The final of the 3rd Debate Competition of Environment Protection Alliance of Universities (EPAU) was held in Beijing Normal University on Dec 17. The team from SOE of THU defeated the team from PKU on the issue of the impact of human activities on natural species and won the competition.

Six Universities sponsored this debate competition, including THU, PKU, RUC, BNU, CAU and BFU. EPAU is originated from the communication group organized by Graduate Student Unions from the above six universities. It has since organized a series of activities containing mock interview competition, debate competition on environment issues, environmental publicity and so on.