The UR Debate Union sent a large squad to the annual competition at
Binghamton, including a number of first-time novices. This event is set up to
encourage new debaters to join, with experienced novices from around the region moving up to
debate in JV and many JV debaters moving up to the Open division.
The success of
Buddy Khan and Ben Wittwer continued at Binghamton as they reached the final
round in Open and Wittwer took home the top speaker award, while novices Vanessa
Dou and Erik Tobiason had an impressive performance, reching semis.