Olivet Students Get a Taste of Parliamentary Procedure
The Center-sponsored Law and Politics Society recently held a workshop called “Pizza and Parliamentary Procedure” with guest speaker Rev. Reuben L. Lillie. Rev. Lillie is a vocal professor at Olivet and the founder of The Loop Church of the Nazarene in Chicago. At the event, students learned how to properly hold a meeting using parliamentary procedure. Parliamentary procedure is used in many...
Read MoreHuman Zoos Showing at Olivet Nazarene University
On October 18th, Olivet Nazarene University’s Law and Politics Society (LPS), sponsored by the Center for Law and Culture, hosted a movie showing for the award-winning film Human Zoos. Human Zoos discusses the horrors of scientific racism and the dangers of manipulating an entire race. The sterilization of people with disabilities in order to not “pass along bad genes” is also discussed in...
Read MoreOlivet’s Mock Trial Team Has Early Success
Olivet Nazarene University’s Center-Sponsored Mock Trial team recently competed in a Regional Mock Trial tournament at Xavier University in Cincinnati. The Olivet ‘Trial Tigers’ are in their third year of competition. At this tournament, they were met by former Center Director and team coach Zach Bohannon (far right). “I performed in Speech and Debate in high school, so it is wonderful to...
Read MoreCreation Care: A Christian Conversation
Olivet Nazarene University, a small Christian university in the suburbs of Chicago, is not where most people imagine a panel on community engagement and environmental conservation to be held. On October 28, 2017 a group of community leaders including pastors, nonprofit directors and professors gathered together to do just that. The event titled The Creation Care Practicum focused on how...
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