Dumb Ox Debate votes to shut down AI tech
2023-05-02
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
Students, professors debate Harry Potter and children’s reading
2023-03-29
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
Franciscan Students debate the morality of being a Billionaire
2023-01-31
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
Veritas Charity Debate teases households in raucous night
2020-10-29
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
Dumb Ox Debate questions if faithful Catholics must vote for Trump
2020-10-13
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
20th Dumb Ox Debate decides that you should delete your Instagram
2020-09-21
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
Capitalism under attack at closest Dumb Ox Debate in history
2020-03-03
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
Peter Kreeft speaks on philosopher’s most certain principles
2020-02-23
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
Dumb Ox Debate wrangles with theory of Darwinian evolution
2020-02-18
CHRISTOPHER DACANAY DISTRIBUTION MANAGER A battle of biology, faith and history erupted during the 18th Dumb Ox Debate over the motion: “This house believes that Darwinian evolution is the best explanation for the diversification of life on earth,” Sunday night Feb.Continue Reading
Dumb Ox debate stirs up issue of modernization in the church
2019-11-20
CHRISTOPHER DACANAY STAFF WRITER Opinions clashed over the state of the Catholic Church at the 14th Dumb Ox Debate Sunday night in the Gentile Gallery. Drawing a hefty attendance of nearly 200, the debate’s motion stated, “ThisContinue Reading