 At a school historically known for its left-leaning standpoint, UC Berkeley says it strives to embrace all political perspectives. Every year, Cal dedicates an event to the Cal Conservative Society versus Cal Democrats' debate. We're here today to see a model of civil argumentation between two polarized parties in the Cal community. The Berkeley Conservative Society initiated the creation of this annual debate with the Cal Democrats a year ago. Chancellor Christ of UC Berkeley attended the event both years. How do you lead students to embrace free speech and embrace their diversity? I am so impressed and I admire so much the efforts of the Cal Republicans and the Cal Democrats to do this series of debates. I think what's really important in our country is to learn how to speak civilly and with respect about issues on which we per-family disagree. After hearing both sides of the argument on taxes, healthcare and minimum wage, we asked President of the Berkeley Conservative Society and the President of the Cal Democrats what their take is on free speech at Cal and how it is encouraged through this event. I think the debate was absolutely a victory for free speech and just civil discourse more broadly. We launched the debate series with the Cal Democrats last year as the Berkeley Conservative Society to heighten discourse and we're just so heartened by the warm reception we've received. Well, I had a lot of fun debating the Berkeley Conservative Society. I think that that was a good exchange of many of the policy issues that we see being debated on the national stage. It was nice to kind of debate them in miniature here at Cal. Amongst other distinguished faculty at the event, Professor of Public Policy Dan Lindheim gave a statement during the opening remarks on the importance of civil argumentation. What I think is necessary for meaningful debates is to bring people together and say, okay, look, what is it we're trying to achieve? We have different points of view, but let's see are there commonalities about what our goals are. This is Nell LeBron for Cal 2E News.