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On November 3-5, The UM Debate Team traveled to San Rafael, California (10 miles north of San Francisco) to compete in the Penguin Debates hosted by Dominican University of California.  UM’s three British Parliamentary teams competed well, narrowly missing the cut into semifinals against competition…

On Wednesday night, November 7, the University of Miami College Republicans and Democrats squared off in a heated debate about the nation’s health care in front of a packed audience in Whitten LC 160. The debate was moderated by U Debate and was sponsored by…

On October 21-23, The UM Debate Team Traveled to The University of Nevada, Las Vegas to compete against many of the best university debate teams in the west.  The UM team of Jiaying Li and Julia Lynch won for out of six preliminary debates to…

The University of Miami Debate Team started strong in Parliamentary Debate competition with the first-place sweepstakes award for the best overall squad performance at the tournament hosted by The University of North Georgia in Gainesville on October 14-15.  Four two-person teams represented The U at…

This weekend UM policy debaters took a stand on healthcare at Mary Washington University outside DC. This event was the first Junior Varsity tournament for the squad, after having to miss an event at Georgia State University because of Hurricane Irma. Julia Lynch and Jiaying…

The University of Miami Debate Team began the debate season competing against students from The University of Florida and The University of Central Florida at the Sunshine State Showdown, hosted by UCF in Orlando on October 6-8. The UM Team of Freshmen Nicole Beckemeyer and…

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On November 11-13, The UM Debate captured First Place in the Novice Division of the American Debate Association Fall Championship Tournament hosted by Clarion University in Pennsylvania. Julia Lynch and Adam Kozloski defeated The US Naval Academy in semifinals and The University of Minnesota in…

On September 25-26, The UM Debate Team traveled to Gainesville, Georgia to compete in the intercollegiate tournament hosted by The University of North Georgia. The tournament featured British Parliamentary style debate. In this style, debaters must be prepared to debate without files or prepared materials…

On Tuesday, September 20, for the second consecutive year, UM Debate hosted iDebate Rwanda in a public debate on the motion, “Aid to Africa Does More Harm Than Good.” Rwanda is a country in East Africa known for only one thing the 1994 genocide against…