Jasmine Stidham has joined MSU Debate as an Assistant Debate Coach after coaching at Dartmouth College for five years. At the collegiate level, Stidham helped coach Dartmouth to win the 2021 Copeland Award and the National Debate Tournament two years in a row. “Jasmine is a great addition to MSU Debate,” said Carly Watson, Director […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate made a run to the Sweet 16 of the 77th National Debate Tournament (NDT) last weekend. Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in the Honors College, and Nate Glancy, an economics senior, bested teams from the University of Southern California, Boston College, the University of Central Oklahoma, […]
By Wajeeha Kamal Glen Scully, a computer science freshman, was named Junior Varsity Debater of the Year by the American Debate Association at the National Championship Tournament on March 5. Scully, a native of Bakersfield, California, attended Stockdale High School, and got started in debate after his sister convinced him to attend an info session […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate has qualified three teams to the 77th annual National Debate Tournament (NDT). Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in the Honors College, qualified as the top-seeded team after the regional qualifying tournament. To qualify as the first team out of […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had two teams reach the top 32 at the Texas Open Tournament hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Open Tournament had 161 entries across three divisions. Joanna Gusis, a political theory and constitutional democracy freshman in the Honors College, and Tony Miklovis, a social relations and […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate competed at two different tournaments last weekend – an invitation-only tournament hosted by Rutgers University-Newark and the Hoosier Invitational hosted by Indiana University. At the Hoosier Invitational, MSU Debate reached the semifinals in the Junior Varsity (JV) division and the octafinals of the Open division. Ephraim Bennett, a computer […]
By Carly Watson Two students from the Michigan State University Debate Team have been selected to represent MSU at the Brick City Round Robin – an invitation-only tournament for twelve of the top teams in the country. Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in the Honors College, and Nate Glancy, an economics senior, were […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had two teams reach elimination rounds at the Georgetown University Tournament. Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in the Honors College, reached the double octofinals after defeating teams from Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, and the University of California, Berkeley […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate participated in an exhibition debate against the University of Michigan at the North American International Propulsion Conference hosted by SAE International. David Koster, a political science and economics junior in the Honors College, and Tony Miklovis, a social relations and policy and international relations sophomore in the Honors College, […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate reached the final four in the junior varsity division at the American Debate Association (ADA) Fall Championship last weekend. The team of Miaomiao Zi, an interdisciplinary humanities freshman, and Glen Scully, a computer science freshman, bested teams from the Naval Academy, Monmouth University, and the University of Houston in preliminary debates. […]
