2015 ATLAS SHRUGGED ESSAY CONTEST
FIRST PLACE
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John Thorpe, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Tempe, AZ
SECOND PLACE
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Douglas Koch, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Linda Millett, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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Colten Steele, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
THIRD PLACE
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Joshua Hedtke, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Lauren Howes, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
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Gaetan Nkamegue, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Lara Taylor, Bruton School for Girls, Bruton, Great Britain
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Liam Thornback, Loyalist College, Belleville, ON, Canada
FINALIST
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Olivia Baquerizo, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
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Brittany Clarke, Liberty University Online, Lynchburg, VA
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Roshana Ghaedi, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Kara Heizelman, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
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Rachel Houldridge, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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Kyle Hutchinson, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Sonali Jindal, Mithibai College, Mumbai, India
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Starlene Justice, National University, San Diego, CA
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Winston Leech, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
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Angela Lofgren, Minot State University, Minot, ND
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Rachel Norris, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
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Anthony Pericolo, Westfield High School, Westfield, NJ
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Seema Rao, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
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Tracy Robinson, Homeschooled 12th Grade, Fort White, FL
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Stephen Rucker, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Roanoke, VA
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Isabel Salovaara, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain
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Sahar Shah, University of Bristol, Bristol, Great Britain
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Ashna Sharan, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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FINALIST (continued)
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Neil Snyder, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Simona Stancov, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
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Poornima Suresh, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
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Sara Tennant, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
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Brennan Terhune-Cotter, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
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Abhay Vora, Novi High School, Novi, MI
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Ethan Wilt, Penn State Law, University Park, PA
SEMIFINALIST
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Mohamed Ali, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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Nicole Anderson, University Of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
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Valentina Angelucci, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Emma Arbor, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
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London Bishop, Mount Saint Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH
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Colleen Bradley, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
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Larry Busk, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
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Victoria Cabales, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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Victoria Elizabeth Carden Campbell, BHQFU, New York, NY
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Luke Campopiano, California High School, San Ramon, CA
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Perla Castro, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Rachel Covey, South Bay Faith Academy, Redondo Beach, CA
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Amira Davis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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Reuben Dendinger, University of Maine, Orono, ME
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Erick Dodge, Cypress Ranch High School, Cypress, TX
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Catherine Dunn, Colby College, Waterville, ME
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Theresa Edwards, Austin Community College, Cedar Park, TX
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Fleur Ferdinand, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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David Galban, University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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Joe Gallagher, Hellenic American University, Manchester, NH
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Kelly Gatewood, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
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Charles Gillespie, Warren Wilson College: MFA Program for Writers, Swannanoa, NC
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Richa Gupta, International School Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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Jeff Hastings, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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SEMIFINALIST (continued)
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David Howe, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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May Huang, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Gareth Jones, St. Peter’s College, Wexford, Ireland
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Jessica Kolbe, Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas Camp, Manassas, VA
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Alyssa LaFever, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
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Brianna Larson, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Hannah Lawson, Loyalist College, Belleville, ON, Canada
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Celine Li, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Natalie McKemy, Cal State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
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John McLaughlin, Hunter College, New York, NY
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Jennifer Pierson, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Andrew Plebanek, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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Alexandra Rongione, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Caroline Rothrock, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Anusha S. Rao, English and Foreign Languages University, Telangana, India
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Ivan Sapp, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Priyanka Sheth, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, KY
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