Politics Club, Young Americans for Liberty and Virginia21 will hold a debate today, April 3, at 7 p.m. in Hull Auditorium. This is not the typical Democrat versus Republican debate like we see during campaigns, but rather an exhibition of just how wide our political spectrum truly is.
We constantly see our view of political engagement artificially abbreviated by our conception of what is viable and inviable, and with this debate we seek to bring out new ideas to the student body, have them engage those ideas and clear any misconceptions that may exist about those ideas.
We have with us Anarchists represented by Chris Cooper, Socialists represented by Avrielle Suleiman, Republicans represented by Dustin Meadows, Democrats represented by Bryan Roethel and Libertarians represented by myself. Moderating the event will be Dr. David Lehr, professor of Economics; Dr. William Harbour, professor of political science and Dr. Mary Carver, professor of political science. We will cover a wide range of issues from debt to drugs to guns to health care, and we want our peers to come out and ask us questions about our ideas and our parties’ views.
This debate will not suddenly rid the United States of apathy, let alone our campus, but with it we can at least attempt to be involved and to not settle for the mainstream answers to complex problems that we have heard for years and never believed in. We complain that politicians are unresponsive but always vote for the same two crippled parties and put the same old men back in office.
I encourage everyone who can to come out and support engagement and political discourse here at Longwood.
*** This editorial is an opinion stated by the writer and does not represent the views of The Rotunda or Longwood University.
