Please check out the Debate team. We’re relatively new but have grown out of the long-standing Charlotte Speech Team: Instagram and NinerEngage.
Debate Practices for Spring 2025: Tuesdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm in Fretwell 219.
Contact Dr. Aaron Toscano (atoscano) for more information.
This page (and subsequent pages) will serve as a home for instructing participants interested in the debate style from the International Public Debate Association (IDPA). In addition to resources for the structure of an IPDA round and strategies.
Debate Organizations (we aren’t members of all of these)
- American Forensics Association (AFA)
- National Debate Tournament (NDT)
- Pi Kappa Delta (PDK or “Pi Kap”)