2015 CWNC Invitational - 2015
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE START TIME FOR HIGH SCHOOLS #1
1. WHEREAS, many students are falling asleep during their morning classes, and
2. WHEREAS, sleeping during classes causes the students to perform poorly in those classes, and
3. WHEREAS, an extra hour or two of sleep in the morning would make the difference between a
tired student and a well-rested student, and
4. WHEREAS, scientific studies show that teenage Circadian Rhythms are such that their sleep
hormone does not make them ready for sleep until 11:00 or 11:30 pm, and
5. WHEREAS, it is recommended that teenagers receive a minimum of 8 hours of sleep per night,
and
6. WHEREAS, this sleep deprivation is causing the quality of teenagers’ lives to suffer, and
7. WHEREAS, students do not have time to eat in the morning with the current early school start
times, and
8. WHEREAS, students perform optimally when they are well fed and well-rested,
9. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS STUDENT GOVERNMENT HERE ASSEMBLED, THAT:
10. School districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania should explore the possibility of moving
the start time for high schools to a later time.
Respectfully submitted,
North Catholic High School
A Resolution to Create a Four Day Work Week #2
1. Whereas: According to an online article written by Professor Goose, a four
2. day work week would save 162,133,333 gallons of gasoline annually; and
3. Whereas: This would significantly decrease the amount of greenhouse
4. gases released into the atmosphere; and
5. Whereas: Creating a four day work week will save a significant amount of
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money;
7. Whereas: Creating a four day work week would decrease 10%-20% of oil
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needed per week; and
9. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Student Congress here
10. assembled that: The United States work week will be reduced to four
11. days, each day extended two hours each day
Respectfully Submitted,
North Catholic
Making voting mandatory in United States #3
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Be it enacted by the Student Congress here assembled:
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Article
I:
All citizens of United States are hereby required to vote in
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Referendums, General Elections, Presidential Elections, Primary
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Elections, and Local elections.
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Article
II:
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Because of its unpredictable occurrence, voting in
By-elections and Co-options will not be mandatory.
Article
III:
States will still be allowed to determine voter eligibility. Ex: States
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that allow their 17-year-old citizens to vote in their primary
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caucuses would still be able to implement their law.
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Article
IV:
The voter turnout in United States has been going
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downhill since 1960s and the voter turnout in 2010 has been
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noted as only 41.5% of the total voting population.
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Article
V:
A high turnout is important for a proper democratic mandate and
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the functioning of democracy. In this sense voting is a civic duty
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like Jury service.
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Article
VI:
In Australia, voter registration and attendance at a polling booth
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has been mandatory since 1920. This strictly enforced law has
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resulted in a 98% voter turnout.
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Article
VII:
A high voter turnout will result in the best estimated result from a
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majority opinion and will then be responsible for proper
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functioning of democratic values in United States.
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Article
VI:
This bill shall take effect immediately upon passage.
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Article
VII:
All laws in conflict with this bill will hereby be declared null and
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Respectfully submitted,
CYHS
void.
A Resolution to Abolish Birthright Citizenship in the United States #4
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WHEREAS: Every child born in the United States is automatically granted
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citizenship regardless of parent legal status.
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WHEREAS: Out of 194 nations, the United States is one of only 30
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nations that grant birthright citizenship.
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WHEREAS: According to a study done by the Pew Hispanic Center of the
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Census Bureau, in 2008, as many as 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies
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born in the United States had at least one illegal parent.
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WHEREAS: Illegal immigrants use “anchor babies” as a means by which
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they can stay in the United States.
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WHEREAS: Misguided intention often leads to child neglect.
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WHEREAS: The issue of overpopulation is a growing problem in the
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United States.
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Therefore, be it resolved by the PHSSL student congress here assembled
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that birthright citizenship in the United States be abolished.
Respectfully submitted,
Iroquois High School
Resolution to Remove Detention from Schools #5
1 Whereas: After school and Saturday detentions do not affect how a student thinks or acts, only
2 keeps the student from going home on their bus, and forces the parents to fit their schedules
3 to the detention times and,
4 Whereas: In school suspensions, students are simply completing work, not being instructed or
5 taught by a teacher and,
6 Whereas: Teachers who are scheduled to supervise detentions are no more than baby sitters
7 during this time, cutting into the teachers’ home life and,
8 Whereas: Students who are not allowed to do other class assignments will either not get all
9 their homework done, or stay up late trying to finish it all, cutting into their sleeping hours,
10 effecting their school performance the next day and,
11 Therefore Be It Resolved: School Detention and In-School Suspension will be removed
12 from each public school, and a new form of punishment be instituted by what each school
13 believes would be effective for their student body.
Respectfully Submitted by,
Lakeview High School
A Resolution Concerning Welfare Recipients #6
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Whereas, the state governments have given as much as 42.1 billion
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billion dollars in welfare between 2001-2008.
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Whereas, in 2010, Representative Craig Blair, R-Berkley, introduced
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legislation that would force the random drug testing of individuals
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wishing to receive welfare.
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Whereas, according to a New York Times article, in 2003, 8% of
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welfare recipients in Detroit, Michigan tested positive for drug use.
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Whereas, those few people who do abuse the welfare system by using it
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to possibly feed a drug addiction are prohibiting those who truly need
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help from receiving the full amount that they possibly can.
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Therefore, be it resolved that: those wishing to receive welfare benefits
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should have to undergo a mandatory, random drug test.
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Therefore, be it further resolved that: the drugs being tested for as well
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as the consequences of testing positive shall be left to the individual
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states.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shady Side Academy
A Resolution to Abolish Trials as Adults for Minors #7
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WHEREAS: Developmental research does not provide a clear cut boundary
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between adulthood and adolescence.
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WHEREAS: It is shown that adolescents cannot control their impulses or foresee 4.
consequences of their actions as adequately as adults can.
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WHEREAS: Rehabilitation is more beneficial to address than punishment for
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minors.
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WHEREAS: Studies show that children tried in adult courts are more likely to be 8.
rearrested.
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WHEREAS: In states such as Florida that allow minors to be prosecuted as
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adults have the highest juvenile crime rates.
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THEREFORE: Let it be resolved by the PHSSL student congress here
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assembled, that trials as adults for minors are unjust.
Respectfully submitted,
Mercer Jr / Sr. High School
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A Bill to Make Exotic Pets Illegal Nation-Wide #8
BE IT ENACTED BY THIS CONGRESS THAT:
1. SECTION 1.
Private ownership of exotic pets shall be made illegal throughout the
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United States of America.
3. SECTION 2.
Exotic pets shall be defined as wild animals that are unable to be
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domesticated by humans.
5. SECTION 3.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Control shall oversee
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the enforcement of this bill through surveillance techniques of animals
being
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imported to the country and being moved within the country. They shall
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repossess any exotic animals they discover and donate them to the nearest
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zoo that can house them.
10. SECTION 4.
Enforcement of this bill shall begin on 1 January 2012, but will
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provide two months for any current owners of exotic pets to get rid of
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their animals via legal means.
13. SECTION 5.
All other laws that are in conflict with this new policy shall hereby be
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declared null and void.
Introduced by Mercyhurst Preparatory School
A Resolution to Mandate the Establishment of a Gender Neutral Restroom in all Public Places
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WHEREAS,
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The current requirement for gender specific restrooms
does not accommodate transgender individuals; and
WHEREAS,
Many transgender individuals are being harassed and/or
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bullied for using restrooms designated for the gender
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with which they identify; and
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WHEREAS,
It is essential to the health and well-being of all
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people to be able to live in accordance with their
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internal gender identity in all aspects of life;
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THEREFORE, be it resolved by this Student Congress here assembled that
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the existence of a gender neutral restroom in all public
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places be required effective January 1, 2017.
Introduced by Slippery Rock Area High School
Resolution to Ban Police and Civilian Tasers/ Stun guns #10
1. WHEREAS, Tasers/ Stun guns have been known to cause mental problems, impair breathing,
2. induce seizures, and even cause cardiac arrests.
3. WHEREAS, Tasers/ Stun guns have been known to kill more than 500 people in the last
4. decade.
5. WHEREAS, Tasers/ Stun guns have been known to be misused and used too freely
6. by civilians and even law enforcement officers.
7. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: A law
8. will be implemented requiring all citizens and police officers to give up their Tasers/ Stun
9. guns by 2016.
Respectfully submitted,
Deer Lakes High School
A Resolution to Require the Teaching of Cursive Handwriting in Schools #11
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WHEREAS: The Common Core State Standards does not require any cursive instruction
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for students in their curricula.
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WHEREAS: Many teachers decide not to educate their students in cursive writing
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because they believe that it is not needed.
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WHEREAS: If young people do not learn cursive, they will be unable to write a legal
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signature and their handwriting will be easily forged.
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WHEREAS: Students never learn how to accurately read cursive written by older
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generations.
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WHEREAS: The young people do not develop the fine motor skills that would otherwise
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be formed from learning cursive.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Student Congress here assembled, that it must
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be required for all students to learn to write in cursive.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lakeview Christian Academy
A Bill to Initialize an Audit of the Federal Reserve Board #12
1. Whereas, we are currently in a state of economic downturn.
2. Whereas, the Fed with a minor investigation has revealed it gave over 16 trillion dollars
to
3. foreign and domestic companies.
4. Whereas, the Fed is currently unaudited at any point in time giving them an unnecessary
5. amount of power.
6. Whereas, the Fed is not doing an effective job of keeping the economy stable and
should
7. be reformed.
8. Be it resolved by the Congress here today, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board be
9. initialized to create greater transparency and responsibility of the part of the Fed and to
10. better accomplish the job of keeping the United States economy stable.
Respectfully Submitted,
T.J. Belsterling, Quigley Catholic H.S.
A Resolution to Publically Endorse Environmentalism #13
Whereas, oxygen is necessary for human life, and plants produce oxygen
Whereas, to promote environmentalism all government buildings and offices will
be required to have plants
Whereas, these plants will placed in all rooms and windows possible
Whereas, due to allergies a list of approved plants such as which produce little
pollen with be comprised
Whereas, the plants in personal offices and their windows will be filled at the
office inhabitants discretion while hallway, conference room and other communal
windows/areas be filled in whatever way is deemed most appropriate by that
particular group provided that living plants from the approved list are there
Whereas, buildings that the general public should not know of and skyscrapers
will be exempt from the window mandate
Whereas, people will be allowed to request permission to have edible plants
in their office provided they are willing to buy said plant themselves
Whereas, finding funds for the plants will fall to the organization itself
Whereas, not all plants must be bought at once as long as the building meets the
requirements within two years of the law’s passage they will be considered
in compliance
Let it be resolved that all government buildings will be required to have plants
Respectfully submitted
Keystone Oaks School District
A Bill to Require Immigrant Screenings in Order to Enter a Country #14
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
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Section 1: The United States shall require a mandatory screening of all immigrants seeking to
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enter the country
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Section 2: An immigrant is defined as “a person who comes permanently to live in a country”
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Section 3: The United States Department of Homeland Security will go over the screenings to
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make sure that all immigrants are properly vetted before entering the country.
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Section 4: The Department of Homeland Security will administer a sufficient and thorough
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background check on each immigrant before they are allowed to enter the United States.
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Section 5: This legislation goes into effect immediately upon its passage to ensure proper
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security for the citizens of the United States
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Section 6: All laws in conflict with this will be hereby declared null and void
Respectfully Submitted,
Vincentian Academy