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State Qualifiers in Debate
Two members of the 2004-2005 FUMA Debate Team have earned trophies and received invitations to compete at State Finals which will be held on March 5, 2005. Rob Courtney and Jeremy O'Sullivan have become Student Congress State Qualifiers and Rob has also become a State Qualifier in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Rob won third place and Jeremy won fifth place in Student Congress. In Lincoln-Douglas Debate Rob debated the topic, "Resolved: The United States has a moral obligation to promote democratic ideals in other nations." He won second place.
To become a State Qualifier, a debater must place fifth or better at a regular tournament. These tournaments are often attended by students from 20 to 25 of the public and private schools that choose to join the Virginia Catholic Forensic League.
Fuel Cell Bill (Courtney)
1 Article I: Within the next five years the citizens of the
2 United States of America should be able to purchase hydrogen
3 powered cars produced by U.S. car manufacturers.
4 Article II: One fourth of the cars produced by U.S. car
5 manufacturers will be hydrogen powered cars.
6 Article III: This bill will take effect by 2010.
7 Article IV: The United States Department of Energy will oversee
8 this law.
9 Article V: Therefore, effective immediately upon passage of this
10 bill, all conflicting policies and laws shall hereby be declared
11 null and void.
A Bill to Improve Law Enforcement (O'Sullivan)
1 Article I: All people arrested for a felony will go through a drug
2 screening process and those who test positive will be given an
3 option of 30 days of drug rehabilitation or face a prison term
4 of increased length due to their non-compliance.
5 Article II: A felony is defined as a grave crime, such as murder,
6 rape, or burglary.
7 Article III: The implementation date will be 6 months upon
8 passage.
9 Article IV: The Department of Justice will oversee the enforcement
10 of this bill.
11 Article V: All other laws in conflict with this new policy are
12 hereby declared null and void.
Posted by Ms. Ginger Welch, Thursday, December 9, 2004 01:56 PM
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