Issue date: 11/10/09 Section: Current Affairs

Media Credit: K. Saberre The winners from left to right: Fred Roger, Junior Jonathas, Nichole Velez, Cory Cohen and Arman Taheri.

On Oct. 8 NSU held its annual Ethics Bowl in the Carl DeSantis Building with five undergraduate teams and one graduate team competing. The Ethics Bowl used national cases which students studied and debated for or against. The teams were scored on how thorough they knew the cases and effectively presented their arguments.

The bowl consisted of three rounds with the "Do the Right Thingers" coming out in first place, the Smart Sharks in second place, and the Nova Southeastern University International Students Association in third place. The winners were awarded a gold medal and will compete in the Southeast Regional Ethics Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL on Nov. 14. If they are successful they will move on to Nationals.

"I think [the 'Do the Right Thingers'] have a good chance. They're strong, intelligent - I can't wait to see how they'll perform," said Kevin Saberre, graduate assistant for spiritual life. "I think the ethics bowl is a great advantage to student life here at NSU because it challenges students to ask tough questions about life that deal with their conscience and views on things and that helps them to develop better as individuals."

Junior Jonathas, junior in management and the captain of the "Do the Right Thingers" commented on their win, "No, we didn't think we would win. It was just for fun at first. We were taking an ethics class and followed a simple strategy - what may be legal, may not be ethical and so we chose what would be the best option for society as a whole."

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