Tuesday, November 29 marked the second and final CPU debate this semester, with Columbia Democrats and Republicans gathering to discuss the ‘God’ issue. Representing the Democrats were Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey, CC’15, and Swara Salih, CC’14, while Jamie Boothe, CC’15, and Taylor Thompson, CC’14 represented the Republicans. During this heated debate, Democrats argued that God should not be mentioned in anything produced by the government, while the Republicans… well, the Republicans managed to stagnate the most of the debate at determining the definition of ‘God’. Each side gave a two-minute opening statement followed by a one-minute rebuttal, before the debate was opened up to audience participation. A coin toss determined that the Republicans would be first up.
