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A Saline High School team has won Michigan’s Ethics Bowl and qualified for a regional tournament in Maryland.
Seniors Alex Larson, Michael Bryant, Sarah Yousef, Brian Kang, and Colin Learman won the competition held at Ann Arbor Greenhills.
Saline recorded four wins and no losses in the opening rounds Feb. 3. On Feb. 4, Saline defeated Divine Child, with three wins and no losses. Facing Skyline in the semifinals, the teams tied twice, and Saline earned the only victory. In the finals, the Saline faced Pioneer and picked up two wins to Pioneer’s one.
The Saline team, which has placed runner-up in years past, practiced for months before winning the state competition. Now, the team will practice for the regional competition in Maryland with hopes of earning a trip to the nationals in Chapel Hill.
Ethics Bowl looks like debate or other speech competitions, but there are differences. Unlike debate, the format isn’t adversarial. Ethics Bowl prioritizes underlying reasoning in a collaborative format, fostering deliberative and nonadversarial democratic decision-making. Ethics Bowl allows competitors to change their minds in response to new considerations or arguments.
Sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 24 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear during the afternoon and evening,
Nice idea. Thank you to the kids who support this. Seems a bit of diversity in the make-up of the kids leading the group would go a long way to making "everyone" feel welcome. Sadly, not seeing it, at least in what is presented here.
Awful, racist perspective. There is nothing wrong with the "make-up" of these four kids.
Not saying there is anything wrong with those four kids. Really appreciate what they are doing and think it is great. Hardly find it racist to think having folks representative of other "groups" leading the group would go even further to making everyone feel welcome.
As we noticed the rapid deterioration and indentation of the road from all of this truck traffic, which presumably will only get worse as the weather and road surface gets warmer, we have wondered just who is responsible for the cost to repair/replace these roads?
Did anyone ask the nearby residents if they want a party palace in their neighborhood? Traffic, parking, crowds, trash, noise: was any of this considered when making this decision?
The organizers are required to submit an application to the City of Saline for this event. If you wish to provide input, comments can be sent to the City Clerk or made in person at anytime or more specifically when their application appears on the council agenda.
Providing input just like the data center had input given. When a decision is made around here, it has already been made.