Left to right, back row: Adam Chodosh, Kaikane Glorioso, Hunter Hurtado, Annika Howe, Marlene Block, Lourdes Liao, Valerie Perez, Jools Hans Richard Lufft, Fanny Kung, Skyy Blue. Front Row: Theodore McLain, Lisa Chuang, Sophia Siangco, Bianca Bunnell, Michelle Matsuda, Scarlett Baeza, Jaedon Anthony.
On November 18, 2023, the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society hosted 23 students from ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú and Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi (BYUH) at the 2023 Hawaiʻi Pacific Autumn Invitational.
This year, Chris Manongdo, Qing Li, and Rosalind Malolo Pedron from BYUH won the event, with ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú’s Jaedon Anthony winning the “Top Speaker” award. Congratulations to all award winners for this admirable achievement.
Debaters discussed four topics during this event:
- Round 1: This house, as the State of Hawaiʻi, would institute a widespread Housing First initiative.
- Round 2: This house supports vigilante justice.
- Semifinals: This house believes that public speaking should be a required course at all universities.
- Grand Finals: This house believes that living in the moment is preferable to planning for the future.
ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú student Scarlett Baeza noted that, “Each student was able to grow and learn from this tournament and I can't wait to compete in the spring and see how everyone continues to improve.”
Left to right: Valerie Perez, Lisa Chuang, Kaikane Glorioso, Lourdes Liao.
The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society extends a special mahalo to ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú’s Department of Arts, Communication, Languages, and Media for the continued support, enabling the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society to host not only the 2023 Hawaiʻi Pacific Autumn Invitational but also the upcoming 2024 Pan Pacific Debate Championships, to be held on March 22-23, 2024. The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society also thanks the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú MASCOM students Valerie Perez and Lourdes Liao, Associate Professor Lisa Chuang, Ph.D., and ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Lecturer Jason Genegabus for helping facilitate the event.
The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society works to empower students to be able to speak effectively and defend their own beliefs through rigorous practice and competition. The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Society primarily competes in the British Parliamentary Debate, a popular debate format used by a multitude of universities around the world.
For more information, please contact Kaikane Glorioso, ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Debate Coach and MA in Strategic Communication student, at kglorioso1@my.hpu.edu.
