7th PLACE AT NATIONALS!

From the 24th to the 26th, two Dartmouth teams, Joe Huston and Andrew Wansley and Tarang Agarwal and E McNeil, competed at the AMerican Parliamentary Debate National Tournament hosted by Mount Holyoke College.
Joe and Andrew emerged as the 7th place team, making it all the way to quarterfinals.
Teams qualifying to the Nationals tournament had to consistently break to out-rounds throughout the year in order to fill the quota of points needed for an invitation to the tournament.
This achievement was the culminating experience for Joe's and Andrew's 5-tournament break record.
Tarang Agarwal and E McNeil also performed well at the tournament.

Won Amherst College!

The Varsity team of Joe Huston and Andrew Wansley WON the Amherst College Tournament this past weekend on April 17-18. This win brought their break streak up to five tournaments straight. Joe Huston was also the 6th Varsity speaker.
The two have been practicing all spring term for the Nationals tournament which will take place the coming weekend.

Williams

Dartmouth Parli travelled to Williams on the weekend of April 10-11. Joe Huston and Andrew Wansley broke again and emerged as the 5th Varsity team. Andrew Wansley was the 2nd Varsity Speaker and Joe Huston was the 6th Varsity Speaker. Ryan Zehner was the 4th Novice Speaker, and he with his partner, Will Hix, emerged at the 2nd Novice team.

Clark

The Clark University tournament on the weekend of April 4th-5th inaugurated the Spring season for Dartmouth Parliamentary Debate. Joe Huston and Andrew Wansley continued their good streak and emerged as the 3rd Varsity team. Joe Huston was 10th Varsity Speaker and Prat Srivastava was 5th Novice Speaker.

Stanford

On the weekend of March 6th and 7th, Dartmouth Parliamentary Debate flew cross-country and competed in the annual Stanford Tournament. Apart from have a wonderful trip, the team brought home many awards. Andrew Wansley, who was currently on an off-term in Northern California, teamed with Joe Huston to emerge as the 7th Varsity team. Andrew was awarded the title of 1st Speaker and Joe, the 3rd Speaker. Campbell Miller and Tim Goh were the fourth Novice team. Other teams that competed were Tarang Agarwal and Connor Beatty, and Prat Srivastava and Maryam Zafer.

Boston University

On February 20th and 21st, Dartmouth drove down to the Boston University tournament. If you remember, the last time Dartmouth was at BU was for the Novice Tournament. Unlike the mildly confused and nervous debaters they were during fall term, the novices were now seasoned and prepared. Tim Goh showed the largest improvement from his fall term showing at BU with his break to Novice Finals. Tim had hybrided with Lucas Li from Brown University and after a brilliant debate against Yale in Semi-Finals, the team took 2nd place in the entire Novice division, dropping to a team from University of Chicago.
The other Dartmouth teams at the tournament were Joe Huston and Connor Beatty, Nathan Gusdorf and Maryam Zafer, and Carsten Hansen and David Silver. Prat Srivastava judged.

Brandeis

On February 6th and 7th, Dartmouth Parliamentary Debate took five teams to the Brandeis Tournament in Massachussetts. Joe Huston and Tarang Agarwal had a 4-1 record. Other participants at the tournament Tim Goh and Campbell Miller, David Silver and David Lumbert, Jon Chui and Connor Beatty, William Hix and Ryan Zehner.