In the light of disturbing events that have taken place in recent days, this cafe event is very relevant to current affairs and events that are transpiring around the world. Given recent increases in expression of xenophobia, the topic of Syrian refugees is one that is likely being discussed by members of many governments as I type this review. Specifically, in my home state of Illinois, there has been a statement from the governor stating plans to prohibit the influx of refugees at this time; however, aldermen of the city of Chicago have stated that they are still willing to accept any refugee. The support of refugees from some government officials has created a feeling of security for some Muslim citizens and for incoming refugees. This secure feeling and support is already tearing down the wall of fear and discomfort between Muslim and non-Muslim people that a group of terrorists attempted to build last week. Unfortunately, this acceptance and comfort does not exist for all refugees. In Eastern Europe, there is an enormous influx of refugees. Certain governments have decided that they cannot physically handle such large numbers of refugees and have begun to shut down their borders. This is what the cafe series event focused on specifically. One of the most intriguing topics was the different models of human existence on Earth. There is the spaceship model, which says that Earth is a spaceship and humans can only use the resources available to the ship; the other model is the life raft model. This model explains the Earth as a life raft, and it can only support a certain number of people. If too many people are using the resources of the life raft, then the entire life raft will sink. While both are being used by certain individuals in power to defend their legislative decisions, it is difficult to concretely state that one of these is the correct approach when looking and humanity’s role on this planet.