Colgate University’s Office of Sustainability launched its annual celebration of sustainability, known as 13 Days of Green, on Wednesday, April 10. The kickoff celebration featured a variety of clubs and organizations including the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education (COVE) and the Shaw Wellness Institute. Students visited tables hosted by these organizations to learn how.
Over winter break, eight Colgate University Debate Society members traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to compete in the World’s University Debating Championship (WUDC). WUDC is a student-run tournament held in a different continent every year. Over 800 teams gather to debate in the British Parliamentary style. Senior Brenna McConnell is the Debate Society.
The Debate Society is one of the many clubs at Colgate University that offers students a place to develop their public speaking and argumentation skills. The Debate Society competes in a style of debate called British Parliamentary, in which members have fifteen minutes to prepare a seven-minute speech and debate the topic without consulting any.
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DeKALB – SGA Senate confirmed Elliot Weiskopf, first-year pre-law student, as an SGA Supreme Court justice with a vote count of 14 in favor, zero against and three abstentions.
The SGA Supreme Court now has two out of five justices. The first confirmed was Brenna McConnell, sophomore finance major with a marketing minor, according to a March 2 Northern Star article. For the Supreme Court to start hearing cases, there need to be three justices.
Weiskopf said he wanted to join SGA Supreme Court because of the experience it will bring him and also to build connections.
“I believe the Supreme Court is the best fit for me than all the other branches [of SGA] because, as of right now, I really want real-world experience,” Weiskopf said. “I think that doing mock trials as well as judging on bills and decisions for elections gives me a really good feel for what I want to do in the future.”
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DeKALB – The Student Government Association Senate unanimously confirmed Brenna McConnell, sophomore finance major with a marketing minor, as an SGA Supreme Court justice.
Supreme court justices in SGA operate similarly to the federal Supreme Court, McConnell said. Whenever there is a gray area or a case the Senate moves up, the supreme court hears it. They do not meet as frequently as the Senate.
McConnell is very involved but said her experiences led her to be able to separate her personal life and work-life very well.
“I’m very passionate about SGA’s mission statement, which is that not only every student is heard, but heard fairly,” McConnell said. “With current events, I think it’s so, so important that biases are left at the door, and you listen to the facts, hear each person, and you don’t judge them before you hear all the facts.”