So, Sometimes I think my biggest mistake in high school was only competing in Speech & Debate for two years. I revisited that mistake in college, only competing on the policy squad for two years. I always wondered what could have been if I had the time to transform all my potential into technical skill. […]
When I first joined the Speech and Debate team I wasn’t concerned about learning or public speaking. I lived under rock when it came to the political world. I had no idea what was going on in Europe, or in the Middle East, and where exactly is Egypt located? I simply joined because I wanted […]
The Madison Cup is an annual debate tournament held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. It is a long table format, which means there is more than one team arguing both the affirmative and negative side. This year’s debate topic was “This house believes that warrantless electronic surveillance has done more harm than good.” […]
The policy debate team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana for the 2014 Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National tournament. In novice policy debate, One team made it to the Elite 8 (quarterfinals). Eran Del Castillo, Stephanie Cone, and Evan Cartagena received Summa Cum Laude National Debate Scholar Awards. Heather Marchini received a Cum Laude National Debate Scholar […]
The debate team traveled to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia last weekend for JV Novice Nationals. In junior varsity policy debate, Simon and Vas got to the octafinals. Simon got 12th speaker.
On February 22 and 23, the debate team competed at the D6 Southeast CEDA Regionals tournament at Emory University. We recieved several JV policy debate speaker awards. Graduate Assistant coaches Becca Steiner and Andy Montee both won the Matt Grindy Graduate Student of the Year Award. (This is an annual award where graduate assistant coaches […]
This weekend the policy debaters traveled to the University of Georgia tournament. In novice, One team made it to octofinals. In JV Simon and Vas made it to quarterfinals and Simon got the 6th speaker award.
This weekend the policy debate squad traveled to the University of West Georgia debate tournament. In novice speaker awards Eran Del Castillo got 3rd and Stephanie Cone got 1st. In varsity speaker awards Jon Prescott got 5th. The gators received first place in novice and second place in varsity.
The policy debate team traveled to Nashville, TN this weekend (10/31-11/3) for the 2013 Vanderbilt University Debate Tournament. In novice, Evan got 5th speaker. Josh got 4th speaker. Stephanie got 3rd speaker. Heather got 2nd speaker. Eran and Chris made it to novice octofinals (top 16). Stephanie and Heather made it to novice finals (top […]
This past weekend the Policy Debate squad traveled to UCF for a tournament and they did really well! Eran and Chris got fifth place in novice policy debate. Stephanie and Taylor got 1st place in novice policy debate. Stephanie got 2nd speaker in novice policy debate. Taylor got 4th speaker in novice policy debate. Evan […]