Michigan State University Debate had two teams competing in elimination debates of the open division and one team reach the quarterfinals of the Wildcat division at the JW Patterson Debates at Kentucky. Wajeeha Kamal, a Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy sophomore in the Honors College, and Maddie Van Zant, a psychology senior in the Honors […]
Michigan State University Debate had two competing in elimination debates at the Northwestern Season Opener. Over 140 teams participated in the tournament. In the elimination debates, MSU was represented by Nate Glancy, an economics senior, David Koster, a political science sophomore, Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy major, and Tony Miklovis, a James Madison College […]
Michigan State University Debate has set their competition schedule for the 2021-22 intercollegiate debate season. Because of COVID-19, many fall tournaments will occur online. The full schedule is as follows: Northwestern Season Opener, 9/18-9/20 JW Patterson Debates at Kentucky, 10/2-10/4 Wayne State Ziegelmueller Invitational, 10/22-10/24 Harvard Tournament, 10/30-11/1 ADA Fall Championship, 11/12-11/15 Franklin R. Shirley […]
Michigan State University Debate has selected Kevin McCaffrey as the next Assistant Debate Coach. McCaffrey joins MSU Debate after previously coaching at Glenbrook North High School (IL) for eight years. “Kevin is an incredible addition to our staff. MSU Debate has a legacy of success and he only adds to that,” said Will Repko, MSU […]
The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) has announced the 2021-2022 college policy debate resolution. MSU Debaters competing at college policy debate tournaments this academic year with be debating about antitrust. Antitrust was chosen as the topic area in May beating out climate, labor rights, economic inequality, and transportation infrastructure. This week, the specific wording for the topic was chosen by CEDA […]
Michigan State University Debate qualified a third team to the National Debate Tournament (NDT). Only six schools nationally are allowed to qualify three teams to the NDT. Lena Grossman, a philosophy senior, and Ezra Serrins, a comparative cultures and policies senior in the Honors College, received the news Thursday morning that they were qualified. “This is […]
Michigan State University Debate qualified two teams to the National Debate Tournament (NDT) last weekend at the district qualifying tournament held online. Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy junior in the Honors College, and Duvall Adair, a political theory and constitutional democracy senior in the Honors College, were undefeated against teams from Northwestern University, […]
MSU Debate is thrilled to announce that Carly Watson is the new director of the MSU Debate Program. Watson takes on this new role after spending nearly ten years at the Debate Team Project and Events Coordinator. Watson has a long history with the MSU Debate Team. She attended the Spartan Debate Institute (SDI) – […]
In anticipation of the 2021 SDI being held online, the Spartan Debate Institute has resumed their popular webinars to preview the camp. “We want students to be able to get a sense of what our content will look like over the summer,” said Will Repko, MSU Debate Head Coach. “It’s important when selecting a camp that students enjoy […]
By Carly Watson The MSU Debate Team has awarded the 2020 Distinguished Debater Award (DDA) to Mitchell Scott, computer science freshman, in recognition of his competitive success, commitment to the team, and academic merit. Scott is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma where he debated for four years at Riverfield Country Day School. While on his high school team, Scott […]
