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