Senate Bill 1070 that has been proposed in Arizona has caused uproar amongst the population. Cerritos College Professor Philip Hu is planning a debate to discuss the new proposed bill.

The date for the debate has not been set but the location that it would most likely take place in is the Teleconference Center.

While details of the debate are still vague Hu is working with several students to ensure that the debate does occur before the semester ends.

More debaters need to confirm in order to move forward with their plans.

“CCFF, the faculty union, is likely to sign on as a co-sponsor once the lists of debaters are narrowed,” Hu said.

The debate will be a structured debate where there will be two sides of the argument, each side will have their turn to speak and their turn to rebuttal their opponents’ views; a mediator will oversee the debate.

Archy Posada, music major and a student involved with planning the debate said that they are trying to contact the Cerritos College Forensics Debate Team to see if they would be interested in judging or mediating the debate but they have yet been able to contact them.

Posada, said, “It’s a great idea to raise our voices and it would be interesting to see their response. It’s a racist law.”

The debate is opened to the entire student body and will be free of charge.

“We’re trying to make it a big deal to bring awareness. We want to take a step forward as a nation not backwards,” Posada said.