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Athens, Ga. – The Georgia Debate Union from the University of Georgia reached the quarterfinals of the National Season Opening Tournament held Sept. 18–21 at Georgia State University in Atlanta. More than 170 teams from 50 colleges and universities traveled to Atlanta for the meet. The UGA team of senior Brittany Cambre and sophomore Mike Lacy won five of seven preliminary debates defeating teams from Trinity University, the University of…

Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Debate Team has qualified three teams to the National Debate Tournament for the first time since 2003. The NDT will be held at the University of Texas at Austin later this month. The NDT is a qualifying event for the 78 best two-person debate teams in the country. As part of the selection process, only six schools are allowed to bring three teams to the event, based on an evaluation of competitive records…

At the end of 2007-2008 season, Georgia Magazine included a feature article on the Georgia Debate Union titled "Fighting Words." 

Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia has challenged the Oxford Union Society to a formal debate for the third time and the Oxford Union has accepted this challenge. On Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. in the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, several of that world-famous organization’s best debaters will compete against an elite UGA team in a hybridized British/American-style debate. The third installment will be of great significance as the series is…

Athens, Ga. – Ed Panetta, director of the Georgia Debate Union and associate professor in the department of speech communication at the University of Georgia, is this year’s recipient of the Glen Pelham National Debate Coach of the Year Award.  While Ed Panetta [right] is always quick to give the credit to his team members, there is no doubt that he has earned the respect of all who are affiliated with intercollegiate debate and that the…

Quick thinkers, fast talkers tops in nation  Emory debate team wins prestigious prize By By ANDREA JONES The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/27/07 They amassed boxes and boxes of research materials and spent hours a day reviewing every angle of their arguments. And when the time came to perform at the National Debate Competition in Dallas recently, Emory University senior Aimi Hamraie and junior Julie Hoehn took to the…

In 2006-2007 Intercollegiate Debate Season the University of Georgia debate team won the prestigious Copeland Award, given to the best team in the U.S. during the course of the season. Read the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences news article about the team's unprecedented success.

A debate team from the University of Georgia has won the prestigious Copeland Trophy, given to the best team in the U.S. during the course of the season. The Copeland Trophy was won by Kevin Rabinowitz and Brent Culpepper for their stellar work during the year. The award was given during the annual National Debate Tournament, held March 30-April 3 in Dallas. It drew debate teams from all over America. Culpepper and Rabinowitz were the…

There were signs early in his debate career that Naveen Ramachandrappa would represent UGA with distinction. As a freshman, he was a member of the UGA debate team that finished 2nd at the Novice National Championship held at Northwestern University. Today, Naveen is a senior and President of the Georgia Debate Union. He is one of the most successful intercollegiate debaters in UGA’s history. During his junior year, Naveen and Shawn Powers won…