169th Session (2017-2018)

Introduction

Behold! The debates of the 169th Session of the Literary and Scientific Society! Minutes were written by Mr Peter Dunn and debates were recorded by Mr Matthew Bradley HLM. All minutes are PDF files hosted on Google Drive, and the recordings are .mp3 files hosted on Archive.org. All photos are hosted on Google Drive, and all videos are hosted on our YouTube channel. I hope you enjoy!

First Semester

Mock Snap General Election Debate

• 1st Special Meeting
• Date: 06/06/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes the Book is Better than the Film

• 2nd Special Meeting, held at Q-Con in conjunction with QUB Dragonslayers
• Date: 18/06/2017
• Minutes (To Be Added)
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Online Dating is the Death of Romance

• 3rd Special Meeting (Freshers’ Debate)
• Date: 21/09/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Not Go To Queen’s

• 1st Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 28/09/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Islam is Compatible with Western Liberalism

• 2nd Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 05/10/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Regrets The British Empire

• 3rd Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 12/10/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Western Politics is Inherently Sexist

• 3rd Special Meeting, held at Parliament Buildings, Stormont
• Date: 18/10/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Enforce Equal Marriage on NI

• 4th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 19/10/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Negotiate with Terrorists

• 5th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 26/10/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Blaspheme

• 6th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 02/11/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes NI Can Have a Post-Sectarian Election

• 7th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 09/11/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Stop Funding for Mars Exploration

• 8th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 16/11/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Regrets The Rise in Positive Discrimination

• 9th Ordinary Meeting and Godkin Novice Debate
• Date: 23/11/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes All Mental Illness is Curable

• 5th Special Meeting
• Date: 28/11/2017
• Minutes
• Photos

This House Believes That Trump Will Destroy the Planet

• 10th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 30/11/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Free Will Does Not Exist

• 11th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 07/12/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

Christmas Party Mini-Debates

This House Would Be Dramatic, This House Believes The Literific is an Old Boys’ Club, and This House Would Rather be Naughty than Nice

• 12th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 14/12/2017
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

Second Semester

This House Would Seize the Means of Production

• 13th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 11/01/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Experiment with Drugs

• 14th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 18/01/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Support the Israeli Government

• 15th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 25/01/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Allies have No Place in Queer Spaces

• 16th Ordinary Meeting, with QUB LGBT+ Society
• Date: 01/02/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Regrets the Reformation

• 17th Ordinary Meeting, held in the Union Theological College
• Date: 08/02/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Be in an Open Relationship

• 18th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 15/02/2018
• Minutes
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Big Pharma has Done More Harm than Good

• 19th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 22/02/2018
• Minutes (To Be Added)
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Invade the Soviet Union (1945)

• 20th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 01/03/2018
• Minutes (To Be Added)
• Recording
• Photos

This House Rejects Open Borders (QUB vs UU)

• 6th Special Meeting
• Date: 07/03/2018

This House Would Rather be in Slytherin

• 21st Ordinary Meeting, co-hosted with QUB Sci-Fi Society
• Date: 08/03/2018
• Minutes 
• Recording
• Photos

This House Would Repeal the 8th

• 22nd Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 15/03/2018
• Minutes 
• Recording
• Photos

This House Believes Antifa is more Dangerous than the White Nationalist Movements (Dufferin Debate)

• 23rd Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 22/03/2018
• Minutes
• Recording

This House Believes the ROI has Sold Out on NI

• 24th Ordinary Meeting
• Date: 19/04/2018
• Minutes (Peter Dunn)
• Minutes (Matthew Bradley)
• Recording

Assorted Recordings

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE 169TH SESSION

• Date: 13/03/2018
• Recording

Event Cover Photos

The 169th Session also saw the introduction of custom-designed Cover Photos and Videos for each debate and social event. These have been collated here, although please note that the videos have been converted into .gif format, so their quality has degraded somewhat.

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