Freshman Orations

The long awaited Thursday has finally come, when the Freshman members of Phi Kappa Literary Society will stand before the society and present an unplanned resolution. The older members have been scheming for weeks over the topics, their whispers echoing off the walls of Phi Kappa Hall and the SLC. What could the resolutions be? 

Come out to Phi Kappa Hall this Thursday at 7 p. m. to see the annual Freshman Orations, a meeting like no other.

To the Freshman siblings, I suggest you “check yourself before you wreck yourself.” 

Good luck to all. 

Inter-Society Debate

Phi Kappa Literary Society will go up against our rivals in the annual Inter-Society Debate this Thursday, March 21st, at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the Hatton-Lovejoy Courtroom. The Demosthenians will be presenting the affirmative resolution, “BIHR: The United States Should Privatize Our National Ocean Waters.” 

Phi Kappa’s team consists of Bro. Smith, Sis. Libby, Bro. Woodard, Sis. Melear, and Sis. Fuller as alternate. 

The Demosthenians will be presenting definitions before the debate. 

Phi Kappa is meeting in front of Phi Kappa Hall on North Campus at 6:30 to walk over to the Courtroom together. Come out for what is sure to be one of the most intense debates of the semester! 

BIHR: Birth Control Should Be Available To 13-Year Olds Without Parental Consent

Phi Kappa Literary Debate Society’s Bro. Stalcup will be presenting the resolution Be It Hereby Resolved: Birth Control Should Be Available To 13-Year Olds Without Parental Consent this Thursday at 7 pm. Bro. President Wheeler will be negating. With issues of women’s rights and birth control dominating the headlines more than ever, don’t miss Phi Kappa debate this relevant and contentious topic. All guests are encouraged to speak. 

Anniversary Meeting

For the span of Phi Kappa Literary Society’s packed Anniversary Meeting last weekend, time seemed briefly suspended. Storied alumnus of the recent and (less recent) past bonded with their active siblings over their favorite PK memories. The resolution BIHR: The Income Tax Is A Fair Form Of Taxation failed to pass by only one vote after a rousing debate. By meeting’s end, Bro. King had outlined his plans for his future progeny to rule the world, Bro. Worley and Sis. Oberg had done their part to bridge the gap between the science and literary worlds, and Sis. Nelson, in a rare victory for Wikipedia, presented a warning against putting all your research faith in government websites.

BIHR: Embarrassment Is The Best Teacher

Most of us have had at least one teacher who found a way to poetically breathe life into the subject they were teaching, even if that subject happened to be sixth-grade algebra.

Most of us have had at least one teacher who instilled a sense of embarrassment so deep that it went beyond having our heads weighed down by dunce caps, our essays saturated in red ink, our bladders unrelieved by bathroom breaks. That shame inhabited our very souls.

Which method is the most effective could be the subject of debate.  

Thankfully, Phi Kappa Literary Society’s Sister Fuller will be presenting Be It Hereby Resolved: Embarrassment Is The Best Teacher this Thursday at 7 pm. Brother Summer will be negating.