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The St. Mark's School of Texas will host the Heart of Texas Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament October 24-25, 2009 in Dallas, Texas. Concurrently, they will be running the College Debate preview, offering representatives from college programs the opportunity to talk with high school seniors about debating in college. Dr. Ed Panetta and Rob Mulholand will be attending the tournament as representatives of UGA. Feel free to find them if you…

UGA Georgia Debate Union: 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. The UGA team of senior Brittany Cambre and sophomore Mike Lacy won five of seven preliminary debates and defeated second-seed Michigan State University in the octafinals to reach the quarterfinals. The team of senior Karen Harrison and…

In the first Coaches' Poll of the 2009 session, the UGA team of Mike Lacy and Brittany Cambre was ranked 11th out of over 200 two-person teams in the country. This is partially a reflection of their strong showing at Georgia State. Good work! Team (First Place Votes) – Points Per Eligible Ballot  1. UT Dallas BR (19) -- 24.86  2. Northwestern FS (3) -- 23.62  3. Emory IW -- 23.33  4. California BP -- 21.14  5. West…

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…

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…