The essay provides an opportunity for you to give the Honors Program Faculty Committee additional insight about you as a student, writer, and thinker. The essay should represent your best work; it should be proofread and free of typos, unsupported ideas, and clichés. We value essays that demonstrate creativity, innovation, curiosity, and/or passion.
In 500 words or less, please respond to ONE of these essay prompts. Please provide a word count at the end.
PROMPT #1: World Cup athletes and newscasters faced restrictions from the host country Qatar and this year’s contest has raised concerns about human rights and free expression. Some teams have made visible protests on the pitch before matches, and others have had to jettison their plans to make sociopolitical statements. If you had a global stage on which to take a political stand or make a protest, what would it be and how would you express it?