MSU Debate reached the semifinals at the Georgetown College Tournament this past weekend, which is the team’s best-ever result at the Georgetown Tournament. Debaters from across the country were asked to debate both sides of the season-long resolution about decarbonization. The full wording of the topic is “Resolved: The United States Federal Government should adopt […]
MSU Debate had two teams in the Sweet 16 at the Franklin R. Shirley Classic hosted by Wake Forest University this past weekend. The Wake Forest University Tournament is the largest tournament of the fall semester with over 180 teams entered across three divisions. Teams competing at the tournament debated seven preliminary rounds on the […]
MSU Debate reached the Sweet 16 at the Harvard College Tournament this past weekend after a series of dominant wins in preliminary debates. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy junior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy sophomore, defeated teams from Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell […]
Michigan State University Debate came out on top at the Wayne State University tournament this past weekend making it the second time the team has won the tournament in three years. Ephraim Bennett, a computer science senior, and Hina Shehzad, an International Relations sophomore, bested teams from Emory University, Missouri State University, and Samford University […]
MSU Debate participated in back-to-back tournaments over the last week at the University of Kentucky and has big wins to show for it. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy junior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations and Policy sophomore, placed third at the Kentucky Thoroughbred Round Robin […]
Two students from the Michigan State University Debate Team have been selected to represent MSU at the Kentucky Thoroughbred Round Robin – an invitation-only tournament for seven of the top teams in the country. Joanna Gusis, a Statistics and Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy junior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a Social Relations […]
Students on the Michigan State University Debate Team are set to debut at their first tournament of the season next week. The first tournament of the fall semester is the Owen L Coon Memorial Debates hosted by Northwestern University beginning September 14 in Evanston, Illinois. “The debaters have been back on campus since before classes […]
Michigan State University Debate had two teams qualify for the elimination debates at the National Debate Tournament (NDT) hosted at Emory University earlier this month. David Koster, a political science and economics senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a journalism freshman, qualified for elimination debates after defeating teams from the University of Michigan, […]
Michigan State University Debate had two teams in the top 16 of the American Debate Association (ADA) National Tournament hosted at Indiana University last weekend. David Koster, a political science and economics senior in the Honors College, and Stephen Lewis, a journalism freshman, reached the octafinals after defeating teams from New York University, Emory University, […]
Michigan State University Debate members Joanna Gusis and Tony Miklovis have earned an at-large bid in the first round of the National Debate Tournament, designating them as one of the top 16 teams in the country. Gusis, a political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore in the Honors College, and Miklovis, a social relations and policy […]
