By Thomas Schmiesing Staff Writer After an intense debate with many excellent arguments from both sides, the Veritas Society passed the motion to “Abolish Household Lord’s Days” 46 to 32,Continue Reading
By Emma Davis Staff Writer The proposition of “Catholic Teaching Allows for Belief in Aliens” was passed in a vote of 32 to 21 at the first Dumb Ox DebateContinue Reading
By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer In a vote of 37 to 22, the motion “This house believes that the creation of artificial intelligence should be shut down now” was passedContinue Reading
By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer Students voted 68-53 at the Veritas Society’s Dumb Ox Debate to affirm the house’s motion that “You shouldn’t let your kids read ‘Harry Potter’” onContinue Reading
By Liam Roddy Staff Writer Franciscan students gathered to debate whether billionaires should be allowed to exist at the semester’s first Dumb Ox Debate on Jan. 29 in the GentileContinue Reading
Photo by Mary-Grace Byers Francesco Pinque Staff Writer Sunday evening, the Veritas Society held their first Dumb Ox Charity Debate of the semester in Finnegan Fieldhouse, a tongue-in-cheek discussion ofContinue Reading
Christopher Dacanay Distribution Manager Over 200 students filled the Finnegan Fieldhouse the evening of Oct. 11 to witness the 21st Veritas Society Dumb Ox Debate regarding the Catholic vote inContinue Reading
Photo by Mary-Grace Byers Estelle Mandeville Staff Writer On Sunday, Sept. 20, the Dumb Ox Debate, which was the first of the semester and the first in Finnegan Fieldhouse, decidedContinue Reading
CHRISTOPHER DACANAY DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Orators and spectators vied closely for argumentative supremacy on the evening of March 1 in the Gentile Gallery during the 19th Dumb Ox Debate. The debate’s motion, “ThisContinue Reading
JOHN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER Renowned philosopher Peter Kreeft received a standing ovation from a nearly packed Gentile Gallery on Friday following his presentation on the 10 most certain principles of modern philosophy. Kreeft,Continue Reading