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On March 30, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat traced that history in a lecture sponsored by the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. 

This year’s Constitution Day debate on Saturday, Sept. 17, will feature two nationally respected figures, debating two major cases before the Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students For Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.

Colgate’s interdisciplinary experts in authoritarianism and the postsocialist regions of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia have collaborated to educate students and the greater public about the crisis in Ukraine and to raise awareness about organizations providing relief for refugees of the conflict.

In this episode of 13, the codirectors of the Colgate Center for Freedom and Western Civilization discuss the genesis of the group, its mission, and past speakers that they have brought to campus.

The Center for Freedom and Western Civilization sponsored a Constitution Day Debate, “Big Tech and Liberal Democracy: Freedom and Responsibility in the Digital Age,” on Friday, Sept. 17.

A Constitution Day debate at Colgate brought together two prominent voices on the subject of Roe v. Wade to engage in a lively debate of the landmark ruling.

Political science and peace and conflict studies double major Chris Burke ’21, from Wellesley, Mass. describes his research in Prague as a Stone Fellow with the Center for Freedom and Civilization. 

The author of "The Coddling of the American Mind" answers the question "Are young people today being harmed by well-intentioned parents and teachers who are trying to protect them from adversity and difficult ideas?"