Brown Debating Union: Difference between revisions
AWeenieMan (talk | contribs) Removing from Category:Brown University, already in subcategory Category:Brown University organizations |
m deleted line about hoax society |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''Brown Debating Union''' is a student-run debating organization at [[Brown University]] in Providence, RI. It has existed since 1824 and its many members include [[CNN]] founder [[Ted Turner]], who was a vice-president of the Union |
The '''Brown Debating Union''' is a student-run debating organization at [[Brown University]] in Providence, RI. It has existed since 1824 and its many members include [[CNN]] founder [[Ted Turner]], who was a vice-president of the Union. One of its earliest competitions, in 1919, was a debate over the Volstead Act. |
||
Eventually, the society began debating against other colleges. In a "triangular" league, Brown debated students from [[Williams College]] and [[Dartmouth College]] in policy debate. By the middle of the twentieth century, the debate program became part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the [[National Debate Tournament]] circuit, the debate team was fairly successful. The team name changed to the one it has today while it was run by Alfred Snider, who was a debater and is currently a professor of speech at the [[University of Vermont]]. |
Eventually, the society began debating against other colleges. In a "triangular" league, Brown debated students from [[Williams College]] and [[Dartmouth College]] in policy debate. By the middle of the twentieth century, the debate program became part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the [[National Debate Tournament]] circuit, the debate team was fairly successful. The team name changed to the one it has today while it was run by Alfred Snider, who was a debater and is currently a professor of speech at the [[University of Vermont]]. |
||
Revision as of 02:09, 30 December 2007
The Brown Debating Union is a student-run debating organization at Brown University in Providence, RI. It has existed since 1824 and its many members include CNN founder Ted Turner, who was a vice-president of the Union. One of its earliest competitions, in 1919, was a debate over the Volstead Act.
Eventually, the society began debating against other colleges. In a "triangular" league, Brown debated students from Williams College and Dartmouth College in policy debate. By the middle of the twentieth century, the debate program became part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the National Debate Tournament circuit, the debate team was fairly successful. The team name changed to the one it has today while it was run by Alfred Snider, who was a debater and is currently a professor of speech at the University of Vermont.
In the 1980s, the English department stopped funding the team and they became a student organization, funded by the Undergraduate Finance Board. Without the funds to participate in costly policy debate, they participated in parliamentary debate.
The Union currently competes in debate tournaments held by the American Parliamentary Debate Association, or APDA. Their annual debate tournament takes place in the first weekend of November every year.