The Monmouth University Debate Team, the Debate Hawks, received seven trophies at the Western National Novice Debate Championship at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California, on the weekend of March 911, 2012. Brandon Karkovice and Arielle Giordano made it to the semifinal playoff, which means they made it to the Final Four before losing a split decision (21) against a debate team from Cal Poly. Brandon and Arielle went 42 in the tournament before winning two playoff rounds. It was a controversial decision; had it gone the other way, Brandon and Arielle would have made it to the final round where they would have debated for the Western Conference tournament championship.
The Monmouth University Polling Institute was founded in 2005 and has since been led by Director Patrick Murray. The Institute is located on the first floor of the Plangere Center. Last year, FiveThirtyEight, a nonpartisan polling database, ranked Monmouth’s Polling Institute fifth in the nation out of 589 polling centers. Why is Monmouth’s Polling Institute […]
Politics is arguably a difficult topic to discuss. While referring to the overarching topic of “governance,” politics has become a catch-all term, applicable to any subject matter. The politicization of daily institutions beyond the realm of government is a reality for the individual, who has to determine how he or she will allow organizational politics to impact him.
