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 for nature, nonhuman animal species, or artificial intelligence – and are using […]
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 resolution: The United States should vest legal rights and/or duties in […]
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, bested teams from the University of Texas at Austin, University of Minnesota, Kansas […]
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 of the top eight teams at the tournament after defeating a hybrid […]
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 from Northwestern University, Purdue University, and Wayne State University to finish in […]
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 College, and Tony Miklovis, a James Madison College freshman in the Honors […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nate Glancy and David Koster, members of the Michigan State University Debate Team, won the Brick City Round Robin last weekend. The tournament, hosted by Rutgers University-Newark, is an elite event where only twelve teams are invited to participate. Teams are selected in recognition of their season-long success. Glancy, an economics […]
Nate Glancy and David Koster, members of the Michigan State University Debate Team, were invited to attend the Brick City Round Robin – an elite event in which only twelve teams are selected to participate. Glancy is an economics senior originally from Chicago, Illinois and David Koster is a political science sophomore in the Honors College originally from Wichita, […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had teams in the quarterfinals and octafinals of the USC Fullerton-Georgetown Tournament. Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and David Koster, a political science sophomore in the Honors College, reached the top eight of the tournament. Piper Meloche, a social relations and policy senior in the Honors College, and Tony Miklovis, […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Debate had a team reach the Sweet 16 at the Franklin R. Shirley tournament hosted by Wake Forest University this past weekend. Nate Glancy, an economics senior, and David Koster, a political science sophomore in the Honors College, reached the octa-finals debate after beating teams from the University of Kentucky, […]
