This video promotes an academic debate to be held in the virtual world Second Life on February 4 2009, The debate will be on whether to abolish tenure at colleges and universities. It will take place at 8 PM Eastern time.
Attending the debate is as easy as establishing an account and downloading the Second Life software, which is available at secondlife.com. Those unfamiliar with the Second Life environment are encouraged to spend time becoming familiar with the program before the date of the debate.
For those already established in Second Life, the SURL for the debate is slurl.com/secondlife/Emgeetee/110/154/24. Clicking on the link will transport you to the debate venue where you will be able to see and hear the debate live if you have the Second Life software installed.

Alfred Snider
Lawrence Debate Union
University of Vermont
debate.uvm.edu