Word: hansen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first heard of Drew Hansen when I was a sophomore in high school. I was a mere novice debater in the podunk town of Puyallup, Wash., but Drew was a big-city whiz tearing up the local championship debate circuit from up north. Everyone knew who Drew was -- the fastest mouth in the Northwest...
Celebrity followed Hansen to Harvard. Here everyone knows him, but for different reasons...
Still, others met him through Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Impact, where he took part in Bible studies and was part of the group's leadership team. Just last month, Hansen represented the group in an Emerson Hall debate, defending the proposition that God does, in fact, exist...
Also through HRCI, Hansen Coordinated Faith And Service together (FAST), the group's arm for social justice...
...While Hansen's public service in various forms may be why so many people know him, they don't always realize the motivation for his service. Like Phillips Brooks, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston a Century ago, Hansen's commitment to social justice grows from deeply held convictions about the nature of love for one's fellow human beings...