OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN PHILOSOPHY 
        Congratulations to Derek Smith, recipient of the 2007-2008 "Outstanding Student Majoring in Philosophy" award. At the spring awards program he received a certificate of recognition and a cash award. Derek is a double major in Applied Philosophy and English (with a creative writing emphasis). He has plans for graduate school upon graduation.

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FACULTY NEWS

 

        Dr. Matt Stolick, Associate Professor of Philosophy, has finished a book titled Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens: A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use.  It will be published by Lexington Books, with a  projected release date of November 3, 2008. This interdisciplinary work that is sure to provoke spirited discussion depicts users of cannabis as inappropriate targets of legal retribution. Stolick explains why he thinks cannabis use is in itself neither moral nor immoral, and he argues that the criminalization of cannabis users is morally unjustified.
        Matt is also the new editor of BIO Quarterly, the newsletter of the Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO), of which he is also on the Board of Trustees.    




        Dr. Rich Smith, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program, has for a number of years served as one of the judges at the annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, which is a competition among teams that debate ethical issues raised by given case scenarios. His current research deals with the manner in which some of the great philosophers throughout history have died, with an attempt to show significant links between their thoughts and their lives.