Campus News

Georgia Debate Union wins tournament

The Georgia Debate Union from UGA recently won an intercollegiate debate tournament featuring 32 teams from East Coast colleges.

Hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, the competition included teams from Boston College, Emory University, the University of Florida, Georgetown University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, Vanderbilt University and Wake Forest University.

The two-person UGA team—Amy Feinberg of Canton, an international affairs and public relations major, and Tucker Boyce of Alpharetta, an economics major—emerged victorious, compiling a 9-1 record overall. Feinberg and Boyce defeated teams from Florida, Wake Forest and Georgetown on their way to victory.

Feinberg also was recognized as the sixth best speaker at the tournament.