Four teams clear at West Point

UM Debate advanced four teams into the elimination rounds of the US Military Academy tournament. Congratulations to all debaters, especially Joe and Russ for making it to the semi-finals.

1st Place at Georgia State

The debate team came out on top at the season opener at Georgia State University. Congratulations to Ashley and Barbara on the 1st place finish.

UM Ranked 11th

The University of Miami Debate Team starts off the year ranked 11th in the country according to the NDT school rankings.

UM Dominates at UCF

The novices shined at their first tournament, the Sunshine State Showdown sponsored by UCF.

2013 - 2014 HS Topic: Cuba

The NFHS has decided on the following resolution for high schoolers for 2013 - 2014. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela.

Kicking off the Clay tournament

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After a long morning of traveling, and a full day of preparing,  the Miami team of Ava Fox-Rosellini and Leandra Lopez are ready for round 1 at the University of Kentucky tournament.
Round 1 we're going against Georgia's top team on the negative. Then we'll be breaking our new Aff against Cornell round 2. It's going to be a long, but memorable weekend.

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Team returns from GSU motivated for next outing

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After a long weekend of debating, the University of Miami team returned home from the Georgia State University tournament. The team has high hopes for the rest of the season and is looking forward to their next outing at the University of Kentucky. 
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Both teams are 2 - 2 after Day 1

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Both teams finished the first day of competition with big wins. Robert and Tristan finished the day with wins over Michigan State and the University of Florida. While the team of Alicia & Adaeze had a big win over interstate rival University of South Florida.
Round 1 Pairings



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And we've begun

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Check out our Twitter for live updates throughout the weekend. Robert and Tristan are off to a good start with a big win over the Gators.

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Prepping for Round 1

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The team arrived in Atlanta safely, and is hard at work. With round one of the tournament season only hours away, the team is practicing speeches and getting in some last minute research time.




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Policy debate still going strong

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As a whole, policy debate is maintaining strong participation according to a recent op-ed written by Alfred "Tuna" Snider, Lawrence Professor of Forensics at the University of Vermont.

The UM team has certainly noticed this trend with the surge in novice debaters joining the team this year.
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GSU only hours away!

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With the Georgia State tournament only hours away, the debate team has been hard at work on putting the finishing touches to their new affirmative case. The newly constructed plan is the brainchild of Tristan and he is excited to see how it fares against the rigorous District 6 competition.

Randall, Cale, Robert, Tristan and Alicia (Adaeze not picitured)
anxious to start the first tournament. 

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Debate team hopes to make waves at Georgia State

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The University of Miami Debate Team will be competing in its first tournament of the year at Georgia State University the weekend of September 16 to 19.

The Varsity team includes, Adaeze Ajoku, Tristan Montaque, Robert Hupf and Alicia Ortiz. All of the team members, except for Ajoku who is a junior, are seniors and have been diligently preparing for the Canes first competition.
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Novice Debate Questionnaire

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Attention Novice Debaters: Please fill out the questionnaire below as soon as possible. It will only take a minute.

Novice Debate Questionnaire
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