Center for the Study of Local Issues
Student Club

Campus Debates

The Club may want to occasionally sponsor campus debates on controversial issues of our day: the war in Iraq, gay marriage, horse centers on the US Navy Dairy farm, funding for higher education, solutions for transportation woes...

Such debates could feature students or invited speakers.  What is important is that students participate in the organization and conduct of these events in a meaningful manner. This might include actual student participation as debaters, investigating who would be appropriate debaters among invited guests, advertising the event, preparing materials and structuring the debate itself.

Such debates could be open to the entire campus community or might be targeted especially for certain audiences such as students in certain classes or fields.