UGA LL -- Austin Layton and Mike Lacy -- have been invited to the 39th Annual Kentucky Round Robin. This is a prestigious honor for the University of Georgia and reflects LL's ranking as a top-ten team in the preseason.

Want to join the UGA debate team?

Come to our weekly meeting and say hello!

We meet every week on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm in Phi Kappa Hall (located in the northeast corner of campus, near the the Jackson/Broad intersection). The debate office is the entire first floor. Come on in!

Add "certainty key" to the list of requirements when selecting your Affirmative case.

In this article, written for an upcoming edition of The Last Word published by The 3NR, I lay out the case for the importance of considering "certainty key" arguments and provide suggestions for how to go about writing them.

Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially increase the number of and/or substantially expand beneficiary eligibility for its visas for one or more of the following: employment-based immigrant visas, nonimmigrant temporary worker visas, family-based visas, human trafficking-based visas.

The Georgia Debate Union will again be holding a "pre-season retreat" on the UGA campus.

When: Monday, August 9 – Friday, August 13.  This is the week before classes begin (first day is Monday, August 16).

Where: First two days will again be in Georgia Center, then we will move to meeting in the squad room in Phi Kappa Hall.

What: Team orientation, topic introduction, argument lectures, practice speeches, and research. Every thing we need to do to win next year.

The Georgia Debate Union has produced a letter for high schools to use while recruiting students to their debate teams.

It emphasizes the benefits of debate, including for college admissions, research skills, travel, and fun.

Please feel free to download and use this whenever necessary.

Need a timer for debating or judging?

Got an iPod or iPhone?

There's an app for you: LabTimer.