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<B>From: </B>Harvard Bioethics <harvardbioethics@gmail.com><BR>
<B>To: </B>Christine Baugh <harvardbioethics@gmail.com><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Bioethics Debate Competition<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>We would like to invite your school to participate in the Bioethics Bowl! The Bioethics Bowl is a debate style competition examining prominent bioethical issues. This bowl is held in conjunction with 12</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>th</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'> annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) March 13-14</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>th</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>, 2009, hosted at Harvard College in Cambridge, MA. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The Bioethics Bowl will follow the general format of the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl program. Procedural rules and detailed information are available on the website. Case studies prepared by nationally recognized experts in the field of bioethics are now online. At the competition, teams will discuss and debate their views on these case studies. Analyses will be judged by a group of eminent bioethicists for soundness of reasoning, focus on and sensitivity to ethically relevant factors, and deliberative thoughtfulness. The Bioethics Bowl is a fun and effective way to develop students' abilities in ethical analysis and judgment.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The field for this competition will be limited to ten teams. Each team will consist of no more than 5 students (students must all be undergraduates). The registration fee for the NUBC is $50 per student. This fee includes 4 meals and all events and materials at the two-day Conference. The registration deadline for the Bioethics Bowl is January 31</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>st</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>, 2009.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>For additional information, or to register your team for this event, please contact us. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Email: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>harvardbioethics@gmail.com</U></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> <a href="mailto:bioethicsbowl2009@gmail.com"><mailto:bioethicsbowl2009@gmail.com></a> <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Visit our Website: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/bioethics/nubc2009.html">http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/bioethics/nubc2009.html</a></U></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> <a href="http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/bioethics/nubc2009.html"><http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/bioethics/nubc2009.html></a> <BR>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B>Address:</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> <BR>
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Student Organization Center at Hilles<BR>
59 Shepard Street, Box #385<BR>
Cambridge, MA 02138<BR>
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