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Millersville Student Wins Honorable Mention at Debate Competition

Bradley Bixler, international studies major, attends the Capitol Area Regional Model Arab League Conference.

Millersville University's Bradley Bixler

Bradley Bixler, a Millersville University international studies major with a minor in Arabic, won an honorable mention award at the Capitol Area Regional Model Arab League Conference. Bixler, along with other members of Millersville’s Middle Eastern Studies Organization, attended the debate competition with 17 other colleges in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the conference on Nov. 9-10 at Georgetown University.

The Capitol Area Regional Model Arab League is one of many debate competitions throughout the U.S. that is organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations that allows student leaders to walk in the shoes of Arab diplomats and other foreign affairs practitioners. Each school that attended the conference was assigned a specific Middle Eastern country to represent in the debate.

Millersville University represented the Syrian National Coalition and students debated on topics ranging from economics to political affairs, joint defense and social affairs. Students also decided what council they wanted to be in based on the topics chosen. Bixler was on the Council on Economic Affairs, where his topics included discussing national-level subsidies in the commodity market, determining polices on economic sanctions and solving the issue of unemployed youth in the Middle East.

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