Your Hoosier debate teams debated in 29 debate rounds, or 67 hours of speaking, listening, cross-examining and listening to judge feedback in another high impact educational experience at Wake! Team Peotter-Duggal finished 5th out of 40 teams!

Looking to spice up your class? Bring in the IU debate team! Zander Fish (O’Neill SPEA) and Violet Peotter (HLS) were invited to join Dr. Beshkar’s Econ class on trade to debate tariffs! A wonderful cross campus endeavor to boost educational interest and learning!

We had a great time hosting the 2024 Hoosier Middle School Speech and Debate tournament today! Congratulations to all the competitors!

We are back! The second semester starts with a bang as IU Debate competes against 50 other teams at the US Naval Academy tournament! Wish your Hoosiers luck!

Your Hoosiers are back in action this weekend at the University of Texas Austin tournament. We stopped off at Franklins bbq and received a special tour of the facilities. We are fueled up and ready to debate. The 1st of 8 rounds start tomorrow.

IU Peotter and Duggal finished 5-1 at the end of prelims. They are breaking to elim debates at UT in novice.

48 hours of debate and we have a team debating in the Chanpiotnhsip round at the UT-Austin tournament tomorrow morning. Jay received 5th speaker and Violet received 2nd overall. Less gooooo!

IU wins the Texas-Austin tournament on a 2-1 decision against talented competitors from The University of Houston! Congratulations to Jay and Violet on an excellent tournament! Next up, national quals and national championship tournaments!

Champs!

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Your Hoosiers debate team finished our season with an end of year celebration of these students and their excellence and effort. From rising star novices, our outreach awards, and debater of the year, to senior send-offs, we laughed (and maybe dropped a few tears).

Hoosiers at Northwestern this weekend. Lessgo!

Your IU debaters are entering round 8 at the Owen L Coon Northwestern University season opener. Lessgo!

Your Hoosiers are back at it this weekend! Six new novices are attending their first college tournament. Pictured here are the novices prepping with the help from more senior debaters. Wish us luck!

Hoo hoo hoo hoosiers have made it to day three. Adam and Ally are debating in elimination debates this morning with the chance to win it all. Updates to come! Photo of Adam prepping for the 2AR.

Ethos drill while debating random images? Check. Hoosier debate is going to need a bigger room!

Your Hoosiers are ranked 3rd in the American Debate Association overall rankings!

🎉 Your Hoosier Debate Team is 3rd in the American Debate Association Overall Team Rankings! 🎉