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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

2 students join National Debate Team

Nikta Mansouri February 12, 2014

The National Forensics League selected Sara Evall ’15 and Amelia Miller ’15 to compete on the 2014 United States Debate team. Out of over 120,000 students around the country, nine debaters were selected...

Debate team hosts tournament

Aaron Lyons November 13, 2013

The debate team hosted a tournament at the Upper School Nov. 2-3. The tournament was comprised of schools mainly from California with a select few schools from other states. Harvard-Westlake debaters did...

Debater wins ‘Voices’ tournament

Sacha Lin October 15, 2013

Debater Connor Engel ’17 won the novice division while Annie Kors ’14 was voted top participant in the round robin during the Voices Round Robin and Tournament this weekend in San Jose. At the Long...

Senior debater ranks in Texas tournament

Su Jin Nam September 25, 2013

Debater Annie Kors ’14 won sixth speaker in the Greenhill Fall Classic, which was held in Greenhill, Texas, Sept. 16. Kors dropped in octofinals, the round of sixteen, after going 5-1 in preliminary...

Students debate for U.S. internationally

Jessica Spitz August 27, 2013

Six students and an alumnus represented the United States in international debate tournaments in Alabama, Bermuda, China and the Czech Republic during the summer. Luke Holthouse ’13, Tommy Choi ’14,...

Junior organizes anti-sexism group

Noa Yadidi May 29, 2013

After Annie Kors ’14 ran a case in an open demonstration debate about how debaters should be more sensitive with what they argue in rounds and more sensitive with the words they use, she overheard a...

LIVEBLOG: Tournament of Champions

Chronicle Staff April 26, 2013

Seven members of the varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate team, the most from any school in the country, have qualified for the Tournament of Champions. The TOC, held this weekend at the University of Kentucky,...

Freshmen compete at state, novice tournaments

Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski April 24, 2013

Novice debater Cameron Cohen ’16 competed at the California High School Speech Association Debate Tournament at West Ranch High School in Santa Clarita, the first time any Harvard-Westlake team member...

Debater advances to state

Haley Finkelstein March 13, 2013

A novice debater qualified for the California State Tournament Saturday, March 9. Cameron Cohen ’16 is the first member of the team to advance to the state tournament. Cohen made it through six out of...

2 seniors represent U.S. team in Turkey

Aaron Lyons February 13, 2013

Miranda Van Iderstine ’13 and Elle Wilson ’13 were two of the four members of the United States debate team that finished in 30th place at the World Schools Debating Championship in Antalya, Turkey. The...

Debaters advance to elimination rounds at Las Vegas tournament

Claire Goldsmith February 4, 2013

All six debaters who competed at the Golden Desert Invitational Debate Tournament in Las Vegas Feb. 2-4 made it to the elimination rounds of the tournament and five won speaker awards. Julie Engel '14...

Six debaters qualify for national championship

Claire Goldsmith December 19, 2012

Six members of the debate team have qualified for the Tournament of Champions, which will be held April 27-29 at the University of Kentucky for the top debaters in the country. This is the greatest number...

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