The debate team is looking for new recruits!

Visit our Team Site at http://umdebate.blogspot.com/Get Involved – Join UM DebateRanked #6 Nationally in 2013-2014 Orientation Sessions for Prospective New MembersCIB 2055Wednesday, 8/27, 5:00 pmThursday, 8/28, 5:00 pmFriday, 8/29, 2:00 pm http://www.debate.miami.edu/ The University of Miami Debate Team is currently seeking new members.  Participation is open to all UM Undergraduate students.  Prior experience in competitive debate is helpful but not necessary. To express interest or learn more, contact: David Steinberg, Director of DebateFLW 3015, dave@miami.edu, 305-284-5553 Change opinions, change yourself, change the world!&nb...

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Middle and High School Students Train at Hurricane Debate Institute

More than 40 middle- and high-school students from about a dozen Miami-Dade schools trained and competed in the 23rd annual Hurricane Debate Institute at the School of Communication over three week-long sessions in June and July. Students learned speech and argument skills, public forum, policy debate, student congress debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate. ...

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UM Debate makes it to deep elimination rounds at ADA Nationals & the National JV/Novice Championships.

Barbara Puodzius & Anna Ivanova On Sunday, the UM Novice Debate Team of Barbara Puodzius and Anna Ivanova advanced to the final round of the American Debate Association National Championships tournament hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.  In route to the championship round, Barbara and Anna compiled a 4-2 record in the preliminary rounds, scoring wins over Liberty University, Vanderbilt, Boston College and James Madison.  They defeated a team from George Mason University in the round of 16, before facing the top George Mason team in quarterfinals.  UM gave GMU only their 2nd loss in 20 debates, advancing into a semifinal match with rival Wake Fores...

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UM Debate Team Hosts Historic Bilingual Tournament

Debate legend Alfred “Tuna” Snider, of the University of Vermont, addresses the tournament participants. CORAL GABLES, Fla. (January 29, 2014) — Student debaters representing five countries in the Western Hemisphere gathered at the University of Miami in January for what is believed to be the first bilingual university debate tournament in the U.S. Teams from Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, the United States, and Venezuela were represented in the inaugural Pan American Universities Debating Championships hosted by the School of Communication from January  24 to 26 on the Coral Gables campus. Rounds were debated simultaneously in both English and Spanish with topics ranging from an independent Puerto Rico, to the morality...

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Pan American UDC 2014

Pan American UDC 2014, a set on Flickr.Photos from the Pan American University Debating Championship. The first ever bilingual university debate tournament in U.S. history....

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