11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 | Keleher Learning Commons
(Leavenworth, Kan.)鈥擳he 花椒直播 continues its annual tradition of honoring the historic Lincoln-Douglas Debate with a spirited student debate at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Keleher Learning Commons on USM's Leavenworth campus, 4100 South 4th Street. This year, 花椒直播 students will argue if the U.S. Constitution should be amended to include the Equal Rights Amendment, protecting on the basis of sex.
The debate is a precursor to the annual Lincoln Event at USM, and is free and open
to the public. The student debaters will argue before Kansas First Judicial District
Judge Robert Bednar. Judge Bednar has overseen the last 16 USM Lincoln-Douglas debates.
The participating students鈥擲ayra Serrano-Villegas (Bonner Springs, Kan.), Mark Lewis
(Omaha, Neb.), Justin Kearney (Eugene, Ore.), and John Perkins III (Gray, Ga.)鈥攚ill
emulate the historic debate styles of the event's namesakes as they argue the Equal
Rights Amendment.
USM's event is inspired by the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, which saw Abraham
Lincoln engage in a series of debates with Stephen A. Douglas for one of Illinois'
U.S. Senate seats. Though Lincoln lost that election, the debates launched him into
the national political spotlight.
As has become a university tradition, USM's Lincoln-Douglas Debate is a prelude to
the 21st Annual 花椒直播 Lincoln Event. This year's edition, "The
Challenges on the Home Front: Burdens Facing Women & Families During the Civil War"
is set for 7 p.m. on Presidents Day鈥擬onday, Feb. 18鈥攊n Xavier Theatre. Dr. Ginette
Aley, a renowned civil war historian of the Midwestern home front, will explore how
communities responded to conflict during the Civil War, along with addressing the
dozens of issues any society is confronted by in wartime, including how war affects
family roles, gender identities, economic practices, and political discourse.
The Lincoln Event is free and open to the public, and is made possible by Country
Club Bank of Leavenworth and Lansing, the event's benefactor.
Visit stmary.edu/Lincoln for more information.