Tags: Public Debate

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 president of the Georgia Debate Union, junior Tucker Boyce from Alpharetta, recently won a study tour to France thanks to his outstanding performance at the 2016 Lafayette Debates at George Washington University, held on April 16-17 in the nation's capital.  The debate tournament and the study trip are sponsored by the French Embassy.   Tucker was recognized as one of the tournament's top individual speakers, along with individuals…

Here is the event schedule for the alumni gathering taking place on the weekend of April 22-23 in Athens, Georgia. April 22 6-10pm - Informal debate meet-and-greet  Creature Comforts Brewery, 271 W HANCOCK AVE  April 23  2:00-3:30pm Debate at UGA Law School Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce its military presence in the Republic of Korea. Swapnil Agrawal/Victoria Yonter vs Cameron Henderson/Katie Marshall…

UGA students, friends, and faculty, please join us at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections library for our annual Russell Scholars public debate!  The debate will feature recipients of the Russell debate scholarship and will revolve around whether the US should reduce its military presence in Northeast Asia.  We hope to see you in a couple of weeks!

On December 3, the Georgia Debate Union debated representatives from Freedom University (Georgia) over whether immigration status should be used as a criteria for college admissions decisions.   The event was a huge success - over 100 students and faculty attended the event in the Miller Learning Center and a wonderfully informative debate took place.  Freedom University argued that immigration status should NOT be used, while the…

The Georgia Debate Union earned a highly-contested victory in our recent public debate versus the Oxford's Union Society.  Featuring debaters Chetan Hebbale and Eilidh Geddes and assistant coach Logan Gramzinski, the Georgia Debate Union defended the national security benefits of U.S. drone strikes.   Additional coverage of the event - and of our history debating Oxford - can be found in coverage from the Athens Banner Herald. Go Dawgs…

On April 22, the Georgia Debate Union hosted its second annual Richard B. Russell Scholars debate featuring the four recipients of the debate team's most prestigeous debate scholarship.   This year's debate focused on whether the president's war powers authority to use targeted killing against terrorists should be restricted.  The affirmative team was represented by Robert Galerstein, sophomore from Dunwoody HS, GA, and Maggie Davis,…

The team of Amy Feinberg and Eilidh Geddes had a wondefully successful tournament at the recent Lafayette Debates held at George Washington University and sponsored by the French Embassy.  The team defeated teams from Georgetown, Ecole de Guerre, and the University of Houston (featuring a former NDT champion) in the preliminary rounds and defeated the U.S. Military Academy in the octofinal round.  They ultimately lost a close debate to…

The University of Georgia is about to head to Washington D.C. to participate in the Lafayette Debates hosted by George Washington University.  Two UGA debaters - Amy Feinberg and Eilidh Geddes - will be representing the team this weekend at the tournament.   They will be competing against over 30 schools from across the world and debating whether states should protect cultural diversity.  They will accompanied in DC by Director of…

The University of Georgia is excited to announce its participation in the Lafayeete Debates, sponsored by the Higher Education Department of the French Embassy in partnership with the George Washington University.  Our debaters chose to participate with the hopes of winning a tour of France (which goes to the two highest placing teams).  Current debaters Amy Feinberg, Tucker Boyce, Kristin White, and Eilidh Geddes contiunue to…