"we beat greenhill!” --Dominic Chacko '23
Jesuit debaters are widely known for excellent showings at competitive tournaments despite a practice-time disadvantage against peer schools. True to form, Jesuit experienced serious successes this season, with two tournament closeouts and advancing to elimination rounds at most tournaments. So far, Jesuit Debate participated in 4 local tournaments and 6 national-level tournaments! Here are some...
The two debaters file into the classroom, laptops, and pens in hand. They sit down and open up their laptops to begin the online debate. For the next two hours these two will face down their two opponents, and debate about cybersecurity, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and foreign policy. Win or lose, the debaters will discover an immense...
Whether it be strategizing as a group on a Thursday afternoon or speed reading evidence at a high school miles away, Jesuit debate continues to lead going into the 2022-2023 season. As varsity teams finish their second major tournament at St. Mark's School of Texas, here is a recap of their standings.
Standings
All senior team Tejas Murugesh and Lawrence Jin...
What are your views on water resources?
Welcome to the 2021-2022 Policy Debate Topic: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States.
Every year, debaters at the end of the season compete to bring home a national champion. This year marks the first year Jesuit Debate accomplishes this feat.
The NDCA Novice Nationals
One...
The weekends before and of spring break this year were home to two of the most important tournaments our debate team partakes in. The former was the Texas Forensic Associate State Championship where four teams qualified to debate in person for the first time in 2 years at Gregory Portland High School near Corpus Christi. The latter, the Woodward...
On March 8th, the Jesuit College Preparatory School Debate team, led by faculty members and coaches Mr. Lingel and Dr. McFarland, will fly to Corpus Christi TX to compete at the 50th annual Texas Forensics Association (TFA) debate tournament. Eight Jesuit debaters will compete at the tournament from March 10th to (hopefully) March 12th.
Four Jesuit teams (made up of...
Who’s thirsty? This year’s topic is all about water resources. If you have ever taken APES or, you know, drunk water, you might know that water is pretty important. But what does debating the protection of water resources even mean?
Let's just say that's a topic for another day
This last semester, Jesuit Debate showed true dominance. Winning several tournaments as...
“Contention 1: Is the Status Quo.” A familiar phrase to every survivor of freshmen Rhetorics and Civics, but also the mark of the 1ac in the sport of policy debate.
The second week of September marked the first national tournament of the Debate season. Teams from over 12 states and two countries “travel” to compete at the Grapevine tournament for...
