UK Wins Inaugural Tri-State Tournament
The University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team won the first Tri-State Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament held at Gateway Community and Technical College. Thirteen schools from Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina and Tennessee gathered in Florence, Kentucky, for the competition. UK placed first in the combined sweepstakes division, which totals points earned for each team from both the speech and debate events. UK also placed first in the speech events sweepstakes and second in debate sweepstakes.
Kentucky Debate’s Tournament of Champions Travels to China
The University of Kentucky is rooted in history from its esteemed alumni to its storied basketball program. Just take a quick walk through campus and it won’t take long to spot a vintage, copper signpost sharing a story of the university’s past. One such piece of history, lesser known to the average student or alumnus, but deeply rooted and just as prestigious, is the Tournament of Champions put on by the Kentucky Debate program.
UK Hosts Hatfield and McCoy Swing, Places Second
The University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team, formerly the UK Forensics Team, partnered with Marshall University to host the inaugural Hatfield and McCoy speech and debate swing tournament Jan. 21-22. While the tournament was named for the infamous feud between two families on the Kentucky-West Virginia border, the competition was friendly but fierce. Schools from seven states as far away as Michigan and Georgia traveled to UK for the tournament.
Strong Fall Semester for UK Debate Team
The University of Kentucky Debate Team had a strong first semester of their 2016-2017 season, led by the exceptionally strong freshmen team of Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov.