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Join Us > Membership Information
Who is eligible to join?
All registered Stanford undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to join
the Stanford Debate Society.
How do I join?
Attend a debate meeting (held Tuesdays in the basement of Building 380). There
you will receive more information about the team and the different types of
debate we do. Don’t worry, though--no previous experience is necessary!
Feel free to contact our Novice Director, Victoria
Hurst, with questions concerning Parliamentary debate, or Ben Picozzi
with questions concerning Policy debate.
What are the activities of the team?
The team meets a minimum of once a week. Practice rounds are conducted as
needed to prepare for tournaments. We sometimes hold public debates on campus
or in the community. Our main activity, however, is the intercollegiate
competition. These competitions occur all over the country, nearly every
weekend, for most of the academic year. There is no minimum number of
tournaments you must attend to remain on the team.
What are the tournaments like?
The tournaments are generally far enough away to require plane travel—i.e.
the East Coast or abroad. The Parliamentary team usually leaves Thursday nights
and returns Sunday mornings. There is some intense debating, but also time to
relax and socialize with the Stanford Debate team, as well as with teams from
other universities. For most tournaments, debaters themselves get to choose the
topics that they will debate.
The Policy team also has lots of flexibility in the topics they choose to
debate, but are bound to the 2008-09 resolution: RESOLVED: that the United States Federal Government should
substantially reduce its agricultural support, at least eliminating nearly all
of the domestic subsidies, for biofuels, Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations, corn, cotton, dairy, fisheries, rice, soybeans,
sugar and/or wheat.
What commitments must team members
make?
There is no minimum competition requirement. Because the team fully funds
competitors' travel, lodging, and food for each tournament, we ask that all
traveling members meet three requirements: 1) work at our High School Invitational
Tournament, held in early February; 2) participate in a sufficient number of
practice rounds to prepare for the tournaments to be attended; 3) attend
regular team meetings.
How do I get more information?
You can join our e-mail list by writing to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu and
writing "subscribe debate-announcements" in the body. (Note: You
probably want to subscribe from your Stanford e-mail address.) We post all important information about meetings and events to
this list. Also, look for our table at the Activities Fair at the beginning of
autumn quarter or during Admit Weekend in April. For more specific information
about the types of debate we engage in, check the Links
page.
If you have further questions, please
contact our president Rich Boltizar.