2013 STUDENT DEBATES: Scientific Issues That Arise from a Connected World

Autor: K. L. Coon, T. Reall, Rebecca A. Schmidt-Jeffris, Carey R. Minteer
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: American Entomologist. 61:151-159
ISSN: 2155-9902
1046-2821
DOI: 10.1093/ae/tmv044
Popis: The Entomological Society of America's (ESA) Committee on Student Affairs organizes the student debate competition at the national meeting of ESA each year. The debate competition was specifically designed to increase the critical thinking skills in the student members of ESA, as well as to discuss contemporary issues about entomology that are of interest to people attending the annual meeting. The Entomology 2013 Student Debate Competition followed a slightly different format than that of previous years. Each topic was related to the theme of the meeting: “Science Impacting a Connected World.” Two of the topics were a traditional pro vs. condebate; the third posed a specific, globally significant problem and teams were challenged to describe and defend what they determined to be the most effective solution to ameliorate that problem. The topics were: Below, each of these topics is presented with an unbiased introduction followed by the solution-specific stances of each of the debating teams. ### Acknowledgements We thank Raghu Sathyamurthy, Richard Houseman, and Deborah Finke for their time and support, Anne Nielson for her guidance and support in organizing and running the debate competition, and Ivan Milosavljevic, Ashfaq Sial, Beth Choate, and George Hamilton for serving as judges for the competition. Unbiased introduction Jessica A. Hartshorn University of Arkansas Biodiversity is difficult to define, as it includes all genetic variation of all organisms, their communities, and their interactions. Biodiversity is being threatened in ways that have exceeded previous estimates. While the major debate is about the connectedness of the world causing threats to biodiversity, many would argue that it is our …
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