Debate in the News - 12 February 2015


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Fremont News Messenger

Henning running for city council president

Fremont News Messenger - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
Henning said Tuesday he thought his background as a debate coach would serve him well as council president, in terms of respecting speakers from both sides of an issue.



Coral Springs Talk

Local Student Qualifies for Prestigious Tournament of Champions Debate

Coral Springs Talk - ‎20 hours ago‎
Local North Broward Preparatory School student and Coral Springs resident, Jordan Paurowski, secured her spot to compete in the national high school debate tournament, the 2014 “Tournament of Champions” in April. With a first place win at the 2014 ...


Great Falls Tribune

Results from Montana AA speech and debate tournament

Great Falls Tribune - ‎Feb 3, 2015‎
In Tuesday's Tribune, we incorrectly labeled results from the Butte Invitational speech anddebate tournament as the results from the state AA tournament held over the weekend.


Marshall News Messenger

Wiley College wins big at Border Wars Speech and Debate Tournament

Marshall News Messenger - ‎Feb 6, 2015‎
The team's next tournament is lat Oklahoma University in Norman, Oklahoma. Team results from the tournament include earning second place Debate Sweepstakes, first place Individual Event Sweepstakes and first place Overall Sweepstakes on day one, ...

Amherst Debate Team Attends World Championships

Amherststudent - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
Two teams and one judge from Amherst's debate team attended the 35th World Universities Debating Championships over interterm.

Rutgers Debate Union hosts Henry Championship Invitational

RU Daily Targum - ‎Feb 9, 2015‎
Armed with arguments, vocal chords and a lot of attitude, visiting students from across the country convened at Scott Hall last weekend to argue with each other.

Tahlequah team wins medals in speech, debate tournament

Muskogee Daily Phoenix - ‎Feb 1, 2015‎
The Tahlequah High School Speech and Debate team competed Jan. 23-24 at the Union HS ForensicsTournament and won several awards.


MSUToday

Debate team brings home 1st place win

MSUToday - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Michigan State University debate team won the Texas Open tournament this week, besting a team from the University of Michigan in the final round.

41 NBC News (blog)

The Bears are ranked higher than 600 other debate teams across the nation.

41 NBC News (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mercer University's debate team has qualified for the most prestigious tournament in the country.

Steamboat Springs High School speech and debate team scores well at state ...

Steamboat Pilot & Today - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
#Ruff said team members have been meeting with her and assistant coach Jamie Oberhansly since the speech and debate season began in October, perfecting speeches in subjects like interpretation of literature, debate, oration, impromptu speaking, ...

Debate team brings home 1st place win

MSUToday - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Michigan State University debate team won the Texas Open tournament this week, besting a team from the University of Michigan in the final round.

Baylor debate team will hash it out at Feb. 12 event

The Baylor Lariat - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
The Baylor Debate Team will host a public debate about the controversial topic of marijuana legalization. The open-to-the-public debate will take place Thursday Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.

Broken wings mean success for SIU debate team

Daily Egyptian - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
The warm beaches of San Diego may have provided a mental boost for the team. Debates will always be the same, this time arguing topics surrounding President Obama's recent State of the Union Address.

North Lamar High School debate team qualifies for state

KXII-TV - ‎14 hours ago‎
PARIS, Texas -- The North Lamar debate team is headed to Austin to compete for a state title. The team took home 1st place at the District 15 4-A championship for the 10th year in a row.

Debate Team Finds Success

The Inter-Mountain - ‎Feb 9, 2015‎
Members of the Davis & Elkins Calliduz Debate Team came away with awards after competing in the Ohio University IIET & OFA Novice State Tournament Jan. 30-31.

CHS Debate team wins back to back State titles

Chesterton Tribune - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
The final margin of 89 to 87.5 was one of the narrowest differences in the history of the event, which has awarded a team state championship every year since 1983.

UA debate team beats competition in invitational

Arizona Daily Wildcat - ‎Feb 5, 2015‎
The UA's Competitive Speech and Debate Club swept Arizona State University's Sun Devil Invitational, Junior Varsity Speaker Awards Division , held Jan. 17-19.

Debate team picks up two more tournament titles

SIU News - ‎Feb 9, 2015‎
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Debate Team added back-to-back tournament wins this past weekend.

Debate Team Earns First-ever Bid to National Parliamentary Tournament of ...

Mercer News - ‎Feb 10, 2015‎
MACON - Mercer University's debate team recently received a bid to the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE), March 19-22, at William Jewell College in Missouri.

Students from Ghana join debate team to improve English

9NEWS.com - ‎Feb 1, 2015‎
So, with the encouragement of teacher and Assistant Debate Coach Brian Hayenga, the two seniors joined Hinkley High School's debate team. "I was thinking this might be a great opportunity for them to challenge themselves with finding research ...

HHS Speech & Debate Team finishes second at final Central Forensics ...

Plainsman - ‎Feb 11, 2015‎
In the debate events we were fourth, but we've definitely grown stronger, as a team, in debate this season.

Purdy speech and debate team takes 1st place

Monett Times - ‎Feb 7, 2015‎
The Purdy High School speech and debate team, coached by Michelle Hilburn, brought home the first place team trophy from the Glenda Ward Speech Tournament at Cassville on Jan. 17, marking the team's second consecutive victory.

HHS Speech & Debate team places in tourney

Plainsman - ‎Feb 5, 2015‎
“We were a small team this weekend, losing a lot of students to All-State Music tryouts,” said head coach Mitch Gaffer.

Speech and debate team claims Jean Ward title

Ashland Daily Tidings - ‎Feb 3, 2015‎
The Ashland High School speech and debate team scored a combined 33.8 points to edge second-place Cleveland (27) and third-place Westview (34.5) and win the 32-team Jean Ward Invitational competition on Saturday at Lewis and Clark College in ...

Debate team returns after international competition

The University of Hawaii Kaleo - ‎Jan 30, 2015‎
“I'm proud of our performance as a team,” DFS secretary Laura Ramirez said in an email interview. “We managed to go through a grueling competition without hating debate or hating each other. The debates were about a huge range of topics from Syria to ...

Flathead speech & debate team wins state title

NBC Montana - ‎Feb 4, 2015‎
The team, made up of 40 students, competed against 13 other Montana high schools. They competed in several events, some of which were interpretive speeches and legislative debates. Flathead students have been preparing speeches and practicing since ...

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