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Speech and Debate Society at UW Seattle
The American Parliamentary Debate Team at UWTeam Meetings
Spring Quarter Meetings: Senior Members: Fridays 5-7PM, Thomson 331 The April 26th meeting will begin at 4PM for current members, but is open at 5PM for new members New Members must contact club leadership via email before attending meetings. Team Leadership
Student Leaders
Daniel Beasley, President - beasley@uw.edu Chris Pierini, B.S. Biochemistry from UW Seattle - chris.pierini@gmail.com 2012-2013 Competitive ScheduleSeptember 22-23, Bellevue Warmup, Bellevue College October 13-14, Lewis and Clark Invitational, Lewis and Clark College October 27-28, Puget Sound Logger Invitational, University of Puget Sound November 9-11, Mahaffey Memorial, Linfield College January 12-13, Northwest University Invitational, Kirkland, WA Janurary 17-20, Mile High Swing, Colorado College January 25-27, Fred Scheller Invitational, WWU February 1-2, Pacific Lutheran Unversity Invitational, PLU February 15-17, Whitman Swing, Whitman University March 16-19?, National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence, WWU March 22-25, National Parliamentary Debate Association National Championship Tournament, Pacific, Stockton CA Mission of the SDSUW
At the University of Washington, the Speech and Debate Team is committed to creating more than just a weekend debating society.
To create a pedagogically sound and comprehensive program, the team clearly links the skills that we develop weekend after weekend to the greater UW community and curriculum.
Speech and debate, as countless students have learned, directly contributes to their classroom experience; debate teaches research, critical thinking, organization,
and listening skills. In fact, in many ways, debate serves as a laboratory in which students can test, compare, and learn new ideas. Debate crosses multiple disciplines,
including political science, communication, philosophy, public policy, and drama. Given the complexities of the world today, very few issues can escape contentious debate;
politics seems to have become more of a verbal jousting match than a deliberative discussion aimed at negotiating toward a solution.
Having a strong debate program offers opportunities to share skills with UW students and the greater Seattle community as a whole.
Joining UW debate
We currently only offer coaching for parliamentary debate. The introductory meetings for introducing novice debaters to college parliamentary debate have ended,
but we will still accept new members. If you do not have debate experience, you will have to learn the fundamentals of debate at an accelerated pace to prepare for tournaments.
For more information, contact our President or one of our coaches (as listed above)
Outreach and Community Service
The SDS participates in public debates for the broader UW community,
and many students volunteer to promote debate in the Seattle High
School area. The SDS supports numerous homeschool debate leagues and
the Seattle Urban Debate League (UDL). Coaches and team members have taught courses that
provides middle school students with critical thinking and public
speaking skills that prepare them to enter debate and public speaking
competitions once they enter high school.
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