Debate Category
Vanderbilt Results at the Lewis and Clark College Debate Tournament
Oct. 12, 2020—This weekend, the Vanderbilt Debate Team participated in the Lewis and Clark College “Steve Hunt Classic” Online British Parliamentary Debate Tournament. There were 11 teams which were comprised of 22 students compete at the tournament. The results are listed below. Overall, Vanderbilt finished in first and second place in the open division. In addition, Vanderbilt...
Vanderbilt Debate Team Competing at United States Universities Debating Championship
Oct. 6, 2020—This weekend, the Vanderbilt Debate Team will be competing at the United States Universities Debating Championship. Though the competition is normally held in April, the 2020 tournament was cancelled and rescheduled for the fall due to COVID-19. All students who were eligible to compete in April 2020 are still eligible for this rescheduled championship tournament....
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...