Graduation… To Find Value in Your Voice. 4 May 20194 May 2019 Blog by Andres Ollarvez, our graduating senior, and the star of Spanish Debate There are few things that are as thrilling as waiting for the motion to show up in…
International Travel… NAW*DC 2019 or My Favorite Tournament 23 Apr 201923 Apr 2019 Blog by Madeleine Fordham, novice debater, and a rising debate star We were headed up north, past the Canadian border, just the seven of us. Who knows what awaited us…
Novice… Friendship at Cornell Novice Nationals 15 Mar 2019 Blog by Prinaya Choubey, novice debater, and a great friend There are very few moments in our lives we remember so well that they burn into the back of our brain…
Novice… URDU – Arguably the Best 1 Mar 20191 Mar 2019 Blog by Ruthie Seabolt, novice debater, and amazing human This past weekend, I participated in my very first British Parliamentary debate tournament. I traveled to the George Washington University in D.C.…
Policy debate… Brad Smith from convener’s perspective 24 Feb 201924 Feb 2019 Blog by Tahsin Himi, convener of Brad Smith 2019 Stay up till 1, working and making sure all volunteers are aware of their duties. Wake up at 6 am on…
ESL… Debate Fever 16 Jan 2019 Warish Zaman Orko ‘21 To break at Worlds is to see a lifelong dream become reality. Hundreds of teams from all over the world descended upon idyllic Cape Town, each…
ESL… A First For URDU At The World Championships 13 Jan 201913 Jan 2019 At the start of January, the UR Debate Union traveled across the Atlantic to Cape Town, South Africa to compete in the 2019 World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) – the…
Novice… Pro-Am Debate- The URDU family tradition continues & prospers! 25 Nov 201825 Nov 2018 One of our most dedicated novices, Natasha Abrol- talks about the age old URDU tradition of Pro-Aming and her immense success at the Huber Debates 2018 at the University of…
ESL… Spanish debate teams taking over finals at Huber Debates 2018 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 Traveling to the state of Bernie Sanders was so much fun. Watching the colorful trees during the sunset and staring at the mysterious and tenebrous forest covered with fog added…
Tournament… US Universities Debate Championships in Stanford, CA 18 Apr 201822 Apr 2018 Finishing out this year's season of competitive Worlds tournaments, URDU sent 6 debaters to compete at USUDC in Stanford, CA. They suffered through a long flight of loud children to…
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