MSU Debate competed at the Baird Debates Round Robin and Minnesota College Debate Invitational on back-to-back weekends. Arielle Gearring, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy senior, and Hina Shehzad, an International Relations junior, competed at the Baird Debates Round Robin hosted by the A. Craig Baird Debate Forum at the University of Iowa the weekend […]
MSU Debate had an impressive showing at the JW Patterson Debates hosted by the University of Kentucky this past weekend with one team finishing in the Final Four. 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 […]
MSU Debate reached the Sweet Sixteen at the Owen L. Coon Memorial Debate Tournament at Northwestern University this past 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 octafinals (Sweet Sixteen) after a dominating performance in preliminary […]
It’s been ten years since Jack Caporal and Quinn Zemel won the University of Miami Tournament but their time on the team was just the beginning of the friendships and life lessons they found from MSU Debate. In 2015, Caporal and Zemel won the Hurricane Debates hosted by the University of Miami. It was the […]
Three teams from MSU Debate attended the National Debate Tournament (NDT) hosted this year by Gonzaga University and two teams qualified for elimination rounds. Tony Miklovis, an International Relations and Social Relations and Policy senior, and Blaine Montford, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy sophomore in the Honors College, advanced as the 22nd seed after […]
MSU Debate reached the Sweet Sixteen at the American Debate Association (ADA) National Tournament this past weekend. Tony Miklovis, an International Relations and Social Relations and Policy senior, and Blaine Montford, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy sophomore in the Honors College, bested teams from Emory University, the University of Kansas, the University of Minnesota, […]
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 Democracy junior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy sophomore, automatically qualified to the national tournament after being designated as one of the top sixteen […]
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 29th consecutive qualification to the NDT. Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy junior in the Honors College, and Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy sophomore, automatically qualified […]
MSU Debate had two teams in the Sweet 16 at the Texas Open Debate Tournament this past weekend after qualifying three teams for elimination debates. Tony Miklovis, an International Relations and Social Relations and Policy senior in the Honors College, Blaine Montford, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy sophomore in the Honors College, Joanna Gusis, […]
A team from MSU Debate won the United States Naval Academy Crowe Warken Tournament this past weekend after three teams from MSU qualified for elimination debates. Debaters from across the country debated both sides of the season-long resolution about decarbonization. The full wording of the topic is “Resolved: The United States Federal Government should adopt […]
