What are your style staples? Lots and lots of neutral colors, and once in a while some minimal gold jewelry. Who is your fashion icon? Audrey Hepburn, Françoise Hardy, Megan Draper. Where do you like to shop for clothing? Madewell and Anthropologie, the best! Do you have a favorite item of clothing? I have a...
Author: Jordan Finney (Jordan Finney)
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Jane ‘Austenian’ Economics
Guest speaker Cecil Bohanon, an economics professor at Ball State University in Indiana, spoke to a group of about 40 students and several professors last night about the intersection of Jane Austen’s novels, particularly Sense and Sensibility, and Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments. The English Department and Praxis co-hosted the event, “Pride and Profit:...
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Poor House hosts historical show-and-tell
Hillsdale County Historical Society will host its annual “Show and Tell” event at the Will Carleton Poor House on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the Historical Society’s goal to host four general membership meetings each year. At last year’s event, about 25 people attended. The society welcomes interested community members...
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Q&A with Ball State University Professor of Economics Cecil Bohanon
How did you become interested in the philosophic work of Adam Smith and Jane Austen? “I had been at a Liberty Fund conference, read Theory of Moral Sentiments, and discussed it with some top notch scholars. Self command is an absolutely essential component to Theory of Moral Sentiments, which I taught a short course on....
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Junior Ben Block works with wildlife in Africa
At 4:30 a.m. each morning in the South African winter, junior biology major Ben Block left his Cape Town apartment carrying a backpack with basic work supplies: Water, a waterproof layer of clothing, a radio telemetry set, and a multitool to cut snares off trapped animals. For three to four months during his past two...