Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer
Mock Senate President Sarah Moffitt, center, a senior from The Prout School in Wakefield, looks for a ruling from Timothy Sebring, also a senior from Prout, the Parliamentarian, during a mock Senate debate held Thursday in the Senate Chambers during the annual American Legion Boys and Girls State conference at the State House in Providence. The top political science students in Rhode Island debated mock bills they wrote themselves that deal with First Amendment rights, cell phone use, taxes and other real-life issues. The American Legion sponsors the week-long program, which drew 70 high school seniors from throughout Rhode Island.