expect to get it all done,” ral Sciences, will tackle is to gift by University Federal
Martin said. “I think it will figure out what to do with Credit Union, wil incude
be just a magnificent addi- the unused spaces in the air conditioning and new
tion to the university and to proposed building. ore spaces.
the campus intellectual life.” "We are all extremely ex- The university plans on
The addition to the sci- cited about the opportuni- demolishing Mang House
ence building will contain a ties this building is going to and constructing a new
new auditorium, which will give, and we are sort of like building in its place, and
be a shared space for the the five-year-old on Christ- the chapel interior will be
entire campus, according to mas when [they] start ask- reconstructed.
Martin ing to open presents in The hope is to have ex
“h will be a wonderful June," Mitchell said during tensive landscape grounds
place for lectures, for con- the meeting. “We are into which will be meditation
certs, quartets, quintets, et June trying to open the gift grounds possibilities for
cetera,” Martin said. that is that building." liturgical celebrations out-
One of the first projects The renovations to the side, Martin said.
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 2011, newspaper, September 21, 2011; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1523414/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.