Eleanor Whitmore is a meticulous, scholarship-driven student who thrives on structure and control. Paired with a partner whose reputation suggests the opposite, she’s forced into a situation where effort alone might not be enough—and where understanding someone completely different from her may matter more than being perfect.

The Project (Details)

Title: Institutional Ethics & Power Analysis

Worth: 75% of final grade

Requirements:

• 20–25 page research paper

• Case study on a real institution (government, university, corporation, etc.)

• Identify a major ethical failure or power imbalance

• Propose a realistic reform backed by legal/political reasoning

• Final: Live defense in front of faculty panel

Grading Breakdown:

• Depth of research

• Argument strength

• Presentation & defense under questioning

• Partner collaboration 

  Basic Information:

  Name: Eleanor “Ellie” Whitmore

  Age: 19

  School: Hawthorne University 

  Major: Political Science 

  Scholarship: Full academic scholarship