On Friday, October 24, Bard’s Family Weekend began. And, as always, the Bard Debate Union joined together with the Center for Civic Engagement to plan an event that would have appeal to visiting families and alumni. This year we decided to host a Faculty-Student Roundtable on the topic of “The …
On October 7, 2014, the Bard Debate Union hosted West Point for our Third Annual Hannah Arendt Center Conference public debate. The Hannah Arendt Center Conference is an international conference held each year at Bard College that addresses a major topic in political theory. This year’s topic is American Exceptionalism; …
On the weekend of September 20-21, 2014, the Bard Debate Union hosted the inaugural Bard College Invitational. The weekend began, in fact, on September 19 when the Bard Debate Union at Eastern Correctional Facility hosted the University of Vermont for their second competitive debate at the prison for a debate …
The Bard Debate Union is very excited to call the 2014-2015 season to a start!!! Not only is our team bigger than ever but we also have many exciting events coming up! We had over 40 people attend both our Language & Thinking Information Session on August 25 as well …
On Friday, May 16, 2014 the Bard Debate Union gathered at coaches Ruth and David’s house to celebrate the close to another successful year of debate and to celebrate the conclusion of 10 years as a program! We also had the bittersweet opportunity to congratulate and bid farewell to two …
Three Bard Debate Union members were the recipients of awards at Sunday night’s Undergraduate Awards Banquet – an annual awards ceremony to recognize academic achievement and community service. First year Jackie Merrill was the recipient of the Heinz and Elizabeth Bertelsmann Award for Excellence in Political Science. Junior Shaya French …
Ten members of the Bard Debate Union travelled to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana for the US Universities Debating Championships on the weekend of April 11-13, 2014. There were 180 teams in attendance at the tournament making for a very competitive weekend. But Bard team of Lee and Armaan …
On Friday, April 4, the recently founded Bard Debate Union branch at Eastern NY Correctional Facility hosted its first competitive intercollegiate debate (and the only recent intercollegiate debate in a prison that we have been able to identify). The Bard Debate Union @ Eastern welcomed the award winning West Point …
The Bard Debate Union traveled to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana this past weekend to attend the 2014 Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament. While we did not win as many debates as we would have liked, we put in a solid showing in the preliminary rounds. We were also …
After a long day of hosting the 3rd Annual Middle School and High School Debate Tournament at Bard, 5 members of the Bard Debate Union together with coach David Register traveled to Garden City, Long Island, to compete in the Brown and Gold Debates at Adelphi University. Mid-semester exhaustion did …
