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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...