The Debate Team Kicks Off Competition This Weekend at Loyola, Chicago

This weekend the University of Miami debate team will be competing in it's first tournament of the season at the Loyola Rambler Parliamentary Debate Tournament in Chicago. The team will be breaking new ground by competing for the first time in the National Parliamentary Debate Association circuit style of debate. Two returning members will be joined by four new faces on the trip to Chi-town. 

Coming back to the team for the second year, sophomores Ryden Butler and Ali Jessani will be competing in the varsity division along newcomers Jeremy Tan and Ishtpreet Singh. In the novice division, the U will be represented by Joe Karam and Russ Wilde. 

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Tournament Availability Survey

Please fill out this survey as soon as possible. This survey is to determine your availability for travel tournaments for the first semester.

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Open House for new members!

The team will be holding an open house for all interested members this Friday, August 24th at 3:30 p.m. in WCB 4026 (Wolfson School of Communication). 

Participation on the team is open to all undergraduate students at the University of Miami and no experience is required. If you'd like to join the team, but cannot make it to the Friday meeting, contact Coach Dave Steinberg at Dave@miami.edu.  

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Fall 2012 Travel Schedule

Below you will find the tournament calendars for the University of Miami Debate Team. Members are not expected to attend ALL tournaments and students must complete tournament preparation assignments in order to be eligible to travel. 

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Welcome new members! Please click here to fill out a quick survey.

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Presidential Debate Viewing Parties

The University of Miami Debate Team will be hosting a number of viewing parties for the upcoming Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Save the dates below and we will post more details once we have ironed them out.

1st Presidential Debate - October 3rd
VP Debate - October 11th
2nd Presidential Debate - October 16th
3rd Presidential Debate - October 22nd

*All debates begin at 9:00 p.m. EST
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Blog Makeover

The team blog is getting a facelift for the upcoming school year. Pardon our dust as we renovate.

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Energy topic area for 2012 - 2013

Today, the CEDA Executive board announced the topic area for the 2012 - 2013 school year. The voting breakdown is posted after the jump.

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Possible Topics for 2012 - 2013

Courtesy of Gordon Stables:


"The following slate of controversies has been approved by the topic selection committee and send to the CEDA Executive Secretary, Jeff Jarman. He will send ballots to all member schools. Balloting will be open for 14 days. 

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Debate Team at USF

The Canes repping the U after a long and memorable weekend at districts. 

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USF Tournament

UM debate team at USF in St. Petersburg

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Excited about districts this weekend

Thanks Obama! 

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The University of Miami debate team has had a remarkable start to the spring semester. With the invitational tournament season winding down, the squad has been hard at work competing at the Monmouth University and University of Florida tournaments in back to back weekends. After all the hard work and long trips back and forth to the tournaments, the teams came home with numerous accolades including top speaker honors and an appearance in the national semifinals for policy debate.

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Novice meeting tonight

We have a novice workshop lined up tonight at 7:45 in the squad room. The topic is "Thinking Negatively". Members going to Florida are encouraged to attend.

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New member meeting Monday!

We want to remind our new members that our first meeting is tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. in the Communication Building room 4026. Feel free to bring any friends that you think may be interested. 

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We're in out rounds at Monmouth!

Congratulations to the freshmen novice team of Ali Jessani and Ryden Butler. The guys had a great preliminary record and made it to elimination rounds at the Monmouth tournament. Right now, they are going negative against Liberty in the Octofinals round. More details to come. 

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Spring Involvement Fair Tomorrow!

Calling all Canes! Wednesday from 11:00 - 2:00, the debate team will be tabling on the green looking for new recruits. This time around the team is looking to expand to new events such as Lincoln-Douglas, Interp and Parli.

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Debaters prepare for the Jersey Shore Invitational

This weekend the debate team will be fist pumping their way through the Jersey Shore Invitational at Monmouth University for their first tournament of the spring semester. Check our Twitter feed for up to the minute results and information. 

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Spring Semester Travel Survey

Hello everyone. Please take a minute to complete the following survey for the spring's travel schedule. The answers on this survey will be used to make partnerships and plan for travel.

Spring Survey

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First meeting of 2012

Welcome back from winter break debaters. The first meeting we will be having is  January 18th at 3:00 p.m. in the Communications building. This semester is going to be quite eventful, so be sure to attend. We will be going over tournaments, new direction of the team, and plans for the Hurricane Debate Institute. 

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