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- The WMU Ethics Bowl team competed Dec. 1 in the Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl at Loyola University’s Corboy Law Center in downtown Chicago. The team finished 2-2 after competing against Northeastern Illinois University, Dominican University and eventual national qualifiers Oakland University and Harper College. The other schools qualifying for the national championship Feb. 28 in San Antonio, Texas, were Loyola University Chicago and regional champion Ripon College.
WMU team members were: Sarah Baldwin-Machesky of Woodhaven, a senior majoring in Communication Studies; Kylan Huacuja of Novi, a junior majoring in Film, Video & Media Studies; Aderonke Ibironke of Detroit, a junior majoring in Dietetics; and Lauren Murray of Battle Creek, a senior majoring in Biomedical Sciences.
Sandra L. Borden, Professor of Communication and Co-Director of WMU’s Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, is the team’s faculty sponsor and coached the students, along with Joshua Thomas, James M Wroblewski, Joshua Upson and David Charlton. The Ethics Bowl competition is sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.
Sixteen institutions from Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio fielded 19 teams in the regional competition. The teams received 12 case studies in September involving ethical issues in a number of practical contexts, including engineering, law, medicine, personal relationships, school, and politics. During a round of competition, each team takes turns presenting its ethical position on a case and critiquing another team’s position on a different case. Teams must answer questions about their positions from a panel of judges. Judges assign scores based on logical consistency, clarity, focus and thoroughness.
“Our students presented strong arguments and worked well together as a team,” Borden said. “The team put in a performance they can be proud of.”
WMU has competed in the Ethics Bowl contest every year since it expanded from an intramural event at the Illinois Institute of Technology to a small regional contest involving a handful of colleges in 1994 (an event WMU won). Ethics Bowl now involves more than 100 schools from around the country. WMU was the regional champion in 2006 and 2007 and placed in the top 10 nationally in 1998, 2000, 2008 and 2009. The team is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethics and Society. Tryouts are held every spring semester. For more information, contact Dr. Borden at sandra.borden@wmich.edu.
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