RUDU Starts 2015 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rutgers University Debate Union kicked off the new year with a great tournament at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Four teams came out after the holidays to compete during the first week...
View ArticleRutgers in Semifinals at Carnegie Mellon University
The Rutgers University Debate Union had a rewarding tournament at Carnegie Mellon University this past weekend! Sean Leonard ’16 and Quinn Maingi ’15 formed one team and George Alukal ’15 and Russell...
View ArticleRUDU at the North American Debate Championships!
From left to right: Quinn Maingi ’15, Deepta Janardhan ’14, Kurt Falk ’16, George Alukal ’15, Sean Leonard ’16, Russel Potter ’15
View ArticleRutgers Reaches Semis at TCNJ, Alumni Return!
RUDU had a successful and fun time at The College of New Jersey this past weekend, where team members from previous years returned for this nearby tournament. Seven teams competed and two Rutgers...
View ArticleRutgers Debate Union Hosts Our Own Tournament!
This past weekend, RUDU hosted the 863rd Henry Rutgers Championship Invitational. 212 teams from over 25 colleges and universities came to compete at the second largest tournament of the season. This...
View ArticleRUDU Wins Swarthmore Tournament!
Rutgers Debate Union had a successful weekend at Swarthmore College, where this past tournament was a Pro-am tournament. This means that all pairs were varsity and novice teams. In addition, the...
View ArticleRutgers wins all divisions at West Point Invitational, Potter qualifies for...
(Pictured Left to Right: Russell Potter ’15, Nick Hansen ’15, Minnal Kunnan ’15’, Naeem Hossain ’18, George Alukal ’15, Sean Leonard ’16, Quinn Maingi ’15, RUDU alumnus Kyle Bomeisl ’12, RUDU alumnus...
View ArticleRutgers finishes 3rd in country at National Championship; defeats Yale to...
The Nationals duo Sean Leonard ’16 (left) and Raman “Quinn” Maingi ’15 (right) with their trophies The Rutgers University Debate Union (RUDU) took 3rd place at the American Parliamentary Debate...
View ArticleJamie DiVito elected 2016 Tournament Director
Jamie DiVito at the 2014 Senior Banquet Jamie DiVito has been elected to serve as the 2016 Rutgers Invitational Tournament Director! DiVito is a junior double-majoring in Linguistics and Cognitive...
View ArticleRUDU’s 2015 Graduating Class
Top row, left to right: George Alukal, Shireen Hamza, Quinn MaingiBottom row, left to right: Rachel Moon, Minnal Kunnan, Russell Potter The Rutgers University Debate Union (RUDU) would like to...
View ArticleRUDU Kicks Off the Season at Hopkins
This past weekend, the Rutgers University Debate Union ushered in the 2015-2016 season with great success at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Returning team members Sean Leonard ’16, Nick Hansen...
View ArticleRUDU Wins Novice Rounds at Columbia!
This past weekend, the Rutgers University Debate Union visited New York City and brought home great success. The team sent four teams, including Sean Leonard ’16 and Nick Hansen ’16, Elise Zhou ’18 and...
View ArticleRUDU Goes to Swat Novice!
Last month, RUDU sent four teams to Swarthmore for a novice tournament. As the name suggests, the tournament is hosted specifically to introduce novices to APDA debate. All of the participating teams...
View ArticleRUDU Takes Top Varsity and Novice Speaker at Vassar!
This past weekend, RUDU had a very successful weekend in Vassar College in New York. Attending teams included Pasha Temkin ’18 and Max Albert ’19, Jeremy Kritz ’19 and Adarsh Rangan ’19, and Sean...
View ArticleRUDU Goes to Harvard; Temkin Wins Top Novice!
This past weekend, RUDU visited Harvard University in Boston and competed at a motions tournament. At a motions tournament, all of the topics are chosen by the host school before the start of each...
View ArticleRUDU in Finals at Maryland!
This past weekend, the Rutgers debate team had a great time competing at the beautiful University of Maryland. Debating at the tournament were Sean Leonard ’16, Pasha Temkin ’18 and Max Albert ’19,...
View ArticleFinal Awards and Rankings for 2014-2015
Awards and Rankings – Rutgers University Debate Union 2014-2015 3rd Place at Nationals 8th Club of the Year Team of the Year: Quinn Maingi & Sean Leonard – 4th Russel Potter & Nick Hansen –...
View ArticleRUDU Goes to CUNY: Sean Leonard Takes the Entire Tournament!
Last weekend, members of the Rutgers University Debate Team took time out of their winter break to compete at City University of New York. Debating at the tournament were Sean Leonard ’16, Pasha Temkin...
View ArticleRUDU Goes to CMU: Leonard continues his winning streak, Temkin and Albert...
Classes start again this Tuesday at Rutgers, and members of the debate union spent their last weekend of winter break competing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Debating at the...
View ArticleRUDU Goes to Albany and Closes Out; Sets Historic Records
The team poses victoriously outside of a Cracker Barrel in Albany, NY, following their triumph Even though the Rutgers Debate Union wasn’t able to attend NorthAms in Ontario last week due to inclement...
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