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We are the Brown Debating Union, Brown University's premiere debate team since 1824. Here you'll find news, info on upcoming tournaments and events, as well as handy debating resources.

If you're on campus and wish to find us, our weekly General Meetings are in Wilson Hall 309, Mondays at 8pm.

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The BDU

NEWS and RESULTS (2011 - 2012)

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Wesleyan:

3rd place team (Jean McCabe and Young Seol); 4th place team (Michael Wagman and Lydia Halpern); 4th place speaker (Young Seol); 8th place speaker (Jean McCabe); 9th place speaker (Michael Wagman)

UConn:

3rd place team (Lydia Halpern and Maddie Powell, BU); 3rd place speaker (Lydia Halpern); 7th place speaker (Samantha Sanders)

Syracuse:

5th place team (Young Seol and Michael Maranets, UConn); 4th place speaker (Young Seol)

Swarthmore:

4th place team (Samantha Sanders and Reid Bagwell, Columbia)

PC:

3rd place team (Samantha Sanders and David Trinh, Yale); 8th place team (Jean McCabe and Lydia Halpern)

Northeastern ProAms:

8th place team (Alex Mechanick and Matt Mahoney)

Middlebury:

4th place team (Michael Wagman and Young Seol); 8th place team (Lydia Halpern and Alex Mechanick); 7th place speaker (Michael Wagman); 9th place speaker (Lydia Halpern)

MIT:

7th place team (Jean McCabe and Michael Wagman)

Dartmouth:

11th place team (Samantha Sanders and Sesenu Woldemariam, Yale)

National Debate Championship:

4th place team (Jean McCabe and Lydia Halpern); 7th place speaker (Jean McCabe)

Brandeis:

76th place team (Michael Wagman and Lydia Halpern); 12th place team (Jean McCabe and Samantha Sanders)

Bates:

1st place team (Jean McCabe and Maddie Powell, BU)

Amherst:

1st place team (Jean McCabe and Alex Mechanick); 3rd place speaker (Jean McCabe)