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By Wajeeha Kamal Michigan State University alum Kaavya Ramesh competed on the university’s debate team from 2010 to 2014 and was a four-time qualifier to the National Debate Tournament (NDT). Ramesh received a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Chinese with an additional...

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...

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...

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...

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...