Two weeks ago the process of selecting this year's Science Court case began with a competition in which nine teams of students pitched their ideas. A vote narrowed the field down to three finalists, which were investigated in depth by three "case evaluation groups" (CEGs) composed of both science and legal team members. Last night, the CEGs presented their findings to try and convice the audience that their topic should be the focus of this semester.
The session began with a presentaion from the first group proposing a focus on finding solutions to lowering drug and medicaiton prices and improving the healthcare system. Next, the second case evaluation group proposed why their topic of goverment investment in nuclear power was the way to go. Closing out the night, the third case evaluation group informed us of their case topic of regulating/banning personal transportation in the downtown areas of the Twin Cities.
All three groups did their best to convince the class as well as the online audience that tuned in for the presentaitons that their idea was best, but there could be only one winning case. After all the votes were tallied, it came down to a mere 2 point difference between the first and second place case choices. In the end, however, the winning case that the Science Court teams will be researching intensely, arguing fiercely, and promoting widely is Case 2: Nuclear Power. Tune in throughout the next two months to follow along as the teams delve deeper into the case and finally present the case to a jury. What do you think the jury will decide?
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