Four policy debaters (John Jeworski, Sam Jaffe-Goldstein, Anna Daniszewski, and Max Taylor-Milner) traveled with coach, Ruth Zisman, and student coach, Michael Luxemburg, to CEDA Nationals (the annual national championship held by the Cross Examination Debate Association; known by many as ‘The People’s Tournament) in Norman Oklahoma this past weekend. The …
The Bard Debate Union, together with the Center for Civic Engagement and the Red Hook Education Foundation, hosted the First Annual Middle and High School Debate Tournament at Bard College on Friday, March 9th. With nearly 50 students in attendance from 7 different schools (BHSEC Manhattan, BHSEC Queens, BHSEC Newark, …
The Bard policy debate novices, Anna Daniszewski and Max Taylor-Milner, traveled with faculty adviser, Ruth Zisman, and student coach, Michael Luxemburg, to West Virginia University this past weekend (March 3-5) to compete in the elite Novice National Championships. In what turned out to be an incredibly competitive tournament with top …
The Bard Debate Union had a great weekend at our final regional tournament of the year: the Northeast Regional Championships at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. The stars of the show were novice policy debaters, Anna Daniszewski and Max Taylor-Milner, who earned an impressive 5-1 record in preliminary …
After numerous incidents in the past two years that have led the Bard administration to resort to charges of community fines, the Bard Debate Union decided make this issue a topic of debate. The questions we were most interested in answering were: are community fines fair? whom should they target …
The Bard Debate Union traveled in a large group the the Cornell Debate Tournament, February 11-12, 2012. The team took 8 worlds debaters, 2 policy debaters, 3 judges, and 2 coaches. We were particularly excited to have many new debaters join us. While the team as a whole struggled a …
Bard policy debate novices, Anna Daniszewski and Max Taylor-Milner, had another impressive showing this past weekend at the Monmouth Debate Tournament at Monmouth University in Long Branch, NJ. This tournament was incredibly competitive with over 30 novice teams from 16 schools. But Anna and Max persevered again and earned an …
This past weekend at the Kings College Debate Tournament in New York City, worlds novices, Connor Gadek and Shaya French, dominated the novice division. After several wins in the preliminary debates, they advanced to the Novice Finals and ended up coming in 2nd Place! Congratulations to Connor and Shaya on …
Six first-year debaters put on a very impressive show at our annual Citizen Science Public Debate on January 18, 2012. The topic for the debate was “This house supports the use of animal testing in scientific research” and the debate came down to a very well-researched and carefully thought-out discussion …
Every year after the Fall semester of debate comes to a conclusion, the policy debate community releases national rankings of teams at the Novice, JV, and Varsity levels. The exciting news is that Bard Policy Debate Novices, Anna Daniszewski and Max Taylor-Milner, have made onto the top-25 list (out of …
