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Page 6» Thursday, April 21, 2005 NEWS ThePeriduii Essay contest advocates Thomas Jefferson principle! Ashley Feibish Ashley Feibish Editor in Chief Participants of the ninth annual Philip L. Carret “Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition” were honored at a reception and dinner in the Isabella Cannon Room in the Center for the Arts Wednesday night. The contest was established in 1997 after Carret, a 1917 gradu ate of Harvard, visited Elon in 1996 at- the age of 99. Carret endowed the annual essay com petition to “have students reflect on the ideals and principles embodied in Thomas Jefferson’s life and career,” according to a brochure containing the rules and history of the contest. Ian Henderson was awarded first place, which included a $1,000 cash award and an invita tion to Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello. “We feel honored to be part of the essay contest,” said Dan Jordan, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. “We’ve always enjoyed hosting the win ning student... Our hope is that it will enhance students’ knowledge Brittanie Schroyer/ Photographer Ian Henderson, Jess Keough and Zach Lauritzen placed first, second and third respeaively in the ninth annual Thomas Jefferson essay contest of Thomas Jefferson.” During the visit to Monticello, Henderson will meet with the scholars in residence and be rec ognized in a public program, Jordan said. “I’m very excited to visit Monticello again,” Henderson said. “It will be a different experience.” Henderson said he was inspired to enter the contest after develop ing an interest for the curriculum. “I think (the contest) adds to the academic ethos,” said Mark Albertson, registrar and assistant to the provost. “Written communi cation is very important. Anything that advances scholarship and enhances writing is for the better ment of the institution,” Jess Keough received the sec ond place award of $600 and Zach, Lauritzen earned third-place recognition and $400. Fifteen students submitted 1,500-word essays ,jg response to this year’s question, which read, “From the beginning of American experiment, Thomas Jefferson insisted upon the freedom of the press, confiding in 1786 to John Jay that ‘Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press.’ This same advocate of an unfettered press later took an apparently contradictory view of American newspapers. He went so ar as to label them ‘chimneys to carry off noxious vapors and smokes’ and, in 1804, even sug gested that state governments might claim an exclusive ‘right to control the freedom of the press'^’ And what role did he believe that he press should serve in a free and republican nation? What role did it pay in Jefferson’s own political experience?” Each fall, a committee meets to determine the question for the wntest. This year’s committee members included Clyde Ellis associate professor of history! arles Iron, assistant professor of history, Michael Carginan, assis- tant professor of history, David Copeland, associate professor of communications, Scott associate dean of the Love c o of Business, Richard University Chaplain, Midgette, associate provost Albertson. Albertson said in choosing^_^ question, the committee reviews past questions be ore mulating the newest ,, “(We keep it) relevant to dis ■ sion in the academic 'VO Albertson said. A separate judging consisting of Copelan Irons, Carignan and ^ Makemson, assistant communications, selected ners after reading each The committees vary ^ each year, but often participate year art “I (completed) all of my f, education at the Universe Virginia,” said Irons, served on the committee al years. “Thomas ^ been a very real presence twelve years of my lif*^ Contact Ashley lum@elon.edu or 278- the 120 Klin Tanning for $20! and Tanningt Close Loc^ationl! Off Haggard, Across from Skids Biing your Phoenix Card for an extra discount! 336-584-3311 mm *" nousffig # com
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