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Sarah Backer
  • Government
  • Class of 2021
  • New York, NY

Sarah Backer Honored for First-Year Seminar Essay Writing

2018 Mar 6

On Feb. 27, Sarah Backer was a winner in the Endeavor Foundation First-Year Seminar Essay Contest. Winners received $200 awards and a book, selected by their course instructor.

Her essay titled, “Rethinking Evil: Rhetorical Power of ‘Evil’ and the Importance of Framing” was written for the seminar, PHIL 219, Evil, Responsibility, and Forgiveness.

The First-Year Seminars are writing intensive courses that introduce students to a variety of topics and writing associated with various disciplines. Students learn the methods used to collect, interpret, analyze and present evidence as part of a scholarly argument. Faculty teaching these classes highlight the type of writing associated with their respective disciplines, and help students develop, compose, organize and revise their writing.