Georgetown Tournament Recap; URDU Welcomes New Students

Published
January 23, 2023

We have been busy over winter break—preparing, but also debating—and we also just welcomed some new members to the team.

URDU debaters at dinner during the Georgetown tournament.

Isabel Edelstein poses with her semi-finalist trophy with UT-SA partner Sebastian.
Isabel Edelstein and partner Sebastian

UR Debate traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to compete in the Georgetown Debate Tournament. In the end, our novice team had a challenging weekend, but JV-er Isabel Edelstein went home as a semi-finalist, competing with a UT-San Antonio debater. We look forward to more fantastic tournaments this semester!

The URDU also held its spring general interest meeting last Thursday, along with a new debater workshop on Saturday, to welcome new members to the team. We’re excited for these new Yellowjacket debaters to have long and successful debate careers!

New debaters pose for a picture at the general interest meeting in the debate office.

Coming up this semester

A graphic listing the URDU travels for this semester: Binghamton, Georgia, Oregon, Scotland, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and more!

Look out next month for UR Debate to host the Novice National Debate Championship Tournament for British Parliamentary debate! We will be welcoming first-year debaters from institutions all over the country to compete. Anyone is welcome to join us for the event; more information will be forthcoming. Email questions to Director Brady Fletcher.