2006 National Champions - Patrick Henry College

TheVolume 6, Number 1of LibertyThe Newsletter of Patrick Henry College2006 National ChampionsSpring 2006In this issue ...■ National Champions■ PHC listed among topconservative colleges■ Teen Camps planned■ PHC in action■ From the presidentMoot Court team Defends National TitlePHC’s moot court team defended their2005 national title in competitionagainst 22 other colleges and universitiesin the 2006 American Collegiate MootCourt Association’s (ACMA) NationalMoot Court Tournament. Patrick Henryswept the January 21 and 22 tournamentwith first,second, andthird placewins—a feat notyet accomplishedby any othercollege inACMA history.Patrick HenryCollege also wonfirst place for thenational speakeraward and wasthe tournament’shighest rankedcollege in average speaker points.PHC President and moot courtcoach Mike Farris said of the victory, “It’samazing to see how God is working inthe lives of these students. He has giventhem tremendous talent in the art of(See National Champions, page 2)Patrick Henry’s moot court team with coach Mike Farris after winning the nationaltournament in Arlington, Texas.One Patrick Henry CirclePurcellville, Virginia 20132540.338.1776 • fax 540.338.8707info@phc.edu • www.phc.eduPHC Named Among Top Conservative Colleges in the CountryFor the second year in a row, Patrick HenryCollege has been named one of thetop ten conservative schools inthe country by the YoungAmerica’s Foundation.According to theFoundation, the ten collegeslisted offer an alternativeto the liberal dominance on the typicalAmerican college campus by encouragingstudents in the study of conservative ideasand the conservative movement.Criteria for appearing on the list is basedpartly on the amount of conservativethought included in the college’scoursework, specifically theinclusion of the principles ofsmaller government, strongnational defense, free enterprise,and traditional values. There isalso an emphasis on the study of WesternCivilization within the core curriculumand the avoidance of more obscure(See Top Colleges, page 2)

TheTrumpetofLibertyAnother Unique Summer Experience Planned for Teen CampsIn keeping with thegoal of raising upa new generation ofleaders who will leadour nation and shapeour culture, PatrickHenry College offersits sixth year of TeenLeadership Camps forhigh school students.Unlike the campsof canoe races andhorseback riding,Teen LeadershipCamps offer a look into the world of strategic intelligence,cutting edge journalism, and debate. This year,campers may also choose a camp to study Latin andanother to study the fundamentals of political theory.Teen Leadership Camp, 2006Topic Dates Cost Camp CoordinatorDebate June 11-24 $995 Ms. Rachel WilliamsJournalismJune 25-July 1Strategic Intelligence I July 9-15 $595$495 Dr. Les SillarsCol. Gordon Middleton(USAF, Ret.)Classics July 16-22 $495 Dr. David NoeFundamentals ofPolitical TheoryStrategic Intelligence II July 23-29 $595July 16-22 $495 Dr. Mark MitchellCol. Gordon Middleton(USAF, Ret.)Like thecollege experienceat PHC, thesummer campscombine theworlds of intellectwith practicalexperience, allwith a biblicalworldview. Thecamps alsoprovide highschoolers with anopportunity toexperience a bit of college life before being fully immersedin the world of higher education.For more information and to register, please visitwww.phc.edu/teencampsNational ChampionsContinued from Page 1argument and debate. These team members, like somany other PHC students, will soon be in the publicsquare able to defend the issues of the day with abiblical worldview.” Farris was assisted in coachingby Douglas McElvy, the president of the Alabama BarAssociation and the father of a team member.Of the eight PHC teams, seven made eliminationrounds. Two of the College’s teams faced off in thefinals, with PHC students Rachel Williams and BrianWright winning first place, and Zachary Gappa andBenjamin Mills winning second. Third and fifthplaces went to Lindsey See and Joey Piotrowicz andJonathan Knight and Shant Bojnahan, respectively.Peter Kamakawivoole tied for first place speakeraward in the nation, and Lindsey See received fourth.The tournament was held at the University of Texas inArlington.Moot court is a competition designed to simulateappellate court proceedings. Teams of two functionas co-counsels and stand before a panel of judges ina simulated courtroom setting to argue one side ofa legal matter. Then, in later rounds, the same teamstands before the same judges to defend the oppositeposition.Top CollegesContinued from Page 1topics that limit the student’s understanding of America’sfounding principles.In making its selection, the Foundation cited theexcellence of PHC’s academic offerings as well asthe effectivenessof the College’s Young America’s Foundationapprenticeship and Top 10 Conservative Collegesinternship programs.Hillsdale CollegeThe study alsohighlighted theGrove City Collegeoutstanding recordFranciscan Universityof PHC’s moot courtand debate teams, andIndiana Wesleyan Universitydrew special attention to Thomas Aquinas Collegethe innovative strategic College of the Ozarksintelligence program.The Young America’sLiberty UniversityFoundation is anPatrick Henry Collegeeducational organizationChristendom Collegethat promotes ideas ofindividual freedom, aHarding Universitystrong national defense,free enterprise, and traditional values to high school andcollege students throughout the country.The Trumpet of Liberty is published quarterly by Patrick Henry College and is distributed to alumni, parents, faculty, students, staff,and friends of the College. For subscription information, please visit www.phc.edu or call 1.888.338.1776. To honor your privacy,PHC does not rent, sell or in any way release its mailing list to third parties. Gifts to the College are tax deductible as allowed by law.Patrick Henry College is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Professor David Aikman Publishes 7th BookDavid Aikman, AssociateProfessor of History andWriter in Residence, haspublished his seventh book.Qi (pronounced CHEE) wasreleased last October and isthe first in a series of novelsby Aikman. The book tellsof the adventures of anAmerican journalist assignedto search for a missingAmerican businessman inSouth China. Within thedrama, Aikman reveals an interesting look into Chineseculture, history, and spirituality—including China’sChristian underground church.TheTrumpetofLibertyPatrick Henry College in ActionPHC Featured in Local News SpecialThe uniqueness of PatrickHenry College continues to bea topic of discussion throughoutthe media. The latest newsstory about the College appearedon Washington, D.C.’s ABCaffiliate in a prime time newsmagazine call Metropolitan Edition. The program was anhour-long news special modeled after other prime timenews programs such as 20/20, but focused on storiesin and about the D.C. metropolitan area. The creatorsof the PHC segment did an excellent job in portrayingthe College’s mission, vision, and accomplishments.Considering the size of the television audience in theWashington metropolitan area, the broadcast was aspecial blessing for PHC.Eden Troupe Students Perform MacBethPHC’s theatrical group, Eden Troupe, tackled one of its mostdifficult projects yet, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The play wasperformed last semester in Town Hall and included a large cast oftalented Patrick Henry students. Eden Troupe is one of several extracurricularprograms on campus in which students are able to expandtheir education experience outsidethe classroom.PHC sophomore JonathanBales as Macbeth (left) andEmily Thomson as LadyMacbeth (immediate right),along with the entire studentbody cast gave a stunningperformance in the EdenTroupe’s most ambitiousproduction yet. The theatricalgroup’s eighth productionincluded involved warscenes, ornate costumes andquality acting honorable toShakespeare’s masterpiece.Photos by PHC student Aaron Gray

As you may know by now,the PHC Board of Trusteeshas decided to make somesignificant new personnelchanges for Patrick HenryCollege—changes that I thinkare a very positive step forwardfor the College and its mission.The Board voted to changeMichael Farrismy title to Chancellor of PatrickHenry College. This means that a search committee ofthe trustees has been formed to find a new president forPHC.Normally a college of this size does not have both aPresident and a Chancellor. But normally a college of thissize is 100 years old and is not trying to grow by 400%over the next twenty years and build twenty or more newbuildings in this time frame. But in this and so manyother ways, PHC is not content with being a normalcollege.In our drive to become the leading evangelicalChristian college in the nation, I have essentially two tasksat the moment, both of which are overwhelming. I haveTheTrumpetofLibertyLetter from the Presidentthe task of building the College, and I have the duty torun the College. Truth be told, running the College istaking such an increasing share of my time that I have hadto put the task of building the College into a secondaryplace, resulting in lost opportunities to do the incrediblyimportant work of building PHC.This of course does not represent a change in thedirection of PHC in the slightest. Our mission remainsthe same. My duties as Chancellor will concentrate onfund-raising, board of trustee relations, media relations,public speaking, writing, and, of course, teachingconstitutional law and coaching our moot court team.It is an unbelievably big job to build a college fromscratch. I am very thankful that you stand with me in thisimportant effort.Thank you for the role you play in the success ofPatrick Henry College. I look forward to having theopportunity to get to know you better.Sincerely,Email Update DriveIn an effort to stay connectedwith friends and supportersof PHC through emailmessages, we are updatingthe PHC database. Willyou please take some time toprovide your email addressand any email subscriptionpreferences you may have byfilling our the enclosed replycard and returning it to us inthe enclosed return envelope?We would like to stay intouch with you each monththrough the PHC Prayer Alertsubscription, a monthly emailthat will keep you informedof the various prayer needsthroughout the College, andthrough the President’s EmailList, special announcements(usually 4 or 5 per year) fromMike Farris. You may subscribeto one or both subscriptions.Please remember that we donot share email addresses withany third party. We also donot intend to abuse this meansof communication by overburdening you with too manymessages. We simply want totake advantage of this quickand inexpensive way of sharinginformation with you and begood stewards by keeping thePHC database as updated aspossible. Thank you for yourhelp.My parents are missionaries in Mexico.If it weren’t for PHC’s financial aidprogram, I could not afford to attend here. I’mgrateful to all who give to the College, makingthis possible for me.Caleb QuezadaSophomore