Wyatt McGillen of Kalispell, MT was part of Ripon College's regional championship Ethics Bowl Team

2017 Dec 7

Wyatt McGillen, a member of Ripon College's class of 2019, majoring in Politics and Government , History and Philosophy from Kalispell, MT partcipated in the Upper-Midwest regional ethics bowl competition. McGillen is the child of Shannon O'Donnell of Kalispell, MT and Greg McGillen of Butte, MT.

The Ripon College Ethics Bowl Team placed first at the 2017 Regional Championship last weekend at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Michigan. With an undefeated record, Ripon outscored the next closest team by more than 30 points.

Topics of debate included issues related to journalism, hormone testing at the Olympics, the Electoral College, suicide, the Keystone pipeline, granting legal personhood to rivers, immigration, and others.

The team Ripon now moves on to the National Ethics Bowl to be held in Chicago in March 2018.

Members of the team are: Lauren Hince '18 of Blaine, Minnesota; Rose Hogmire '18 of Lake Elmo, Minnesota; Erika Isaacson '18 of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Mitra Kermani '20 of Louisville, Colorado; Anya Korovets '21 of Baraboo, Wisconsin; Cass Larsen '20 of Neenah, Wisconsin; Wyatt McGillen '19 of Kilispell, Montana; Erik Osmonson '21 of Coon Rapids, Minnesota; Haley Stowell '20 of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and DeLou Wilson '18 of Madison, Wisconsin.