A team of Sweet Briar College students, coached by Chaplain Guy Brewer, will participate in the seventh statewide collegiate Ethics Bowl Tournament on Sunday, Feb. 12 and Monday, Feb. 13 on the campus of Lynchburg College. The theme of the 2006 Ethics Bowl is “Ethics and Sports.”

SBC students Irene Maslanik ’07, Michelle Sanchez ’08, Sara Ostrow ’06, Anne Lojek ’09, Kassie Caola ’07 and Cassidy Trom ’09 will compete against student teams from 14 private colleges in Virginia.

The Ethics Bowl is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, a consortium supporting private colleges and universities in Virginia, and Wachovia Bank. The format is a round-robin debate in which the student teams address case studies based on ethical issues. Professionals from the business sector, law, finance, journalism and other fields will listen to team presentations and offer reactions to students’ presentations.

Nationally known television news reporters Roger Mudd, former journalist for CBS and the History Channel, and Margaret Warner of public television’s “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will emcee a dinner event.

The Ethics Bowl opening session begins 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in Lynchburg College’s Centennial Hall, with the first round of debates scheduled at 4:15 p.m.

The competition continues at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Centennial Hall. The final round is at 1 p.m. The winning team will be announced at 2 p.m.

The debate sessions are open to the public and admission is free.

Sweet Briar is a member of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, which is a nonprofit, fundraising and programmatic partnership of colleges and supporting corporations, foundations and individuals.

For more information, please visit www.vfic.org.