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The Notre Dame Debate Team is an intercollegiate club at the university that participates in a variety of debate styles and formats. The team primarily participates in parliamentary debate, in forms including NPDA/NPTE, APDA, and IPDA. In the past, we have also competed on the NFA LD circuit as well.

History

2022-2023

At the Big Tent Online Tournament, the team of Ellie Spielmann and Kaitlyn Dehais finished eighth overall, and the team of Finn Meffe and Kephas Olsson finished fifth.

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At the Indiana State Forensics Championship, the Notre Dame Debate Team finished second overall as a team. In Varsity IPDA debate, Chris Jaghab finished third and Finn Meffe was the State Champion!

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2021-2022 

The team of Kaitlyn Dehais & Ellie Spielmann finished first at the 2022 Icebox Classic & placed third at the ACC Debate Championship.

2020-2021

The team of Patrick Aimone & Conrad Palor were runners-up at the ACC Debate Championship.

2019-2020

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The Notre Dame Debate team began an inaugural tradition of debating the Navy Midshipmen. This year the teams debated whether or not the united states federal government should implement a universal basic income.
 
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The Notre Dame Debate Team also had the opportunity to travel to Dublin, Ireland to compete in British Parliamentary at Trinity College Dublin.

2018-2019

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The Notre Dame Debate Team of sophomore Conrad Palor and first year Patrick Aimone won the ACC Debate Championships in Washington D.C. 

 

 

 

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The Notre Dame Debate Team of Conrad Palor and Duncan Donahue made it to elimination rounds at the 2019 NPDA Nationals Tournament