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MSU Debate Team Wins Elite Round Robin
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...

Michigan State Debate finishes in top 8 at national tournament
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...

MSU Debate team defeats U-M, brings home 1st place win at tournament
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,...

MSU Debate team clinches 1st place win at Miami tournament
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...

MSU Debate finishes in top 16 of National Debate Tournament
By Stephanie Cepak
Bloomington, Indiana — The Michigan State University Debate Team finished in the top 16 at the National Debate Tournament, which ended Monday.
MSU was one of six schools in the country to qualify three teams to the national competition. This...

MSU Debate advances to elimination rounds in California tournaments
By Stephanie Cepak
The Michigan State University Debate Team advanced to the elimination rounds in back-to-back tournaments held in California recently.
The debates were held Jan. 3-5 at the University of Southern California and Jan. 7-9 at California State University, Fullerton.
At USC, all...