Ashley Park and Barbara Puodzius, members of the University of Miami Debate team, won the novice championship at the Georgia State University National College Debate Tournament held in Atlanta on September 21-23.
The team is sponsored by the School of Communication and coached by David Steinberg, a senior lecturer at the SoC and the university’s director of debate.Park and Puodzius, both students in the College of Arts and Sciences, defeated teams from Wake Forest, the University of West Georgia, Vanderbilt and the University of Louisville.UM’s squad entered two novice teams and three junior varsity teams in the policy debate tournament, which was held under the auspices of the American Debate Association, the Cross Examination...