November 8, 2018
IU wins the Purdue vs. IU debate: What IF you could disappear from the internet?
Purdue University student debaters Jongjin Park and Benjamin Rockwell Carson during the debate against Indiana University on “What IF you could disappear from the Internet.” (Purdue University photo/Bradley Milstone)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Indiana University is the winner of the Purdue vs. IU debate “What IF you could disappear from the Internet” that took place Wednesday (Nov. 7).
The winner was decided by voting from the inhouse audience as well as viewers who watched the event via a livestream.
Two members of Purdue’s speech and debate team, the C. Richard Petticrew Forum, and two members of Indiana University’s debate team debated over whether the U.S. federal government should make “the right to be forgotten” from internet searches a civil right. The students covered implications for privacy, criminal activity, careers, censorship and cyberbullying.
Purdue students argued the affirmative, while IU students will argued the negative. The Purdue University and Indiana University debate students are led by James Mollison and Brian DeLong, respectively.
The debate is a part of Purdue’s celebration of its 150th year and specifically of the anniversary’s Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue’s Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. The Ideas Festival will feature a series of events that connect world-renowned speakers and Purdue expertise in a conversation on the most critical problems facing the world. Al, Algorithms and Automation: Balancing Humanity and Technology is one of the Ideas Festival themes.
Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, 765-494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu
Source: James Mollison, debate program director, jmolliso@purdue.edu
Note to Journalists: Broadcast-quality b-roll from the event is available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UHjhybAbHZQHqhenoq3A7IKFJe182WMP