Parliamentary Debate Team
| Parliamentary Debate Team | |
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| Founded: | early 1980s |
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| Executive Board: | David Yin, others |
| Category: | Debate |
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The Columbia Parliamentary Debate Team (or simply Parli Debate or Parli) competes with elite schools in the American Parliamentary style, which involves no research (as opposed to policy debate) and a lot of wit and thinking on one's feet. Once powerful and well-respected, the CU team has declined much in recent years, and is undergoing a very slow and bumpy recovery. Tournaments are usually held on Fridays and Saturdays off-campus, although a few tournaments, large and small, are usually held at Columbia each year. The team has also held campus exhibition rounds on Columbia issues.
Presidents
- 2006-7 David Yin CC '09
- 2004-6 Josh Morrison CC '07
- 2004 Jon Blitzer CC'07
- 2003 Todd Berzon CC '05
- 2002 Evan Mayo-Wilson, CC '03
- 2001-2 Harry Layman, CC '02
- 2000-1 Daniel Lee, CC '01
- 1999-2000 Jeff Williams, CC '02
- 1998-1999 Jess Wendover, CC '99
- 1997-1998 Matt Schwartz, CC '99
- 1996-1997 Sanoj Stephen, CC '97
