Tufts wins first national debating championship over defending champion Yale

[Mastadon]

Congratulations to the debate team!

It’s a story that a couple of undergraduates will likely savor for a lifetime: how they outsmarted reigning champion Yale University to clinch Tufts’ first national debating tournament.

The triumph happened on April 11 at the United States Universities Debate Association (USUDA) championship at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Drew Latimer, A17, and Jeremy Chen, A17, of the Tufts Debate Society joined 400 debaters from 60 universities and colleges across the country for the contest; freshmen John Goulandris and Suntiparp Somsak also represented Tufts.

Latimer and Chen scored the victory for Tufts after squaring off against Yale, Stanford and Harvard. Tufts Now recently caught up with them to learn more about these final rounds of the championship, and about what attracted the two of them to debate in the first place.

http://now.tufts.edu/articles/champions-persuasion

[Livingteen1209]

Yay! Go Jumbos!