On the two-month anniversary of the inception of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Bard Debate Union proudly presents a debate on the successes and failures of the movement. Thursday, November 17th at 7:00pm (RKC 103. Laszlo Z. Bito ’60 Auditorium).
Help the Bard Debate Union get out the vote and then come to an exciting event we are co-sponsoring tonight: Predicting the 2012 Election. Several Bard Debate Union members will speak on panels answering questions about the 2012 election: Who will be the GOP nominee? Will Obama be a 1-term …
The Bard Debate Union dominated this past weekend at the Huber Debaters at the University of Vermont (Nov 4-6, 2011). 19 total students, faculty, and staff members attended the tournament with 14 students competing, 2 students judging and coaching, and 3 coaches! This is the most people the Bard Debate …
Bard debaters, Rory Mondshein and Lenny Simon, will be helping to moderate and present to the Bard College campus many of Red Hook’s local politicians! Please come and meet your local politicians and support your fellow Bard debaters in action!
As part of Bard’s Family Weekend (Oct 28-30, 2011) the Bard Debate Union hosted a public debate last night for students, parents, and Red Hook community members. The topic of the debate was “This house would recognize internet access as a human right.” Since parents, of course, have a very …
The Bard policy debate team traveled to the 44th annual West Point Debate Tournament this past weekend (Oct 21-23, 2011) to compete against top teams from throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. While all three divisions (Novice, JV, and Varsity) were incredibly competitive, the novice division was particularly so with …
The Bard Debate Union had another successful weekend at the Brad Smith Debate Tournament at the University of Rochester (Sept 30-Oct 2). With over 100 teams in attendance from college and universities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, this tournament provided no easy competition. As the Bard Debate Union now participates …
The Bard Debate Union welcomed the Lawrence Debate Union of the University of Vermont to Bard College on Thursday. September 29th to debate a very important issue: the involvement of the United States in the Arab Spring. The Bard debaters were Caroline Stone, Hanze Song, and Lee Gensler and the …
This past weekend (Sept 16-18) at the Regional Opener Debate Tournament at SUNY Binghamton, Bard novices dominated the field. With over 40 novice teams from colleges and universities throughout the Northeast, Bard placed two teams in the top eight! Sophomore Patrick Jordan and PIE student Timothy Lai were novice finalists …
After numerous practice debates, countless drills, and some very serious research, the Bard Debate Union is ready to begin the 2011-2012 competitive season! This coming weekend, the Northeast’s seasonal opener debate tournament will take place at SUNY Binghamton. Bard will be sending 14 students and 4 judges (17 total Bard …
