By Carly Watson and Melanie Brender For the first time in program history, a member of Michigan State University Debate received the Julia Burke Award. Joanna Gusis received the award, which is given to an outstanding debater who most clearly exhibits a passion for debate, a commitment to helping others, love and respect for the […]
By: Carly Watson MSU Debate won the Front Royal Cup for the first time in program history last weekend at the American Debate Association (ADA) national tournament. Zaria Jarman, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy junior, and Glen Scully, a computer science senior, placed first in the season-long rankings and Henry Martin, a physics and […]
By: Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has qualified three teams to the 80th annual National Debate Tournament (NDT). Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy junior, automatically qualified to the NDT after being designated as one of the […]
By: Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate members Joanna Gusis and Stephen Lewis earned a first round at-large bid to the National Debate Tournament (NDT) securing the team’s 30th consecutive qualification to the NDT. Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior in the Honors College, and Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy […]
MSU Debate had three teams in elimination debates at the Texas Open debates hosted by the University of Texas last weekend. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy junior, reached elimination debates after wins over teams Wake Forest University, […]
MSU Debate had four teams debating across two tournaments last weekend and finished in the Final Four at the Crowe Warken Debates. Arielle Gearring, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior, and Hina Shehzad, an International Relations junior reached the Final Four at the Crowe Warken Debates hosted by the US Naval Academy. Gearring and […]
MSU Debate had two teams in elimination debates at the Georgetown Tournament with one team finishing in the top sixteen. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy junior, reached the Sweet Sixteen after a weekend of debates. Gusis and […]
MSU Debate made a run to the Final Four at the Franklin R. Shirley Classic at Wake Forest University last weekend. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy junior, reached the semifinals after a weekend of debates. Gusis and […]
MSU Debate won the junior varsity division at the American Debate Association (ADA) Fall Championship tournament hosted at Wake Forest University last weekend. Eleazar Asase, a mechanical engineering junior in the Honors College, and Will Sterbenc, a James Madison College freshman, won the division after winning ten straight debates. Asase and Sterbenc defeated teams from […]
MSU Debate had five teams competing across two divisions at the Jesuit Debates hosted by Gonzaga University last weekend. Eleazar Asase, a mechanical engineering junior, and Will Sterbenc, a James Madison College freshman, won the Junior Varsity division after defeating teams from Emory University, the University of Wyoming, the US Naval Academy, and Southwestern College. […]
