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As of this week, UGA is ranked first in all three college debate organizational rankings - the American Debate Association, the Cross-Examination Debate Association, and the National Debate tournament - ahead of Harvard, Wake Forest, Emory, Michigan, Northwestern, among hundreds of other institutions. Go Dawgs! 

The Georgia Debate Union just concluded its 2016-17 season and it can be considered a huge success. In the end of the year rankings, the Georgia Debate Union finished ranked 3rd, 7th, and 8th amongst the college policy debate organization rankings.   UGA placed third in the American Debate Association varsity rankings, 7th in the National Debate Tournament varsity rankings, and 8th in the Cross Examination Debate Association rankings.…

The Georgia Debate Union qualified two teams to the 2016 National Debate Tournament, which will be held in Binghamton, NY. The teams of Advait Ramanan and Swapnil Agrawal and Tucker Boyce and Nathan Rice finished first and second at the Southeast CEDA District tournament, which qualified both to the NDT.   Boyce will be returning to the NDT, while Ramanan, Agrawal, and Rice will be first-time qualifiers (they are each freshmen at UGA).…

The Georgia Debate Union emerged victorious at the 2015 Vanderbilt intercollegiate debate tournament, which was recently held from October 16-18 in Nashville, Tennessee.  The tournament featured over 50 teams from nearly 20 colleges and universities.  Two teams representing Georgia Debate Union “closed out” in finals, meaning they won each respective side of their elimination round brackets and “tied” for first place at the tournament…

The team of Amy Feinberg (Canton, GA; public relations and international affairs) and Tucker Boyce (Alpharetta, GA; economics) recently won the Liberty University debate tournament in Lynchburg, Virginia.   They defeated teams from Florida, West Georgia, Wake Forest, and Georgetown on their way to the championship. More details about their performance can be found here. Go Dawgs! 

The Georgia Debate Union's season began this past weekend at Georgia State University. An extremely competitive tournament with close to 100 teams in the varsity division alone, Georgia State saw many Georgia debate teams start the season on a very strong note.  The team of Shyam Shanker (senior) and Will Caplan (sophomore) were the 23rd seed in the elimination rounds, losing a rasor-close debate to a talented team from Georgetown. Their…

The NDT sweepstakes rankings were recently released and the Georgia Debate Union finished in the Top 20 schools from around the country.   Thanks in part to tremendous year-long success - at both the varsity and junior varsity levels - the Georgia Debate Union was able to improve its overall ranking and accumulate 75 more sweepstakes points than the prior year.   The result is a testament to the hard work of both the debaters and the…

We would like to thank everyone for coming to the Fifteenth Annual Bulldog Debates. Congratulations to the Championship team of Hemanth Sanjeev & Robert Clarke from Stratford Academy and the finalist team of Sahil Patel & Karthik Srinivasan from Woodward Academy.  The Open and Novice Packet Results are included, Speaker lists, and an Open Elim Bracket.  Hemanth Sanjeev Robert Clarke Downloads 2013 Novice Packet 2013 Novice…

Pairings and Breakfast in the MLC, second floor atrium at 7:45 am. Pairings will be posted online at 7:30.  Lunch is not provided by the tournament - the Tate Cafe is open and snacks will be available in MLC 101.    Open Teams Clearing Alpharetta High BM (Tucker Boyce & chris Moxley) Caddo Magnet JM (Jay Jain & Calen Martin) Carrollton School of SC (Francis Swanson & Nina Cubero) Chattahoochee AL (Amar Adam &…

UGA had a strong first semester, earning the top ranking in the Southeast from the Cross Examination Debate Association. The team would like to thank our debaters, coaches, and alumni for helping to make this possible.  The team is now on the home stretch. Headed to Districts this weekend, the team hopes to qualify a team for the National Debate Tournament for a 24th consecutive season. Also of note, the team is hosting numerous on-campus…