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
Williams College
4th Varsity Speaker: Clara Spera
6th Varsity Speaker: Miles Witthaus
9th Varsity Speaker: Leighton Huch
3rd Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Clara Spera
9th Varsity Team: Leighton Huch & Brad Cohn
Fordham University
4th Varsity Team: Paul Wyatt & Clara Spera
George Washington University I
1st Varsity Speaker: Jon Haderlein
6th Varsity Team: Jon Haderlein & Eric Thurm
4th Novice Speaker: Eric Thurm
American University ProAms
7th Varsity Speaker: Paul Wyatt
University of Pennsylvania
3rd Varsity Team: Clara Spera & Reid Bagwell (Hybrid)
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