{"id":114,"date":"2022-12-05T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-forensics\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:06:52","slug":"policy-debate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/policy-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The policy debate team at Macalester competes on the National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Association (CEDA) circuit. Policy debate is a fast-paced and research intensive activity that debates on a year-long legal, domestic or international policy resolution. The squad competes in novice, junior varsity and varsity divisions. In the \u201821-22 school year, Macalester won the University of Kentucky\u2019s Wildcat Junior Varsity tournament and cleared to elimination rounds of the CEDA National championship, the same national championship that Macalester won back-to-back in 1986 and 1987.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, practices are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:30am-1pm with additional practice intensives on the weekends.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2025\/apr\/08\/meet-the-fast-talking-students-visiting-spokane-fr\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM-1024x742.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM-1024x742.png 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM-300x217.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM-768x556.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM-1536x1113.png 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-2.03.59\u202fPM.png 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Will Kochel &#8217;27 and Sam Price &#8217;25 competing at the 2025 National Debate Tournament <\/strong>(The Spokeman-Review) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\" style=\"width:768px;height:434px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate-1024x578.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate-300x169.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate-768x433.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate-1536x867.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/forensics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/2022\/12\/Policy-Debate.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Macalester competing in the double-octafinals of the 2021 CEDA National Tournament against the University of Texas<\/strong><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The policy debate team at Macalester competes on the National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Association (CEDA) circuit. Policy debate is a fast-paced and research intensive activity that debates on a year-long legal, domestic or international policy resolution. The squad competes in novice, junior varsity and varsity divisions. 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