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...hasn’t taken Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” but Rachael A. Wagner ’04 seems to instinctively understand what it’s all about. She says two things about her recently-won Rhodes Scholarship: “It’s all relative. Maybe I happen to be good at things that these Rhodes people arbitrarily chose to value,” and “Not everything we do is completely our own doing.” Rawls might agree with Wagner on both points—and such...
...intensive scholarship application process of senior year has helped Wagner to look at her own life more closely. “The most interesting thing about applying to the Marshall and Rhodes is that it forces you to sit down and draw out what your beliefs and value systems are,” she says. “Here, it is really easy to rush and do a ton of things in the day and have a great time.” In sitting down and reflecting on her life, this joint economics and social anthropology concentrator realized she wanted...
...Nyatta, receiving the Rhodes made both Kenyan—and family—history, as Nyatta’s recent scholarship marks the first time that siblings have both won the award...
Nyatta, an economics concentrator, described winning the scholarship as an honor, adding that he felt that there was also some responsibility attached to the Rhodes...
...interest in his native country, coupled with his interest in the arts, compelled him to apply for the scholarship, Nyatta said, noting that he “wanted to ask questions about [development and identity] in conversation with other students and at a place where I felt I would be challenged...