The Brunswick Trust N E W S L E T T E R
Brunswick Trust Report – Spring 2025
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pring has brought opportunities for our boys to build rel ationships — with themselves, with their classmates, with fellow Bruins in other divisions, and with the larger community beyond Brunswick. On campus and far afield, through the auspices of The Trust, boys have had the opportunity to listen, learn, teach, debate, and lead. In doing so, they have cultivated the kinds of respectful relationships that reflect the values of community and service that we cherish here at Brunswick. Thank you for your support of The Brunswick Trust. Enjoy the summer!
Character Connects
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s now really the best time to be alive for a young American?
This was the question up for discussion as The Brunswick Union held its annual debate in Baker Theater in April. Will O’Reilly ’25 served as moderator. He explained that the goal of The Brunswick Union is to promote civil discourse. “After hearing feedback from Brunswick graduates who were struggling with how to discuss hot-button issues on college campuses, our school created this program,” O’Reilly said. “Its goal is to model civil discourse for students and encourage seeing both sides of issues in order to find collaborative solutions. In our annual assembly, we feature a live, audience-judged debate on a topic we deem to be relevant. In the past, we have debated issues such as gun control, border policy, and free speech.”
This year, debaters Alex Pombo ’26 and Sayah Trahanas ’25 provided the winning arguments as to why the current era is, indeed, the best time to be alive for young
Americans. Neel Behringer ’26 and Leo Simon ’25 argued against. “The pro side won the debate, although it was a close call!” advisor Lia Mehos said. “The debate explored issues such as rapidly changing technology, economic opportunity/uncertainty, and declines in mental health, just to name just a few.” continued on page 2