On the last day of formal classes, MACCESS students engage in a parliamentary debate. The resolution for this year's debate was the following: This house resolves that professional sports arenas in Minnesota should be publically financed. The students elected four kick-off speakers, each of whom gave an eight minute speech for/against the resolution. The moderator then permitted members of the audience (MACCESS students, faculty, staff, Liaisons and guests) to speak for or against the resolution. As these speeches were given, audience members expressed their views about the persuasiveness of the arguments given by physically moving to designated sections of the room: left side ("against"), right side ("for") or center ("undecided"). The debate ended with a tally of the body-count votes for each position: Those affirming the resolution won.