Early last summer, we hosted the 2016 Mayor's Challenge.

Thanks to the help of Twin Cities Public Television, the MNUDL presents this short video about the power of debate as an academic and social tool to make the world better!

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"The Great Surveillance Debate" featured students from both sides of The River. Minneapolis students – Hodan Osman (Edison High School) and Malik Akintola (Roosevelt High School) debated against students from Saint Paul – Ella Harker (Como High School) and Carlos Alderete (Johnson High School) about whether or not the FBI should have tried to compel Apple to open a backdoor into its phone.

Read more about the event here: augsburg.edu/urbandebateleague/events/

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