Curro Delft has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Climate Change School Debate Competition, showcasing the vital role of ...

Debate requires students to analyze and argue complex issues with precision. Policy debate, in particular, mirrors the process attorneys follow in preparing for litigation or negotiations.

The Whitefish Speech and Debate team are closer than ever to going to the National Tournament. But they’re asking for your help to get there – community judges are needed for the National ...

Competition days are often 12 to 15 hours, and debaters have to be 'on' the whole time, ready to perform for judges, said Watson, who was a key part of MSU's 2010 national championship team.

Debate competitions can seem like an alien world in that way. Speakers are incentivized to make as many arguments as possible in the timed competition, leading the contestants to speak at ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — More than 600 students will gather for the Western Regional Speech and Debate Competition this Friday and Saturday in Flathead County, and organizers are in need of judges.

Blue Springs South graduate Garrett Flack won the congressional senate debate competition during the National Speech & Debate Associations national tournament that ended last week in Des Moines, Iowa.

There’s a difference between a high school debate competition and a presidential debate, in which candidates vie for swing voters’ support. The commentariat seems to have forgotten this in scoring the ...

We spoke with one student who told us how he was feeling after the first four rounds of competition. "I'm feeling pretty good, I think I had a pretty good last round.