Peaslee members Miriam Pierson ’18 and Nate Urban ’18 made debate history last week. Together, they won Team of the Year, and Pierson took home the Speaker of the Year award. These awards are given out annually to the top-ranked college debate
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When a Swarthmore debate pairing reached the final round of a tournament at Bryn Mawr early this month, they already knew what to expect from their opponents. In fact, they had driven to the tournament in the same van — both teams
[vimeo id=”36327902″ width=”620″ height=”360″] The fate of our planet fell into the hands of Professor Dominic Tierney last Thursday after winning Swarthmore’s Bathtub Debate, in which professors representing each of the three academic divisions — the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities