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The University of Georgia, represented by the two-person team of Mike Lacy ('12, Alpharetta) and Austin Layton ('13, Alpharetta), finished the season strong at the National Debate Tournament in Dallas, TX.

The Georgia Debate Union and the UGA Department of Communication Studies will be hosting a session called Public Speaking and Leadership Training for the 21st Century at the UGA-Duke Tip Scholar Weekend on April 16-17.

Politics disads are awesome. They apply to most affirmatives on the topic. They change with the political winds, so it’s possible to read a new politics disad at every tournament.

The University of Georgia team of Austin Layton and Mike Lacy has been awarded a first round at-large bid to the 2011 National Debate Tournament, to be held in Dallas, TX in March.

Though sometimes writing the plan is almost an afterthought in the affirmative research process, how the plan is written and how the affirmative defends it are of central importance to affirmative strategy.