The endowment provides annual support for the BHS Debate Team. Through fundraisers and outreach to debate alumni, the endowment maintains dedicated support of the program. Below is a synopsis of recent topics the team has debated.

Imagine a young girl in 7th grade, where most girls at her age are starting to develop, stares into the mirror looking at her thin, frail looking body and just the words in her head saying, "You are fat, no food for two weeks." This isn't an actress on a famous t.v. show, showing off her talent, but it is the cold reality of most young girls. In debate terms this is a plan. The resolution for the year 2002 states, " Resolved: That the U.S. should substantially increase the public service for metal health care in the U.S." This resolution shows that states across the country have closed mental care hospitals and are returning the mentally ill to society. The returning or the mentally ill to society increases the homelessness in the nation. The types of plans that covers the resolutions are as follows: Eating disorders, Confidential counseling for military personnel, Counseling for prisoners that were raped. Post-pardon depression, Native American tribal remedies for mental problems, and AIDS counseling. One can argue how are these mentally ill become a treat to society. The affirmative side can dispute that homelessness is a primarily a bad situation to deal with on both sides. (QUOTE)Debaters examine the subjects ranging from psycho topic drugs to therapy techniques, civil rights of the mentally ill to the community based care verses the traditional mental hospital. The Kritik is much used in argument, especially the one related to the power relationship ideas of Michel Foucault. Along with Foucault debaters argue on federalism, politics, the states counter plan, and spending.

The resolution as any debater can see is a fun one. Resolutions give debaters the basis of the arguments. Some previous years resolutions are, (res. 1999) in 2000 Resolved: that the U.S federal government will increase privacy in the subsets of consumer information, work, and medical information in the U.S., in 2001 Resolved: that the U.S. federal government shall limit the use of weapons of mass destruction in the U.S. Over the years the debate team has won many arguments and the resolution is still as easy as the previous ones as so they way.