The OSU Socratic Club will feature a debate on the topic "Who Makes Morality?" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University Campus. In the last Socratic Club debate of the year, two all-student panels will debate how morality is determined.

Morality is a system of behavior that addresses standards of right and wrong. But where did this standard come from; evolutionary traits, individuals, God, or does it stem from society? Are all standards essentially the same, or are there differences that lead to the conclusion that all ethical systems are just a social construct?

The debate is the last in the Socratic Club's seventh year as a student organization at OSU. The club is modeled on the original Socratic Club, which was founded at Oxford University in 1941, with C. S. Lewis serving as president.

At OSU it offers a forum for opposing points of view on subjects of contemporary debate at the intersection of Christian belief and contemporary culture. Each speaker is given 20 minutes to present one side of an issue, after which the two query each other regarding their differences before the floor is opened to questions from members of the audience. Two events are planned for each quarter; for more information visit the OSU Socratic Club online at http://oregonstate

.edu/groups/socratic/index

.html or phone Matthew Sprick at 908-1461. For video recordings of past debates see the club's archives on the Web site.