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2009 William DeMougeot Tournament

North Texas Debate hosted the 28th annual William DeMougeot College Debate Tournament January 6-8, 2009. This year the tournament was the largest and most diverse on record.  Three divisions of college debate were offered and twenty-five different universities from across the nation participated.  We hosted over 100 individual teams and almost 300 total participants.

The eventual champion was from Wichita State University in Kansas.  Schools also came from Vermont, Kansas, Georgia, Alabama, Wyoming, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, Illinois, and North Carolina.

This tournament helped the debate team continue UNT's important mission of outreach by sponsoring national debate and discussion on campus.

The event was run by UNT staff, students, and faculty who dedicated their time to serving students from other universities and colleges in their academic pursuit of communication, argumentation, and performance excellence.
    

Winners of the 2009 William DeMougeot Tournament:               Winners of the Two-Stepper Award:
Matt Coleman and Eric Robinson, Wichita State University     R.J Giglio and Nick Watts, Oklahoma University
                                                                                              Also Pictured: Jackie Massey, Conor Clearly and Jason                                                                                                                                 Russell

 

UNT Debate Success

Members of the UNT Debate Team (from left to right): Shanice Newton, Louie Petit (Assistant Director of Debate), Brian Searles, Matt Farmer (Debate Assistant), Grant Peretz, Kuntal Cholera, Dan Rowe, and Calum Matheson.

 

On January 12th, UNT debaters Kuntal Cholera (Clear Lake, TX) and Grant Peretz (Chicago, IL) won the University of Texas at Dallas tournament, which boasted 100 teams representing colleges and universities from much of the country.  Cholera and Peretz posted a perfect 12-0 record, winning every preliminary debate and defeating the University of Missouri at Kansas City, the University of Texas, the University of Oklahoma, Wyoming University, and Wake Forest University in elimination rounds to be named champions.  Winning 21 out of 22 ballots, they were the undisputed strongest team at the tournament, clinching the top seed after seven preliminary rounds.  In addition, Cholera was named top speaker at the tournament.

   
Kuntal Cholera

The following week, Cholera and Peretz earned a position in the final round of the University of West Georgia debate tournament in Carrollton, Georgia.  To get to the final round, UNT defeated Wake Forest, Oklahoma, Emory University, Missouri State, the University of Kentucky, and Dartmouth College.  UNT lost to the University of Kansas in their final round.  Although the tournament only hosted 20 schools, UNT only debated teams with top 5 or 10 rankings.  Cholera was named third best speaker in the tournament.

UNT debate is made possible by generous support from Student Service Fees, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Communication Studies.