Novice Debaters Shine For URDU at USU Debate Championships
April 18, 2018
This past weekend we attended the US Universities Debating Championship at Stanford University. While the URDU did not reach elimination rounds at this extremely competitive end-of-year competition, we did see some remarkable performances from some of our first-year novice debaters, who really showed up and stepped up for these tough debates. Additionally, an URDU alum and senior debater were recognized as excellent judges at the tournament – a big honor at the national championship.
Continue ReadingStrong Year End Finishes For URDU at CEDA Nationals
March 29, 2018
The policy debate crew had an excellent run at the University of Puget Sound’s CEDA Nationals Championship tournament. We brought one novice team and one varsity team, and both had big successes.
Continue ReadingURDU Hits DC For USU Championships; Finishes As Finalists
February 27, 2018
This past weekend the debate union made its annual trip to George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for the US Universities Eastern Championship debate tournament. Nearly thirty students, many of them novices, made the trip for the difficult competition.
Continue ReadingBig Achievements For URDU in NYC and Ithaca
February 13, 2018
Over thirty students traveled to Ithaca, NY and New York, NY and debated this past weekend. Many students attended their first competition ever, and others returned to earn long-awaited victories at some tough tournaments.
Continue ReadingSuccess At Navy and Vermont For UR Debate Union
November 9, 2017
Over the last two weekends, the University of Rochester Debate Union had some great success at two competitions in the northeast, at the US Military Academy and at the Huber Debates at the University of Vermont.
Continue ReadingURDU Takes On Toronto
October 17, 2017
This past weekend the URDU sent three teams to the Hart House Inter-Varsity tournament in Toronto, Canada. With tough competition and excellently written topics, everyone had some great debates and got exposure to some high level competition.
Continue ReadingDebate Union Is Back In Action At Cornell
October 11, 2017
In Ithaca, NY this past weekend the URDU took three brand new teams to compete in the Novice division and one returning team to compete in the Varsity division of a tournament at Cornell University.
Continue ReadingSeason Kicks Off For URDU
October 2, 2017
The UR Debate Union 2017-18 season is underway, and September was jam-packed with Debate action as URDU competed in three tournament during the month.
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