Throughout the week of Dec. 9, senior government classes hosted mock senate sessions in the library and the Kreps Conference Center, allowing students to speak out, express their opinions on societal issues and address multifaceted perspectives surrounding controversial topics.
The government students have been working on developing their projects for weeks. After being assigned the position of real senators, the students wrote bills on topics of their choice, imitating the stances of their prospective senators. Since writing their bills, the students have begun collaborating with their senator parties to develop stances on featured bills and amendments, including gun control laws, tax credits, Psilocybin legalization and more. As part of the assignment, all students were required to dress up in formal attire, reaching for a realistic glimpse inside the political process.
Although there are self-elected party whips and chairpersons for each Democratic or Republican party, all students were invited to voice their opinions or ask questions about the bill in discussion, with a select few students going up in front of the class to present the details of their bill or amendment.
