Team President Veronika Bondarenko and Vice President Azhan Hasan traveled to Stephenville, Texas, for a public debate against Tarleton State University. It resulted in a tie by a 50/50 vote of the 200-person audience.

The TCU Speech and Debate team earned several individual awards at the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament in Nashville, Tennesee. Full results are listed below: Veronika Bondarenko: Sixth, Impromptu; Semifinalist, Editorial Impromptu; Semifinalist, Parliamentary Debate; Seventh, Parliamentary Speaker; Excellent, Extemporaneous Azhan Hasan: Quarterfinalist, IPDA Debate; Fifth, Extemp Commentary; Sixth, Debate Speaker; Excellent, Extemporaneous; Excellent, Informative… Read more »

The TCU Speech and Debate squad earned several nutcrackers and the top overall sweepstakes award at the Christmas Classic in Cameron, Oklahoma. Full results are listed below: Christmas Classic, Part 1 Sarah Nichols 5th place, Impromptu Speaking Semifinalist, Parliamentary Debate 1st place, After Dinner Speaking Veronika Bondarenko 2nd place, Impromptu Speaking 3rd place, Persuasive Speaking… Read more »

The TCU Speech and Debate squad took home top honors from Norman, Oklahoma. The team took home the overall first place school award, along with several top individual performance awards, and two first-year members of the team earned their first finals appearances. Full results are listed below: Sooner Showdown, Part 1 Shane Brewer Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary… Read more »

The TCU Speech and Debate team traveled to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for the Hub City Swing hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi. The team garnered several individual awards, listed as following: Sarah Nichols 1st place speaker, IPDA Debate 5th place, After-Dinner Speaking Azhan Hasan 5th place speaker, IPDA Debate Quarterfinalist, IPDA Debate 6th place, Informative… Read more »

TCU Speech and Debate took home the second place overall sweepstakes award this weekend at the Bob Derryberry Memorial Tournament in Bolivar, Missouri, hosted by Southwest Baptist University. Among the top five in the Quadrathon contest, which measures overall individual performance, were TCU’s Luke Gillespie and Veronika Bondarenko. Full results are listed below: Veronika Bondarenko… Read more »

The TCU Speech and Debate team competed in their season opener at the Storm Classic hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Cameron University in Durant, Oklahoma, this weekend. Among the team awards were second place in Combined Debate/Speech Sweepstakes on the first half of the swing, third place in Speech events on the second… Read more »

The 2017-2018 season Speech And Debate posters have been released! We will be distributing them throughout TCU and Fort Worth community soon. Email a.hinderaker@tcu.edu if you would like to receive a copy. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates on the season!

TCU Forensics 2017 National Tournament Results National Forensic Association Championship, 2017 (Eau Claire, WI) Sarah Nichols: Fourth Place, Novice After Dinner Speaking David Dunmoyer: Sixth Place, Novice Extemporaneous Colten Meisner: Octofinalist, Impromptu Timothy Betts: Octofinalist, Impromptu; Octofinalist, Extemporaneous   Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament, 2017 (Boise, ID) Team Awards: Individual Events, Excellent Debate, Excellent Combined… Read more »

TCU Forensics will be hosting a parliamentary-style public debate against The Irish Times championship debaters. The debate will feature three members of TCU Forensics against the three champions of The Irish Times national debate tournament. The resolution for the debate is as follows: This house believes that a melting pot is preferable to a tossed… Read more »

TCU Forensics won the 2017 Southern Forensics Championship, hosted at the University of Southern Mississippi. The team secured first place in combined debate and individual event sweepstakes, second place in individual event sweepstakes, as well as numerous first place finishes in various events. Full results are listed below. 2017 Southern Forensics Championship – Full Results Timothy… Read more »

TCU Forensics had a successful trip to the 2016 Cameron Christmas Classic co-hosted by Cameron University and West Texas A&M University in Lawton, Oklahoma. The team won third place in combined debate and individual event sweepstakes for the overall tournament, third place in individual event team sweepstakes the first day of the swing, and second place in individual event… Read more »