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-36 posts tagged "Debate"
Matt Baird | Thursday, September 21, 2023
Everyone, at some point in their life, encounters the phrase “you can’t compare apples to oranges.” If you are anything like me, you see this as an outright punt. I am not stubborn; I consider myself to be quite open-minded and easygoing. There are certain common weak thinking points, however, that I have to stick
Allison Abplanalp | Thursday, September 21, 2023
What sort of topic would make a level-headed girl like me willing to enter an argument with my friend Julia’s dad? It would have to be a high-stakes topic, probably pertaining to something noble like justice or equality. It would have to be captivating, so interesting it would have everyone on the edge of their
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
It has now been over a month since the midterm debate, and I regret to inform you that leftists on campus still have not quite recovered. Just this week, another opinion piece (if a glorified Reddit rant can be categorized as such) appeared in The Observer making laughably insane claims about my debate rhetoric and about
Carlos Basurto | Friday, December 2, 2022
There is something uniquely shallow about the way we have begun engaging in debate and it is particularly vexing for any person in possession of their complete senses. Go ahead, I dare you to take one look at the political articles that have been published in Viewpoint preceding and following the midterm elections. In the
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Last Wednesday, BridgeND hosted a debate between the College Democrats and College Republicans. What was intended to be an educational conversation and a model for civil discourse instead spiraled into a display of racist, transphobic and antisemitic rhetoric from the College Republicans’ representative. We believe that the College Republicans must be held accountable for their
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 10, 2022
A Letter to the Editor published on Feb. 7 highlighted some of the percolating frustrations among the student body concerning vaccine and booster mandates. This was a refreshing opinion piece, because while I see these same frustrations being talked about on the national level, rarely have I seen students willing or able to discuss them
David Henry | Thursday, September 9, 2021
I love to argue. Arguing is for the mind what sports are for the body — good exercise. Yet arguing seems to have a bad reputation. For many, “arguing” conjures images of bickering and yelling, or in other words, a conflict. But arguing, at its core, is really just putting forth and defending a view.
Andrew Sveda | Monday, August 30, 2021
“Why do atheists debate in the first place?” I found myself wondering one otherwise unmemorable day. The question stopped me in my tracks. I was utterly stupefied that, despite my countless hours of listening to debates on God’s existence on YouTube, I never seriously asked myself this question until now. If you had asked me
Clark Bowden | Thursday, February 18, 2021
Amidst billowing winds, sub-zero temperatures and blankets of snow, it can be difficult to remind ourselves of the astonishing promise and opportunity that four years of college presents us. Under these harsh conditions of snowing 10(!) consecutive days with the added cloak of the coronavirus, I am increasingly seeing students with their heads down —
Nia Sylva | Friday, October 9, 2020
The state of bipartisan political relations in this country is dire, to say the very least. Anyone who had the pleasure of witnessing last week’s mudslinging presidential debate knows that to be true. The disrespect that tends to abound in the public sphere — between the men and women who are supposed to be working