Author: Kevin McCaffrey, Assistant Debate Coach As many high school policy debaters begin to explore the 2023-2024 Economic Inequality topic, the MSU debate team has just completed a season during which we researched some related ideas. I’m hoping sharing some of my experiences and thoughts might help students learn and prepare, and am writing a […]
Author: Kevin McCaffrey, Assistant Debate Coach As many high school policy debaters begin to explore the 2023-2024 Economic Inequality topic, the MSU debate team has just completed a season during which we researched some related ideas. I’m hoping sharing some of my experiences and thoughts might help students learn and prepare, and am writing a […]
Author: Carly Watson When I was a high school student looking to debate in college, there were very few resources available for students navigating the process. I was lucky enough to have debate camp lab leaders point me in the right direction but I still didn’t know the questions to ask or what opportunities were […]
Author: Kevin McCaffrey I recently started trying to map out the boundaries of next year’s high school topic, and began by exploring government definitions of “security cooperation”, as I knew from prior experience that this is a term for which there is a formal, authoritative definition. However, what I discovered was somewhat surprising – both that the […]
Author: Carly Watson Last year I put together a blog with NDT arguments that might make the leap into end-of-season high school tournaments. While this year’s college antitrust topic might feel a lot different from the water topic, there are a few things with crossover potential. Many people are involved in both college and high […]
The 2022 Spartan Debate Institute will be online. I realize some people might be confused (maybe even baffled) by our decision to host the SDI online again this summer so I’m hoping to shed some light on the decision. Benefits of Online Debate First, we still believe in the transformational power of online debate to be […]
Author: Marge Strong I’m sure we are all sick of hearing about these “uncertain times,” not just because it’s an annoying phrase, but also because uncertainty isn’t fun. No one, outside of watching an amazing suspense movie, seeks out this type of insecurity. We want to know what’s coming next and when. What tournaments are happening […]
Author: Carly Watson I know I said the other posts were all that I had planned about applying to college as a debater. Once I wrote everything out, I realized it was kind of a beast in terms of content length. I put together a one-pager that had all of the main tips from the […]
Author: Carly Watson In previous posts, I talked about debate in the application and consideration phase as well as debate-specific scholarships. In this post, I plan to talk about some criteria you can use to compare different debate teams. There are tons of important non-debate benchmarks to consider when comparing schools (one last pitch for […]
Author: Carly Watson In the first post in this series, I wrote about how debate intersects with the application and consideration phase when going through the college process. In this post, I’ll be talking more about how debate can be potentially financially beneficial for students looking to debate in college. Unfortunately, too many financial opportunities […]
