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MSU Debate Team Qualifies Three Teams to the National Tournament

March 4, 2025 - Featured News

Michigan State University Debate has qualified three teams to the 79th annual National Debate Tournament (NDT). Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional...

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