April 25 Declared UK Debate Team Day
Mayor Linda Gorton has declared April 25, 2019, UK Debate Team Day in Lexington to celebrate the team’s season long top national ranking. The proclamation reads as follows:
UK Takes National Championship — in Debate
Earlier this week the University of Kentucky Debate Team of Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov defeated the University of Georgia to become the 2019 National Debate Tournament (NDT) champions. And they did it in record-breaking style.
UK Debate Team: What it Takes to be No. 1
The University of Kentucky Debate team, housed in the College of Communication and Information, has had the strongest start in their history. By winning four major tournaments, the team has secured the number one rank by two major national rankings, and has a 4-1 record against Harvard University, the number two team in the country.
UK Debate Team: What it Takes to be No. 1
The University of Kentucky Debate team, housed in the College of Communication and Information, has had the strongest start in their history. By winning four major tournaments, the team has secured the number one rank by two major national rankings, and has a 4-1 record against Harvard University, the number two team in the country.
UK Working to Grow Debate in Asia
What do you do the day after your team goes on an 18-1 winning streak, brings home tournament victories over Harvard University (twice), Wake Forest University, Northwestern University and Dartmouth College? If you are Dave Arnett, director of the University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team, you catch a flight to Taiwan to represent UK at the NSDA (The U.S. National Speech and Debate Association) Taiwan Fall Invitational, an international debate collaboration.
UK Debate Team Ranked Top in the Nation
The University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team is currently ranked top in the nation for the first time since 1995.
UK Debate Team Has Good Start to Possibly Another Historic Season
The University of Kentucky Intercollegiate Debate Team reached the final four in the season opener at Georgia State University last weekend. UK's team includes the top-ranked returning partnership in the nation, juniors Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov.
UK Speech and Debate Places 8th in the Nation
The University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team placed eighth in the nation at the largest collegiate speech and debate competition in the country, the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament. This placing extends the teams history of ranking in the top 10 at this national competition to its fourth continuous year and represents a new best placing for the university.
UK Debate Team Finishes Regular Season Strong With Double Victory
The University of Kentucky Debate Team housed in the College of Communication and Information swept two tournaments with impressive victories, placing first and second in two of the nation’s most reputable tournaments.