Arts / Faith and HumanitiesEthics Bowl team wins Northwest Regional Intercollegiate competitionNo Author ProvidedNovember 27, 2019No Image Credit ProvidedPictured, left to right: Adina Van Etten; Anthony Verdugo; Tatianah Summer; Andru Zodrow; Benjamin Howe, PhD, coach and Interim Director, Matteo Ricci Institute; Samantha Fisher; Serena Oduro; Sofia McMillan; Marie-Therese ChahrouriThe victory earned the team a bid to the national competition for the third year in a row.Seattle University's Ethics Bowl team won the Northwest Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl on Nov. 16. The win earned the team a bid to the national competition, which takes place at the end of February in Atlanta, for a third year in a row. A second team from Seattle University placed third in the competition. In order to advance, Seattle University defeated Washington State University, Whitman College, Gonzaga University, University of Oregon, and others, including last year's national champion, Whitworth University. Students who compete in Ethics Bowl spends months studying public policy controversies and then use political and moral philosophy to answer questions about these cases in front of a panel of judges. This year's cases included student loan forgiveness, regulating online hate speech, and the use of open source software in medical devices.