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, […]
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 was the first time since 2008 that MSU qualified three teams. MSU […]
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 three, two-person MSU teams advanced to the elimination rounds. Placing 5th at […]
The 60th Annual National Debate Tournament was hosted this year by Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois. The dates were from March 23-27, 2006. Each year, hundreds of universities across the country field policy debate teams. Only 78 two-person teams qualify for the National Debate Tournament. MSU qualified three: Ryan Buke and Casey Harrigan were awarded a first-round at […]
While UCLA and Arkansas were battling it out on the basketball court, MSU debaters Biza Repko and Jason Trice were winning the 1995 national championship in debate at San Diego State University. MSU was one of more than 100 schools in the nation participating in the tournament, which started March 31. April 2 qualifying teams […]
MSU’s top two-person debate team, Biza Repko and Jason Trive, won the prestigious “Heart of America” Debate Tournament, this weekend, at the University of Kansas. Other than the National Championship, which takes place in early April, this tournament is the most important tournament in the country. It attracts literally every serious nationally competitive two-person team […]
