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Resolution: The United States Should Maintain Current Levels of Immigration.

Deadline to Register: Wednesday, September 18 at Midnight

Debate: Wednesday, October 2nd

CMC Student Debate: The United States Should Maintain Current Levels of Immigration — 6:00 – 7:30 PM on October 2, 2024

CMC Student Debate: Should All Drugs Be Legalized?  —  October 12, 2023

Affirmative Team: Tanzila Jamal ‘26 & Elizabeth Barry ‘26 

Negative Team: Eliza Gunter ‘27 & Viviana Alvarez de la Cadena Garza ‘27

Resolution: This House Should Legalize All Drugs in the United States  —  October 18, 2023

Debaters: Nick Gillespie and Kevin Sabet

Moderator: Aditya Pai ’13

Systemic Racism: its Uses, Limits, and Critiques  —  October 26, 2023

Moderator: Michael Fortner

Panelists: Jared Clemons, John Wood, Jr., and Briana Toole

Dreier Roundtable Op-ed Contest — Fall 2023

First place

Aina Yukawa ’27 — Biden’s ‘Smart’ Border is Not Humane nor Effective

Second place (tie)

Kenya Nuñez ’24 — Media’s Blind Spot: Overlooking U.S. Complicity in Forced Latin American Migration

Claire Moore ’26 — Let’s remember why Ukraine is fighting: Why the EU should not rush membership and accession for Ukraine

Third place 

Pieter van Wingerden ’24 — Why We Need a Reagan-era Navy Build-Up

The State of Student Journalism on College Campuses  —  February 22, 2024

Moderator: John J. Pitney

Panelists: Jameson Mitrovich ’24, Nate Weisberg ’24, Ben Lauren PZ ’25