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Northwestern Political Union holds virtual debate over pass/fail grading
In their first-ever virtual meeting Northwestern Political Union, the group voted to favor the University's decision to implement a pass/no pass grading system. The night's debate topic - "Should Northwestern Not Have Implemented Pass/Fail Grading?" - drew 30 attendees, with 63 percent voting in favor, 32 percent voting against and 5 percent of attendees abstaining....
What does COVID-19 mean for the 2020 election? Political Union discusses
Though the coronavirus pandemic complicates the ability to compare the 2020 presidential election to previous ones, other indicators like economic growth will be obstacles for President Donald Trump's re-election, political science Prof. Daniel Galvin said at a virtual event Tuesday. "You can explain a lot about election outcomes with an economic variable and a presidential...
Northwestern Political Union votes to support free U.S. public college
Northwestern University Political Union narrowly voted to support the resolution that the US government should implement free public college free for all U.S. students. In a vote of 10-8, with 3 abstentions, the union voted in favor of the resolution after an hour of debate. Sachin Shukla, led the pro side and argued in favor...
Northwestern Political Union debates electability, stances of Democratic candidates
Northwestern University Political Union debated whether the Democratic Party should nominate a centrist over a progressive candidate at its Monday session. Meeting attendees narrowly voted against the resolution 12-11 with eight abstentions, deciding that a progressive candidate is better positioned to defeat President Donald Trump this November.
In the wake of a House inquiry, Political Union debates impeachment
Northwestern Political Union gathered Monday at 1902 Sheridan Rd. to debate whether the House of Congress should impeach President Donald Trump. The debate comes in the wake of a whistleblower report detailing Trump's phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25. The report said Trump denied military aid to Ukraine unless the country...
Northwestern Political Union votes to support decriminalization of illegal immigration during first debate
At their first debate of the year, Northwestern Political Union voted for a mock resolution in support of the decriminalization of illegal immigration. As a crowd of around 60 packed inside the Buffet Institute for Global Affairs on Monday night, the group ultimately reached the same conclusion Rep.
Political Union debate: Are billionaires just a policy failure?
The Northwestern University Political Union hosted a debate Monday night to discuss billionaires and whether or not they should be considered failures - policy failures, that is. A majority of students abstained from the poll taken at the start of the event, which posed the question of the evening - Is the existence of billionaires a policy failure?
Ethics of gene editing argued at Political Union event
The Northwestern University Political Union gathered Monday night to debate the ethics of genetic engineering. The discussion spanned many different types of gene therapy, including everything from CRISPR technologies to in vitro fertilization to selective breeding. The term "genetic engineering," however, was generally understood to mean direct scientific tampering or manipulation of a person's genetic material.
Political Union debates cancel culture
Northwestern Political Union on Monday debated the harmfulness of "cancel culture" to society, ultimately voting that cancel culture is indeed harmful. Going into the discussion, cancel culture was defined as a "phenomenon" where a group of people engage in reducing monetary, moral and public support for a person, event or organization because of past actions...
Political Union hosts a conversation on AI
"When I was a boy, everyone knew robots were going to kill us," Kris Hammond told attendees at Northwestern Political Union's panel on the Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence. Hammond is a computer science professor at Northwestern specializing in AI research and who filled the role of moderator for the evening.
