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The Phi Kappa Literary Society is a debate society at the University of Georgia. We meet every academic Thursday at Phi Kappa Hall on North Campus at 7 p.m.

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Thursday
Nov152012

BIHR: WUOG should cease its current operations

Join the Phi Kappa Literary Society as we take on this topic. As always, guests are encouraged, but not required, to speak.
-By WUOG, I mean “a student-run College radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Athens area. The station is currently owned by the University of Georgia.”
-By “should cease”, I mean completely end as an ongoing concern.
-By “current operations”, I mean its radio operations or any other activity that requires funding.

Wednesday
Nov072012

BIHR: Animal testing is justified for medical research

This Thursday, join the Phi Kappa society at 7 p.m as Bro. Kincaid presents the motion. Guests are always welcome and encouraged (but not required!) to speak.

Defintions:

Animal testing - The use of the use of non-human animals in research which is conducted inside universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, farms, defense establishments, and commercial facilities. It includes pure research such as genetics, developmental biology, behavioral studies, as well as applied research such as biomedical research, xenotransplantation, drug testing and toxicology tests. Animals are also used for education, breeding, and defense research. 

Justified - Done for or marked by a good or legitimate reason; to be valid or right.

Medical research - The research aimed at understanding or treating a human disease or health condition and conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine.  Medical research may involve doing research on public health, biochemistry, clinical research, microbiology, physiology, oncology, surgery and research on many other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Tuesday
Oct302012

BIHR:The U.S. Government should privatize Medicare

This Thursday Join the Phi Kappa Society as we discuss the benifits/consequences of privatizing Medicare. The event begins at 7 p.m. Guests are encouraged (but not required!) to speak. Definitions are forthcoming. 

Tuesday
Oct302012

Debate/National Issues Forum: Deficit Reduction Should Be the Primary Goal of U.S Economic Policy

The Roosevelt Institute, the Phi Kappa Literary Society, and the Demosthenian Literary Society are pleased to present the second annual joint debate and national issues forum! We will be debating, “Be It Hereby Resolved: Deficit reduction should be the primary goal of U.S. economic policy.”
Definitions are forthcoming. Afterwards, there will be a 30 minute national issues forum in which we discuss the implications of different economic policy proposal.

There will be free food starting at 6:30; the debate

starts at 7, and the NIF will be from 8-8:30.

All are welcome to attend! Speakers will have 3 minutes to present their opinions on the resolution! Invite your friends, invite your family, invite your neighbors with the Ron Paul bumper stickers!.

We Keynes hardly wait! We Locke forward to seeing you there!

 

Wednesday
Oct032012

BIHR: Tenure should be eliminated at the secondary level of education and below

Teaching is a tough job. Done well, it cultivates a fortitude of mind and awakens an appreciation of learning. Some teachers are up to it. Some are not. Are both groups entitled to tenure? Come out to the Phi Kappa Literary Society this Thursday at 7 pm to hear the resolution and express your own opinion on the matter.
Bro Giordano is presenting, Bro. Benzor is negating.

Tenure: I am referring to “life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic’s contractual right not to have his or her positi

on terminated without just cause.”-Wikipedia

Should be: Given a scenario, the calculated outcome

Eliminated: completely removed or excluded from consideration

Secondary level of education and below: As defined by the NCES, this would comprise all grade levels including and before that of grade 12 in the United States of ‘Merica.