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October 25, 2006 - Press Release
College Students Head to Columbia to be Lawmakers for a Week
Columbia, SC -- A week before voters go to the polls to determine the future policy makers of South Carolina, delegates of the South Carolina Student Legislature will use the House and Senate chambers in the State House to present, debate, amend, and vote on policies they and other students have drafted. From November 1-4, 2006, the South Carolina Student Legislature, an organization comprising students from fourteen colleges and universities across the Palmetto State, will meet in Columbia to hold its annual Fall Session.
SCSL is a student-run mock legislature founded in 1956 by Dr. Douglas Carlisle. This year, the organization celebrates its 50th anniversary. The bills and resolutions that are passed by the SCSL General Assembly and are signed by SCSL's governor are placed into a Journal of Acts and Resolutions, which the students hand deliver to the actual State Representatives, ensuring that the voice of South Carolina's youngest generation of policy makers is heard.
This year, the SCSL has the privilege to hear from the organization's founder, Dr. Douglas Carlisle, and possibly US Senator Jim DeMint at its banquet on Saturday, November 4. Tim Silvester, SCSL's 50th governor and a senior English major at Bob Jones University, said, "It's going to be great to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the South Carolina Student Legislature in the midst of the organization's founder and a US Senator. I have great respect for both men and anticipate hearing them speak."
SCSL's Fall Session serves students at colleges and universities across the state by allowing them the opportunity to experience debates about state policy in the setting of the State House. Every year's an election year for SCSL, but this year promises to be particularly exciting as Columbia prepares for the elections of the following week. For future lawyers, law makers and public administrators -- it might as well be Christmas.