By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has set its travel schedule for the 2019-2020 competitive intercollegiate debate season. This year, the team is made up of 16 undergraduate students with majors ranging from neuroscience and philosophy to international journalism and history. The season-long topic for the 2019-2020 academic season asks whether the United States […]
By Stephanie Cepak Michigan State University Debate will compete with three student teams at the upcoming National Debate Tournament – a status only given a select group of colleges in the country. This is the first time since 2014 that MSU has qualified three teams for the national competition, once again proving it remains an […]
Stephanie Cepak The Michigan State University Debate team will begin its 2018-19 competitive season Friday with a tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. This season’s debate topic is, “Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase statutory and/or judicial restrictions on the executive power of the President of the United States in one or more of […]
Two pairs of teams from Michigan State University Debate will compete in the National Debate Tournament, marking the 22nd consecutive season that the university has qualified for competition. “MSU has one of the strongest college track records in qualifying for the National Debate Tournament,” said Debate Head Coach Will Repko. “Our students have worked hard this season […]
The Michigan State University debate team has finished in the top 16 at its second competitive tournament, following another top 16 finish at the Georgia State National Debate Tournament. The latest top-16 finish came Monday at the University of Kentucky tournament, which featured 102 competitive teams from across the country. Overall, seven MSU pairs competed […]
The Michigan State University Debate team finished in the top four out of 78 teams competing at the National Debate Tournament held at Binghamton University March 31-April 4. Tyler Thur, an Honors College senior majoring in international relations, and his teammate, math senior Margaret Strong, defeated teams from Wake Forest University, Harvard University, Weber State University, Rutgers […]
The Michigan State University Debate Team won the Kentucky Round Robin – an elite event in which only nine of the top teams in the country compete. Honors College and international relations senior Tyler Thur and mathematics senior Margaret Strong went 7-1 in their debates, defeating teams from the University of Michigan, Harvard University, the University of […]
Stephanie Cepak IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Michigan State University Debate team finished in the Elite Eight of the National Debate Tournament held at the University of Iowa April 3-6. Tyler Thur, an Honors College junior majoring in international relations, and his teammate math junior Margaret Strong, defeated teams from Georgetown University, the University of […]
Stephanie Cepak Austin, TEXAS — The Michigan State University Debate team won the Texas Open tournament this week, besting a team from the University of Michigan in the final round. Tyler Thur, an Honors College member and international relations junior, and his partner, math junior Margaret Strong, were the winning MSU team. Thur and Strong […]
Stephanie Cepak MIAMI, Florida & LOS ANGELES, California — The Michigan State University Debate team came out No. 1 in a crowd of nearly 50 teams at the University of Miami debate tournament this week. International relations senior Jack Caporal and international relations senior Quinn Zemel bested teams from Emory University, the University of Michigan, […]
