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. […]
Michigan State University Debate reached elimination debates at the Jesuit Debates hosted by Gonzaga University last weekend. Tony Miklovis, a social relations and policy and international relations sophomore, and Joanna Gusis, a political theory and constitutional democracy freshman, reached the double octafinals after besting teams from the University of Minnesota, Emory University, Western Washington University, and University […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate won the George Ziegelmueller Invitational Tournament hosted by Wayne State University this past weekend. Ephraim Bennett, computer science sophomore, and David Koster, political science-prelaw and economics junior in the Honors College, bested teams from Missouri State University, Samford University, and Wayne State University in preliminary debates. Bennett and […]
By Wajeeha Kamal Michigan State University alum Greta Stahl competed on the university’s debate team from 2000-2004. Stahl later served as an occasional judge for the team and worked at the Spartan Debate Institute from 2004-2006. She was also the team’s Director of Debate from 2006-2011. Stahl dual-majored in international relations in the James Madison […]
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 major in comparative cultures and politics. Ramesh, a student in the MSU […]
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 College, reached the semifinals and Scully was named third overall speaker. Scully […]
