Veritas Society
Veritas Society decides Lord’s Days should be abolished
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, with seven constituents abstaining at 7 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. Joe Prendergast, a senior philosophy major, and Ian Jaskolka, a sophomore computer science major, […]
Students Vote that Catholic Teaching Allows for Belief in Aliens
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 Debate of the semester, arranged by the Veritas Society. Members of the Veritas Society and individuals in attendance gathered to voice their opinions on this motion […]
Dumb Ox Debate votes to shut down AI tech
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 passed at the semester’s final Dumb Ox Debate, hosted by the Veritas Society. Both members of the Veritas Society and those in attendance had the opportunity […]
Students, professors debate Harry Potter and children’s 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’” on March 26 in the Gentile Gallery. Arguments that J.K. Rowling’s books promote disobedience to authority, witchcraft and lack of morals led the majority of those […]
Franciscan Students debate the morality of being a Billionaire
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 Gentile Gallery. This parliamentary style debate, put on by Franciscan University’s Veritas Society, posed the question of whether or not it is moral and in agreement […]
Veritas Charity Debate teases households in raucous night
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 of households. The motion was “This house believes that your household shouldn’t exist.” While the structure of the Charity Debate resembled other Dumb Ox Debates with […]
Dumb Ox Debate questions if faithful Catholics must vote for Trump
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 in the upcoming United States presidential election. The debate’s motion was “This house believes that faithful Catholics must vote for Trump in the upcoming election.” Before […]
20th Dumb Ox Debate decides that you should delete your Instagram
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, decided that you should delete your Instagram account. The motion the house presented was, “This house believes that you should delete your Instagram.” It won by […]
Capitalism under attack at closest Dumb Ox Debate in history
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, “This house believes that American capitalism undermines the Catholic view of society,” generated plenty of spirited opinions from a relatively smaller crowd. Senior Alex Denley, affirming, clarified […]
Peter Kreeft speaks on philosopher’s most certain principles
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, a professor of philosophy at Boston College and author of over 80 books, spoke on many aspects of God, the Church and philosophy’s contribution to […]