Veritas Academy Senior Thesis Schedule 2014
Westminster Presbyterian Church
2151 Oregon Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
Tuesday, May 13th
| Date | Time | Student | Thesis Title | Location |
| May 13 | 6:00PM-6:55PM | Hannah Kline | The environment in American prisons undermines the genuine repentance and reform of the inmates. | Reformation room |
| May 13 | 6:00PM-6:55PM | Brent Hanson | Labor unions have outlived their usefulness and benefit to the American worker. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 13 | 7:00PM-7:55PM | Seth Spykstra | The human body is better designed for endurance running than that of any other species. | Reformation room |
| May 13 | 7:00PM-7:55PM | Jenna Strawbridge | Birth order affects how an individual interacts socially and therefore is a significant factor in the formation of personality. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 13 | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Sarah Knepley | Rather than representing a regression in modern medicine, the Civil War played an essential role in the development of the modern medical system. | Reformation room |
| May 13 | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Josh Graber | Our culture’s truncated view of education begets an inadequate conception of human flourishing. | Downstairs classroom |
Wednesday, May 14th
| Date | Time | Student | Thesis Title | Location |
| May 14 | 6:00 PM-6:55PM | Clayton Bender | Although genetic research gives us the capacity to modify our genetic code, it is unethical to alter our genes for therapeutic elective purposes. | Reformation room |
| May 14 | 6:00 PM-6:55PM | Kayla Duty | The U.S. method of organ donation, while inadequate, is superior to China’s method of organ donation. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 14 | 7:00PM-7:55PM | AJ Martin | Due to the nature of modern warfare, traditional just war theory can no longer be appropriately applied. | Reformation room |
| May 14 | 7:00PM-7:55PM | Matthew Sailer | In ancient Greek battles, those who did not understand history were doomed to repeat it. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 14 | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Dana Droz | Playing board games is valuable not only for entertainment but also as a catalyst for developing social skills, decision making, and general knowledge. | Reformation room |
| May 14 | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Shawn Kessler | It is not incompatible to be a virtuous Christian and an obedient infantry soldier. | Downstairs classroom |
Thursday, May 15th
| Date | Time | Student | Thesis Title | Location |
| May 15th | 6:00 PM-6:55 PM | Carrie Martin | Our culture’s preoccupation with originality diverts the focus of the arts away from beauty towards the artist. | Reformation room |
| May 15th | 6:00 PM-6:55PM | Michaela Ploutz | Contemporary fiction’s humanization of Demonic creatures reveals a lack of understanding in our culture about genuine romantic love as it pertains to women. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 15th | 7:00PM-7:55PM | Connie Miller | Myth is necessary for both the development and retention of virtue in a healthy civilization. | Reformation room |
| May 15th | 7:00PM-7:55PM | Sterling Wells | In order to facilitate cognitive development, social interaction, and character growth, schools need chess in K-12 education. | Downstairs classroom |
| May 15th | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Carissa Heine | A whole-food, plant-based diet is consistently more effective than conventional drugs and surgery in treating, healing and preventing cancer and heart disease. | Reformation room |
| May 15th | 8:00PM-8:55PM | Kai Shimp | The South was justified in entering the Civil War because it’s cause was constitutionally valid and because it’s rights as states had been violated by the union. | Downstairs classroom |
