Debate Category
Vandy Debate at Loyola-Chicago
Feb. 24, 2020—The weekend of February 21-22, Vanderbilt Debate to Loyola-Chicago for a British Parliamentary Debate Tournament. In a field that included teams from the University of Chicago, Loyola, and the University of Denver, to name a few, Vanderbilt had two teams in finals (Erich Remiker and Will Newell; Sael Soni and Matthew Sohn). Erich Remiker was...
Vandy Debate in Bogotá, Colombia
Nov. 13, 2019—On October 16-20, Vanderbilt Debate traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to compete in the team’s first ever international tournament. At the tournament, U.S. debaters were paired with debaters from Colombia. Vanderbilt’s Sael Soni and his Colombian partner, Ángela María Parra, won the first ever Colombian Civic Debate Tournament. In order to compete, U.S. students needed to...
Vandy Debate at Morehouse College
Oct. 8, 2019—This past weekend, Vanderbilt Debate traveled to Morehouse College to compete in a combined Civic Debate tournament on the topic of reparations and a National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) style parliamentary debate. In the novice division of NPDA, the team of Reagan Massey and Mark Raj finished in second place. The team of Matthew Sohn and...
Vandy Debate at United States Air Force Academy
Sep. 24, 2019—Vanderbilt Debate last weekend traveled to the first tournament of the year at the United States Air Force Academy. Competing against 44 other teams, Vanderbilt finished second place in the Open Division of British Parliamentary Debate, losing on a very close decision in finals. In addition to this team award, Erich Remiker was named the...
Debate Update: Novice Division Champs (with video)!
Apr. 8, 2019—Recently, the Vanderbilt Debate Team traveled to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA to compete at the United States Universities Western Debate Championship Tournament. The team of Will Newell and Erich Remiker won the novice division and were recognized as the top two novice speakers at the tournament. Congrats, Will and Erich! In this video,...
Debate Update: Cornell Novice Nationals
Feb. 15, 2019—February 8th-10th, the Vanderbilt Debate team traveled 14 students to Cornell for Novice Nationals. Vanderbilt teams competed against students from Cornell, as well as from Columbia, Duke, McGill, NYU, and Princeton, to name a few. The team of Ancher Li and Yuhan Gao advanced to the quarterfinals of the novice division. Yuhan Gao additionally won...
Debate Update: University of Rochester British Parliamentary Tournament
Feb. 1, 2019—The debate team last weekend traveled to the University of Rochester British Parliamentary Tournament. Competing against teams from Bard, Cornell, and other Northeastern schools, including from Canada, the team finished with 8 awards. They include: Varsity Semi-finalists—Will Newell and Scott Phillips Varsity Octofinalists—Sael Soni and Erich Remiker Novice Finalists—Aggie Moisio and Ancher Li Novice Semi-finalists—Nancy...
Debate Update: Awards in British Parliamentary Debate Tournaments
Dec. 3, 2018—This semester the Vanderbilt University Debate Team expanded opportunities for students to compete in debate. For the first time in the history of Vanderbilt, students participated in British Parliamentary Debate and attended tournaments at the University of Vermont and the University of Miami. From November 2–4, the debate team participated at its first ever British...
Vandy Debate Hosts Irish Debate Tour and Public Debate
Apr. 20, 2018—The Department of Communication Studies and the Vanderbilt Debate Program recently hosted Ireland’s top college debaters, who toured the United States in March and April. Wednesday, March 28, offered an Exhibition Debate between the Irish and our own Vandy Debaters. The debate took place in the First Amendment Center Auditorium, 6:00-7:30, and was open to the...
Vanderbilt Debate Team Receives National Honors
Mar. 22, 2018—The 2017-2018 intercollegiate debate season has officially ended with Vanderbilt debaters receiving National Honors. The Cross Examination Debate Association named senior Kaylee Kohlmaier as one of the 2018 National Debate Scholars. Kohlmaier is a varsity debater who has been a member of the debate team for all four years of her undergraduate career at Vanderbilt....