The library will be OPEN 24 HOURS starting at 7 a.m. Monday, April 22 until 4:30 p.m.
Constitution Day Essay Contest -- $200 Prize -- Deadline Sept. 15
Fri, 09/01/2023 - 8:25am
UL Lafayette undergraduate students can enter the 2023 Constitution Day Essay Contest and win a $200 prize from the Galvez Chapter of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Topic: Write a 28th Amendment to the Constitution
Contest Rules:
- 500 words
- Deadline September 15, 2023
- Justify your amendment with contemporary data
- All UL undergraduate students are eligible to enter
- Email essay to cola@louisiana.edu with subject line "Constitution Day Essay"
- Winner must attend DAR Galvez Chapter meeting Oct. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.
- Winning essay will be published in the DAR Galvez Chapter's newsletter
Prize: $200 prize, generously donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution Galvez Chapter
Topic Ideas:
- Reform campaign finance?
- Declare health care a human right? (or clean water) (or housing)
- Make it compulsory to vote?
- Equal Rights Amendment?
- Make it compulsory to vote? (or serve in the military)
- Term limits for Congress/Supreme Court?
- Remove the House of Representatives Cap?
- Or an idea of your own!
