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PPU Archive: 2017-18

2017-2018 Events Archive

North Korea and the Bomb - A PENN POLITICAL UNION DEBATE

JOIN THE PENN POLITICAL UNION as we debate the following resolution:  "The United States of America cannot allow North Korea to develop a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), even if that means taking military action.”

MITCHELL CENTER/PPU DEBATE - Is the Media to Blame for the Climate of Polarization?

With featured guest Michael Smerconish
Co-sponsored by the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor SocietyThe Jack Miller Center, and the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative.

Watch coverage of the event on Smerconish's CNN show here.

IN THE FIRST OF AN ONGOING SERIES, the Mitchell Center and the Penn Political Union present journalist Michael Smerconish to get a debate started over the role of the media in the political polarization of the America.

Would Increased Regulation of Firearms Prevent Mass Shootings?

Join the Penn Political Union and guest JOHN LOTT (The Crime Prevention Research Center) as they debate the resolution, “In order to prevent mass public shootings, the United States should more heavily regulate firearm ownership.”

JOIN THE PENN POLITICAL UNION as its five political parties debate the resolution, “The political atmosphere at Penn and other similar institutions is hostile to the free exchange of ideas.”

PPU Debate - Whistleblowers and State Secrets

Co-sponsored by the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor SocietyThe Jack Miller Center, and the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative.

JOIN THE PENN POLITICAL UNION as we debate the following resolution:  "The benefits of leaking classified information to the media outweigh the costs."

 

MITCHELL CENTER / PPU DEBATE - Is School Choice the Best Path for Education Reform?

JOIN THE PENN POLITICAL UNION and guest debater DAVID BOAZ (Cato Institute) as its five political parties debate the resolution, U.S. states should enact education reform centered around school choice.”