Team YouTube Channel
Our lovely Public Debate Captain, Holly Smith, has created a YouTube channel for our team! We will post recordings of our debates there for all to view! Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jJeCJKQufPOlp5CjQCxtA
2019-2020 Fall Open House
Come out to the University of Florida Speech and Debate Team’s Fall Open House meeting for new members in the 2019-2020 school year on Tuesday, August 27th! This is a great opportunity to meet our officers and returning members, learn more about both the overall team and the three squads, and begin your membership with […]
2018-2019 Elections
On April 17th, the University of Florida Speech and Debate Team elected in their new officers for the 2018-2019 school year. We had many incredible applicants run, and everyone had great ideas of places to take our team over the next year. President: Kate Scolaro Vice President: Nick Zimmerman Secretary-Treasurer: Saad Masud Policy Captain: Emmanuel […]
2017-2018 Annual Banquet
On April 22nd the University of Florida Speech and Debate Team had our annual banquet to celebrate all of our accomplishments over the year, to thank our coaches and competitors for all their hard work, and to welcome in our new officers! A great time was had by all, and several of our teammates and […]
Guards Outside Schools
On March 27th, the Public Debate team hosted their last debate of the year on whether guards should be placed outside schools. Some believe that we need to be proactive in protecting our children by introducing armed guards to schools, and others believe that more guns just create more problems. After the Parkland shooting, this […]
Anthropology Debate: Intervention on Harmful Cultural Practices
On February 15th, the Public Debate team hosted a debate regarding whether anthropologists should intervene regarding harmful cultural practices. For many years now, the intervention of anthropologists in the cultures in which they study has been debated. Many believe that anthropologists in the field have the responsibility to affect change concerning actions they believe to […]
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Voting and Violent Felons
The University of Florida Public Debate Team hosted their first debate of the semester on January 30th! There is currently a bill in the Florida Legislature that would automatically grant non-violent felons the right to vote after they are released from prison, if it is passed. This debate took this discussion one step further and examines […]
AFA
On April 4-8 the UF Speech Team traveled to Arizona State University for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament. We arrived Thursday and spent Friday morning practicing events. We then trekked across the ASU campus for lunch and to find the buildings used for the competition. A surprise awaited us when we returned […]
Public Debate: Should the Government Decide how you Eat?
Yesterday’s public debate went pretty well, although we were hoping for a bigger audience. The topic was “The US Government should not regulate the nutritional intake of its citizens”. I’ve got to say, as someone who has done debate since high school, both competitively and recreationally, the debaters at last night’s debate did a spectacular […]
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