By Will Repko Dr. James Roper, MSU Debate’s first and longest-serving Director of Debate, passed away on October 16, 2020. Dr. Roper was the director of MSU Debate from 1984 until 2000. MSU Debate’s Head Coach, Will Repko, and Dr. Roper’s son, Dan Roper, reflect on his service to MSU and MSU Debate. Will Repko, MSU […]
By Carly Watson EAST LANSING, Mich. — As a trailblazing leader in online debate instruction, Michigan State University Debate is excited to announce an innovative new partnership with the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) that will continue to expand access to debate for traditionally underserved communities. Building from the online content developed for the Spartan Debate […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate had two teams reach elimination debates at the Northwestern Season Opener this week. Both MSU Debate Teams reached the top 32 at the tournament with over 125 teams competing. Historically, competitions have been in-person events, but MSU started experimenting with online competitions in the Fall of 2019. “That […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has set their competition schedule for the 2020-21 intercollegiate debate season. Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, all fall tournaments will occur online. The full schedule is as follows: Northwestern Season Opener, 9/18-9/21/20 JW Patterson Debates at Kentucky, 10/2-10/5/20 Wayne State Ziegelmueller Invitational, 10/23-10/25/20 Gonzaga University Jesuit Tournament, 10/30-11/2/20 […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate participated in a public debate at CitizenDetroit’s Dinner and Dialogue event last week. Eva Farber, economics freshman, and Piper Meloche, James Madison sophomore, represented MSU at the event. CitizenDetroit featured Farber and Meloche debating whether the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) millage should be renewed on the upcoming ballot. […]
MSU Today At the forefront of debate technology and inclusion stands the Michigan State debate team. In January 2020, MSU partnered with debate teams from Indiana University, University of Michigan and University of Minnesota to experiment with a series of online scrimmage debates that could eventually provide more inclusive forums for collegiate debaters. The scrimmage came to […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate finished as finalists at the Wayne State Ziegelmueller Invitational this week. Representing MSU were economics freshman Eva Farber and international journalism junior Evan Jones. They defeated teams from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University before being defeated in finals by the University of […]
Michigan State University Debate finished in the top 32 out of 122 teams competing at the Georgia State University Atlanta season open tournament last week. Representing MSU were zoology and public policy senior Lauren Pepper and political theory and constitutional democracy junior Jack Scullion. They defeated teams from Harvard University, the University of Iowa, the University […]
By Carly Watson Michigan State University Debate has set its travel schedule for the 2019-2020 competitive intercollegiate debate season. This year, the team is made up of 16 undergraduate students with majors ranging from neuroscience and philosophy to international journalism and history. The season-long topic for the 2019-2020 academic season asks whether the United States […]
By Stephanie Cepak Michigan State University Debate will compete with three student teams at the upcoming National Debate Tournament – a status only given a select group of colleges in the country. This is the first time since 2014 that MSU has qualified three teams for the national competition, once again proving it remains an […]
