| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 689 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The John Tyler High School ethics bowl team |
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| 3 | 3 | | competed in the National High School Ethics Bowl Finals held at the |
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| 4 | 4 | | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 7-9, 2017; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The National High School Ethics Bowl was |
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| 6 | 6 | | established in 2012 through a partnership between the Parr Center |
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| 7 | 7 | | for Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Squire Family Foundation; several months before the regional |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ethics Bowl contests, students are presented with a series of |
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| 10 | 10 | | ethical and philosophical dilemmas; after preparing the cases, |
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| 11 | 11 | | teams meet at competitions to be judged on the quality and depth |
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| 12 | 12 | | of their reasoning, their ability to present coherent arguments |
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| 13 | 13 | | and to take into account likely objections to them, and their |
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| 14 | 14 | | ability to maintain a respectful tone while engaging in analysis |
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| 15 | 15 | | and discussion; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Tyler squad reached the national contest for |
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| 17 | 17 | | the first time in school history after emerging victorious at the |
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| 18 | 18 | | regional meet in February; composed of seniors Tamia Williams, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Avery Oliver, Anadja Jamison, and Jaela Wideman, the team |
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| 20 | 20 | | benefited from the guidance of ethics department faculty members |
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| 21 | 21 | | at The University of Texas at Tyler, and it also received |
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| 22 | 22 | | generous financial support from local businesses and |
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| 23 | 23 | | organizations; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, With their fine showing on the national stage, |
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| 25 | 25 | | these notable young Texans have brought credit to their school |
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| 26 | 26 | | and their community, and they may indeed take justifiable pride |
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| 27 | 27 | | in their accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate the John Tyler High School |
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| 30 | 30 | | ethics bowl team on its participation in the 2017 National High |
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| 31 | 31 | | School Ethics Bowl Finals and extend to each of the members |
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| 32 | 32 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 34 | 34 | | the team as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Hughes |
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| 36 | 36 | | ________________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 39 | 39 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Senate on April 27, 2017. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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