The Chicago Debate Society is the parliamentary debate team of the University of Chicago. We compete on the American Parliamentary Debate Association circuit and send debaters to tournaments almost every weekend. CDS has consistently met tremendous success on APDA, qualifying teams to Nationals every year and routinely winning Speaker and Team Awards at tournaments. We welcome prospective members of all experience levels to drop by our practices every Wednesday at 6pm and Sunday at 2pm in Cobb. For more information, please browse this website or direct any questions to our friendly officer board.
Tournament Results
George Washington University II
3rd Varsity Team: Ryan O'Hollaren & Paul Wyatt
7th Varsity Team: Alice Li & Alex Zhao
9th Varsity Team: Jon Haderlein & Eric Thurm
6th Varsity Speaker: Alice Li
7th Varsity Speaker: Jon Haderlein
1st Novice Team: Jake Oakley & David Peterson
8th Novice Speaker: Eric Thurm
9th Novice Speaker: David Peterson
Middlebury College
6th Varsity Team: Evan Hernandez & Miles Witthaus
5th Varsity Speaker: Miles Witthaus
10th Varsity Speaker: Evan Hernandez
Boston University
14th Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Alice Li
William & Mary College II
4th Varsity Team: Alex Zhao & Adam Drucker (GW)
West Point
8th Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Rohan Jotwani (Columbia)
University of Connecticut
7th Varsity Team: Kyle Felker & Sammy Floyd (Smith)
Brandeis University
8th Varsity Team: Alex Zhao & Allison Douglis (Yale)
7th Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
10th Novice Speaker: Derek Spencer
Stanford University
6th Varsity Team: Ryan O'Hollaren & Paul Wyatt
2nd Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
1st Novice Team: Nathan Blau & David Peterson
2nd Novice Team: Max Smith & Ilana Urman
3rd Novice Team: Alex Casariego & Alex Agakidis
3rd Novice Speaker: Justin Liang
5th Novice Speaker: Alex Casariego
7th Novice Speaker: Nathan Blau
8th Novice Speaker: David Peterson
9th Novice Speaker: Ilana Urman
Dartmouth College
10th Varsity Team: Ryan O'Hollaren & Paul Wyatt
9th Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
10th Varsity Speaker: Jon Haderlein
Williams College
3rd Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Clara Spera
9th Varsity Team: Leighton Huch & Brad Cohn
4th Varsity Speaker: Clara Spera
6th Varsity Speaker: Miles Witthaus
9th Varsity Speaker: Leighton Huch
Fordham University
4th Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Clara Spera
George Washington University I
6th Varsity Team: Jon Haderlein & Eric Thurm
1st Varsity Speaker: Jon Haderlein
4th Novice Speaker: Eric Thurm
American University ProAms
7th Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
University of Pennsylvania
3rd Varsity Team: Clara Spera & Reid Bagwell (Columbia)
4th Varsity Speaker: Clara Spera
Harvard University
8th Varsity Team: Jon Haderlein & Alice Li
14th Varsity Team: Ryan O'Hollaren & Paul Wyatt
Columbia University
7th Varsity Team: Clara Spera & Mark Andriola (Dartmouth)
8th Varsity Team: Jon Haderlein & Robert Ward
13th Varsity Team: Miles Witthaus & Alex Zhao
15th Varsity Team: Eric Thurm & Kyle Painter
16th Varsity Team: Leighton Huch & Kyle Felker
10th Varsity Speaker: Eric Thurm
1st Novice Speaker: Eric Thurm
5th Novice Speaker: Kyle Painter
William & Mary College I
1st Varsity Team: Ryan O'Hollaren & Paul Wyatt
7th Varsity Team: Alex Zhao & Rohan Sunder (GW)
2nd Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
5th Varsity Speaker: Ryan O'Hollaren
10th Varsity Speaker: Alex Zhao