On Friday, 28 February 2014, the Bard Debate Union together with the Center for Civic Engagement hosted the Third Annual Middle and High School Debate Tournament at Bard. We hosted nearly 80 students from Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Kingston, and the Bard High School Early Colleges in Manhattan, Newark, and Queens. …
The Bard Debate Union traveled to the Northeast Regional Championships at Western Connecticut State University this past weekend with 15 total students and 2 coaches. We were honored to have our own, David Register, serving as one of two tournament Chief Adjudicators and thank him for the awesome motions he …
The cold weather and massive amounts of snow in Annandale-on-Hudson did not prevent the Bard Debate Union from making their way to colder, snowier Ithaca, NY for the Ithaca College Debate Tournament on February 8-9, 2014. And we sure are glad we made it! The team of Lee Gensler and …
The Bard Debate Union was very pleased to have the opportunity to host an all day debate workshop at Bard on February 1, 2014. We hosted 14 debaters and 3 coaches from St. John’s University in Queens as well as world-renowned debater and debate trainer Mary Nugent of the Cambridge …
The Bard Debate Union was honored to receive an invitation to participate in a National Public Debate Series, organized by the Cross Examination Debate Association and the Miller Center of the University of Virginia, on the topic of Presidential War Powers. The debate was scheduled for January 29, 2014 at …
The Bard Debate Union had another successful weekend at the Huber Debate Tournament at the University of Vermont. Nearly 300 students were in attendance participating in both Parliamentary and Policy debate formats. Bard Parliamentary team of Lee Gensler ’14 and Hanze Song ’15 advanced to elimination rounds as the 9th …
As always, when family weekend is upon us, the Bard Debate Union puts on a show – and what a show it was! For this year’s events we chose the topic of “Humanitarian Intervention” so as to discuss recent events in Syria and around the world. We began the evening …
On 1 October 2013, the Bard Debate Union together with the Hannah Arendt Center put on a public debate on the topic “Resolved: online learning will save higher education.” The topic was inspired by this year’s Hannah Arendt Center Conference, Failing Fast: The Educated Citizen in Crisis. In addition to …
The Bard Debate Union opened the 2013-2014 travel season with a BANG at this weekend’s Season Opener at SUNY Binghamton (Sept 20-22, 2013)!!! There were nearly 100 teams in attendance competing in both policy and worlds debate but this did not stop the Bard Debate Union from making a strong …
On September 12, 2013, West Point cadets and faculty joined Bard students and faculty on the stage for a public debate on the topic, “Resolved: drones do more good than harm.” This event was a joint effort put on by the Bard Debate Union, the Center for the Study of …
