Debate News
11 January 2024HWS Debate Finishes 17th in the World and 3rd in ESL
At the world’s premier collegiate debate competition, HWS debaters finished with one of the team’s best performances ever at the tournament.
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7 December 2023Four HWS Debaters to Compete at Worlds
Kayla Powers ’24, Fairooj Suhita ’27, Lamia Nur Rahman ’26 and Sandeep Tissaaratchy ’26 will compete at the World University Debate Championship in Vietnam. Linh Tran '26 will serve on the tournament's tab team and Director of HWS Daniel Schonning '16 will be an adjudicator.
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23 October 2023HWS Hosts Biggest U.S. Debate Tournament of the Year
First-years Fairooj Suhita '27 and Hudson Chou '27 shine at the United States University Debate Championship.
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20 September 2023HWS Debate Sets Sights on Fall and Winter Championships
After ending the 2022-2023 academic year with record-breaking performances, HWS Debate gears up for another competitive semester.
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14 July 2023Director of HWS Debate Retires, Schonning ’16 to Lead Program
As Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes retires as the Director of the HWS Debate Team, we look back at the thriving program he has built at the Colleges. Postgraduate Trias Fellow Daniel Schonning ’16 has been named the next director.
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3 April 2023HWS Hosts International Debate Tournament
Last weekend, HWS Debate hosted the competitive Round Robin tournament.
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16 March 2023HWS Champions the National Novice Tournament
Lamia Nur Rahman ’26 and Sandeep Tissaaratchy ’26 won first place at Novice Nationals held at the University of Rochester. The pair ranked higher than Duke, Cornell and Stanford Universities, and individually were ranked among the top speakers of the tournament.
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