The Constitution of Epigram.
First Edition, July 2025. The document that records how Epigram began, how its desks work, and how the society keeps itself accountable.
A rulebook for better debates, clearer records, and fairer rooms.
The constitution keeps Epigram from becoming only a list of events. It gives shape to debates, publications, media work, equity, archives, and the way students take responsibility for the society.
It draws from Epigram's proposal memo, debating traditions, university rules, and public-law references, then translates them into a document the society can actually use.
The preface belongs where members can find it.
Through debate, discussion, and deliberation, we do not merely doubt and defend ideas and ideals, we revise and refine them.First Edition Preface, July 2025
Epigram took its first shape on 3 March 2023 as JIN Monthly Debate - Epigram, led by the 2022 cohorts of Journalism, International Relations, and Peace Studies. Its first classroom debate was held on 9 March 2023 in A204, Arrupe Block.
The first edition also records what came next: Airwaves, the Epigram Magazine, the Student Council Presidential Debate, committees, and the Drafting & Advisory Committee that began its work on 16 June 2024.
How the document is organised.
The PDF is long, so the site keeps the main blocks easy to scan.
The origin, recognition, name, logo, motto, and home of Epigram.
Council, Directorate, General Secretariat, Registrar General, Equity Office, Election Commission, PR, Finance, Liaison, Publications, Airwaves.
Executive Assembly, Raconteurs, Common Room, Literary and Debating Circuit.
Ethics, Media, Standing, Drafting, Finance, PR, Search and Selection, Liaison, Equity.
Monthly, semester, annual, and special events including ICDL, Nationals, Habba, Youth Parliament, and award ceremony.
Conduct, elections, Chatham House rules, media ethics, equity, privacy, finance, conflicts, and amendments.
Archives, fonts, oaths, alumni, founder records, seniority, policies, and amendments.
Publications and Airwaves have their own desks.
They are part of Epigram's core work, not extra pages bolted onto a debate site.