November 17, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1921, Bates competed in the first ever intercontinental intercollegiate debate in the world. In order to participate, Batesies sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Oxford University. 104 years later, the BQDC kept this legacy alive and attended Oxford IV\u2014this time by plane. In carrying on such a long and esteemed tradition, Bates\u2019s Brooks Quimby Debate Council and its stead represented the college to a massive international body of fellow debaters and judges from around the globe. Bates was among 57 universities to attend the tournament, with 134 teams total and 268 participants among such teams. Many of these debaters are among the best in the world, representing universities in Europe to Asia. Bates put forward three teams, consisting of Manav Mittal \u201827 and Ari Hahn \u201827, Tosca Neumann \u201826 and Tanvir Thamid \u201826, as well as Arman Syed \u201829 and Nokutenda Zuze \u201828. This will not be the last of Oxford that Bates sees, as next year the BQDC will hope to make the 105th trip to England and continue the legacy of international debating that Bates is known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n October 26, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bates\u2019s Brooks Quimby Debate Council had an exceptional performance at Brown University\u2019s APDA tournament, breaking in both the varsity and novice divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Varsities Tosca Neumann \u201926 and Ari Hahn \u201927 broke 11th in their division. After upsetting the third-seeded team in octofinals, they advanced to quarterfinals and finished as one of the top eight teams in their division. Manav Mittal \u201927, debating with Amherst College\u2019s Cecilia Granda-Scott, advanced as the 6-seed into elimination rounds out of their 72-team field. The pair proceeded through the octofinals, quarterfinals, and semifinals, winning the final round to claim the varsity championship. Success continued in the novice division, where Emily Shield \u201829 and Arman Syed \u201929 entered elimination rounds as the 4-seed. After defeating the top team in the semifinals, they advanced to and were named co-champions of the novice final. Additionally, three other Bates teams competed at the tournament: James Foleno \u201927 and Nokutenda Zuze \u201928, Amy Sun \u201928 and Thierry Moss \u201928, as well as Ishan Reese \u201829 and Lorenz Soukup \u201829. Each team won multiple preliminary rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bates’s victory in both the varsity and novice finals in one tournament is a testament to the success of the BQDC and its hard-working members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 5, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Boston University\u2019s Novice Tournament marks what is usually the first debate tournament many American Parliamentary Debaters will attend. For the Brooks Quimby Debate Council this was exactly the case. Bates sent four novice teams and five varsity judges to Boston University to compete in the tournament. All novice teams won at least one round in what was most competitors\u2019 first tries at intercollegiate debate. A special congratulations goes to Arman Syed \u201829 and Emily Shield \u201829. Despite losing their first round, the pair went on to win the next four straight, break 11th into octofinals, and make it all the way to semifinals on a 6-round win streak. The pair finished among the top four teams out of over 100 in attendance, making them among some of the most skilled novices in the country. Novices are the future of the BQDC, and seeing such success on what was a first tournament for many shows a bright future ahead for both Bates and debate as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n A 104-Year-Old Legacy November 17, 2025 In 1921, Bates competed in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"alt=""\"](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/debate\/files\/2026\/02\/88757206-5f63-4fb7-ad32-c98872168001-900x675.webp\")
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