By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had teams in elimination debates in two divisions at the JW Patterson Debates hosted by the University of Kentucky. In the Wildcat division, Glen Scully, a computer science freshman, and Miaomiao Zi, an interdisciplinary humanities freshman in the Honors College, reached the semifinals and Scully was named third overall speaker. Scully […]
Carly Watson Two teams from Michigan State University Debate reached elimination debates at the Owen L. Coon Memorial Tournament hosted by Northwestern University. The team of Piper Meloche and Nate Glancy reached the Sweet 16 after defeating teams from Georgetown University, Emory University, Wake Forest University, and Emporia State University in preliminary debates. In their elimination rounds, Meloche, a […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has announced their competition schedule for the 2022 fall semester with tournament hosts all over the country. The team will participate at a mix of online and in person tournaments. The full schedule is as follows: Owen L. Coon Memorial Tournament hosted by Northwestern University (9/17-9/19) JW Patterson […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Students on the Michigan State University Debate Team returned to campus early to get a head start on preparing for their competitive season. The Debate Team already knows the topic they will be debating all year – legal personhood for nature, nonhuman animal species, or artificial intelligence – and are using […]
By Carly Watson The Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) announced that legal personhood has been selected as the 2022-2023 college policy debate topic. In a vote including CEDA member schools, legal personhood was selected over other possibilities including comity, court reform, and treaties. Students from MSU Debate will debate the following resolution: The United States should vest legal rights and/or duties in […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate had two teams reach elimination debates at the 76th National Debate Tournament last weekend. Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in James Madison College, and Tony Miklovis, a James Madison College freshman, bested teams from the University of Texas at Austin, University of Minnesota, Kansas […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate had their best results at the American Debate Association (ADA) National Tournament in team history last weekend. Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and David Koster, a political science sophomore, were named one of the top eight teams at the tournament after defeating a hybrid […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate qualified two teams to the National Debate Tournament (NDT) at the district qualifying tournament. Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and David Koster, a political science sophomore in the Honors College, bested teams from Northwestern University, Purdue University, and Wayne State University to finish in […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate reached the octafinals (round of 16) at a tournament hosted by the University of Texas at Austin last weekend. At the Texas Open, Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy major in the Honors College, and Tony Miklovis, a James Madison College freshman in the Honors […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nate Glancy and David Koster, members of the Michigan State University Debate Team, won the Brick City Round Robin last weekend. The tournament, hosted by Rutgers University-Newark, is an elite event where only twelve teams are invited to participate. Teams are selected in recognition of their season-long success. Glancy, an economics […]
