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By Will Repko Dr. James Roper, MSU Debate's first and longest-serving Director of Debate, passed away on October 16, 2020. Dr. Roper was the director of MSU Debate from 1984 until 2000. MSU Debate's Head Coach, Will Repko, and Dr. Roper's son, Dan...

By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — As a trailblazing leader in online debate instruction, Michigan State University Debate is excited to announce an innovative new partnership with the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) that will continue to expand access to debate for...

By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had two teams reach elimination debates at the Northwestern Season Opener this week. Both MSU Debate Teams reached the top 32 at the tournament with over 125 teams competing. Historically, competitions have been in-person events, but...

By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has set their competition schedule for the 2020-21 intercollegiate debate season. Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, all fall tournaments will occur online. The full schedule is as follows: Northwestern Season Opener, 9/18-9/21/20 JW Patterson Debates at Kentucky, 10/2-10/5/20 Wayne...

By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate participated in a public debate at CitizenDetroit’s Dinner and Dialogue event last week. Eva Farber, economics freshman, and Piper Meloche, James Madison sophomore, represented MSU at the event. CitizenDetroit featured Farber and Meloche debating whether the Detroit...

MSU Today At the forefront of debate technology and inclusion stands the Michigan State debate team. In January 2020, MSU partnered with debate teams from Indiana University, University of Michigan and University of Minnesota to experiment with a series of online scrimmage debates that could...