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Penn State Debate Team Impresses at Rock the Resolution Tournament

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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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Penn State Debate Team Impresses at Rock the Resolution Tournament

On September 13th and 14th, members of the Penn State Debate Team traveled to Western Pennsylvania to compete in the 2024 Rock the Resolution Debate Tournament hosted by Slippery Rock University. The regional debate tournament, sanctioned by the National Educational Debate Association, brought together student competitors from 8 universities across 5 different states.

In the novice public forum division, the team of Nico Johns and Sachin Sashti finished in first place after winning all six of their debates. Sashti, a junior finance major, and Johns, a senior accounting major also won awards for the 4th and 5th ranked individual speakers respectively in their division.

Sophomore Madeline Ashton, a criminology and communication arts and sciences double major, finished in 3rd place in the novice rapid-fire debate division with a 4-2 win/loss record, while also securing that division’s 3rd place speaker award.

Kaitlyn McMahon, a senior majoring in French and criminology, finished in 5th place in the varsity rapid-fire division.

The Penn State Debate Team is instructed by director of debate Tim Michaels and assistant coach Courtney Wright. Students interested in joining can contact Dr. Michaels at trm5449@psu.edu.