On October 1, the UM Debate Team sent its Policy Debaters to the campus of The University of Florida in Gainesville to compete against UF, UCF, and FSU in the Sunshine State Showdown. UDebate had an excellent showing with the team of Allana Persaud and…
On September 29 – October 2, The UM Debate Team of Natacha Larnaud and Juliana Carvajal Yepes traveled to Salem, Oregon to compete in the 6th Annual Oregon State Penitentiary Capital Toastmaster’s Debate Tournament, held inside the Oregon State Penitentiary, a maximum security prison. The…
On September 18-21, the UM Debate Team traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the season opening intercollegiate debate tournament hosted by George State University. 167 two-person teams representing 37 Universities competed across three divisions in the tournament. In the Junior Varsity Division, the team…
UM Debate hosted a debate watch for the first Presidential Campaign debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. 60 students, faculty members, and friends gathered in Shoma Hall to view the debate, play debate bingo, and react and discuss the debate.to view the debate, play…
As the new academic year approaches, University of Miami Debate Team is starting to prepare for its tournament season. We are actively recruiting both novice and experienced debaters to join us in the fall. Interested students can stop by our table during the upcoming CanesFest…
From April 15-17, the UM Debate Team of Renee Reneau and Michael Fuentes competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Debate Championship tournament, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and supported by the ACC Academic Consortium under the direction of David G….
The University of Miami Debate Team hosted a three-person team of debaters from Ireland on Monday, April 4, at the Shalala Student Activity Center. The public debate focused on the motion that this house believes the political success of Donald J. Trump in the Republican…
The University of Miami’s Debate Team will host three award-winning Irish debaters on Monday, April 4, at 6 p.m. in the Shalala Student Activity Center, Activities Room South, third floor on the motion this house believes the political success of Donald J. Trump in the…
The first televised debate between candidates vying for their party’s nomination for president during the primaries occurred in 1956 between Democratic contenders Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. That first debate was broadcast from the WTVJ studio here in Miami. That year my co-author on Argumentation…
The University of Miami Debate Team will host The U Debates on the Coral Gables Campus for the Miami-Dade Urban Debate League (UDL), on February 27. Since last year, the UM Debate Team has been working with the National Association of Urban Debate League and…