Schedule of Events

Monday, February 20

Sexual Assault on Campus 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Immigration Nation: A Deliberation About Sanctuary Cities 7-8:30 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Immigration Nation Issue Guide

Tuesday, February 21

Back to School List: Books, Pencils, Guns?: A Discussion about Firearms on College Campuses  7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street.

Back to School List Issue Guide

Destructive Drinking at PSU 7-8:30 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Stirring the Pot: Recipes for Inclusive Diversity, 7-8:30 PM, Faith United Church of Christ, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Stirring the Pot Issue Guide

Wednesday, February 22

Do We Need U?: Examining the Costs and Benefits of a College Education 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Affirmative Action: It’s Not So Black and White 3:30-5 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Sexual Assault is NEVER ‘Normal’ 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Sexual Assault is NEVER Normal Issue Guide

Bursting the Penn State Bubble: How Can We Improve Town-Gown Relations? 7-8:30 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Bursting the Penn State Bubble Issue Guide

Success Rx: The Proliferation of Study Drugs 7-8:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Success Rx Issue Guide

Thursday, FEBRUARY 23

Weighing In: How Should We Handle the Obesity Epidemic? 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

The Future of Frats 3:30-5 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

The Future of Frats Issue Guide

The Birds, The Bees, Reducing STD’s: Let’s Talk About Sex[ual Health] 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

More people, more problems?: What Penn State’s enrollment growth means for the community 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

More People, More Problems Issue Guide

Women: From Kitchen to Combat? 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

From Kitchen To Combat Issue Guide

Designer Babies: How Should We Approach a Future of Genetically Modified Humans? 7-8:30 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Saturday, February 25

Centre County’s Silent Killer: The Heroin and Opioid Crisis 10:30AM-12 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Approaching Poaching: More than Just Ivory 10:30-12 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

You break it, you buy it: Discussing the riots at Penn State 1:00-2:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

You Break It You Buy It Issue Guide

The Invisible Illness: Preserving Mental Health in Young Adults  3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

To Be Or Not To Be: A Sanctuary City  3:30-5:00 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Sunday, February 26

PSU: Go Green or Go Home 1-2:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

PSU Go Green or Go Home Issue Guide

Got Debt? A journey to find the location of the post-secondary education destination 1-2:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Got Debt Issue Guide – Part One

Got Debt Issue Guide – Part Two

‘Til It Happens to You: Limiting Sexual Assault at Penn State 1-2:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Pro-Test or Con-Test? Assessing the Public Attitudes Toward Protests and Developing Courses of Action  3:30-5 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Pro-Test or Contest Deliberation Guide

Riot? Don’t Try It!: Strategies to Limit Property Damage During Student Riots 3:30-5 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Riot? Don’t Try It Issue Guide

The Electoral College 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

(Discrimi-)Nation? Discussing the Implications of the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Discrimi-nation Issue Guide

Monday, FEBRUARY 27

Lab Rats: Morality within Animal Testing 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Mental Health at Penn State 3:30-5 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Cost of College: Who Pays The Bill? 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Cost of College Issue Guide

Too Stressed to Confess: The stigma surrounding mental health 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Too Stressed to Confess Issue Guide

A Cure for the Incurable?: Euthanasia and Suicide 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Age of Autonomy: When Your Car Drives You 7-8:30 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Age of Autonomy Issue Guide

School Spirits: Regulating Drinking Culture At Penn State 7-8:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Immigration Nation: Is the Melting Pot No More? 7-8:30 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Tuesday, February 28

From Make Believe to iPhone Screens: How To Approach Children’s Use of Technology 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Traitors or Heroes? Leaking Classified Information in the Modern Day 3:30-5 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

College Tuition: Paying for a Better Future? 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Marijuana 7-8:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

Pre-games to Parties, Crawls to Pong: Does America have a drinking problem? 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

The United Nations: Is the U.S. presence too large within the United Nations? 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Pre-Game to Parties Deliberation Guide

Make America (Immi)Great Again 7-8:30 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Make America (Immi)Great Again Issue Guide

Wednesday, March 1

Archi(tech)t of the Future: The Changing World of Work 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Back to the Drawing Bord(er): How should the US approach immigration policy? 3:30-5 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

The Refugee Crisis: National Security Issue or Moral Obligation? 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Trumped up Media: Polarization in the Press 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Trumped Up Media Issue Guide

The College Crisis: How do we fix our rising current debt crisis? 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby 7-8:30 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Leveling The Playing Field: Affirmative Action For Today’s College-Bound Students 7-8:30 PM, Asendorf Hall, Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Avenue

The Nation, The State, and You: How do we handle women’t reproductive rights? 7-8:30 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Thursday, March 2

Immigration 3:30-5 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, & Lampposts, Oh My!: Sports Rioting on College Campuses 3:30-5 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

Take Back Our Campus: How Can We Prevent Sexual Assault at Penn State? 3:30-5 PM, Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Avenue

Tuition: How Far Does Your Wallet Get You? 7-8:30 PM, Common Place, 115 S. Fraser Street

Tuition How Far Does You Wallet Get You? Issue Guide

Who Decides? A Discussion on Reproductive Rights 7-8:30 PM, Community Room, 201 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street

WE ARE Talking About Race 7-8:30 PM, Council Chambers, 304 Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen Street