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Chicago Debate Society
American Parliamentary (APDA)
2023 APDA Nationals Quarterfinals
Opp: Roy Tiefer ‘25 & Robert Brown ‘23
This house would rather be Gandalf the cat than Jessica the woman.
2023 APDA Nationals Octofinals
Gov: Rohan Kapoor ‘23 & Helen Wu ‘25
This house believes it is in CCP’s interest to strongly prioritize the development of light industry over heavy industry in their economic agenda.
2023 Yale Finals
Gov: Ahmad Howard ‘24 & Ale Perri ‘25
This house supports the narrative that existence precedes essence.
2017 Moody Bible Quarterfinals
Opp: Andrew Hamilton & Danny Goynatsky
This house believes it's preferable to the status quo if the US federal government cut half of all military spending and invested it into the state department instead
2023 Rutgers Quarterfinals
Gov: Ben Koch ‘20 & Samuel Johnson ‘24
This house regrets the Michelin restaurant rating system, caveating that no extremely similar system arises.
2015 George Washington Quarterfinals
Opp: John Lutz & Nick Liue
Opp choice: Should an anticolonial revolution in 1963 be Marxist or nationalist?
British Parliamentary (BP)
2024 Vietnam WUDC Octofinals
OG: Helen Wu ‘25 & Ethan Jiang ‘25
CG: Ale Perri ‘25 & Ahmad Howard ‘24
This house opposes the stigma against laziness
2022 HWS Round Robin Round 5
OO: Devesh Kodnani ‘22 & Brian Li ‘25
This house regrets major internet companies operating on the basis of selling advertising as a business model.
2022 Belgrade WUDC Quarterfinals
OG: Devesh Kodnani ‘22 & Brian Li ‘25
This house would ban the use of advanced analytics in political campaigns
2023 HWS Round Robin Round 5
OO: Devesh Kodnani ‘22 & Brian Li ‘25
This house opposes the norm of company founders remaining in key C-suite roles in the company after its IPO.
2020 USUDC Semifinals
CO: Devesh Kodnani ‘22 & Brian Li ‘25
This house opposes the ideal that one ought sacrifice themselves for the greater good
2022 USUDC Semifinals
OO: Devesh Kodnani ‘22 & Brian Li ‘25
CO: Rohan Kapoor ‘23 & Benny Nicholson ‘24
In areas of high ethnic cleavages, this house would institute participatory budgeting.
2022 USUDC Finals
CO: Rohan Kapoor ‘23 & Benny Nicholson ‘24
This house would abolish peer review.
2023 NAUDC Finals
OG: Rohan Kapoor ‘23 & Bowser Liu ‘26
This house opposes New Optimism
Public Debates
2023 Debate w/ The Chicago Maroon: Graduate Student Unionization
Proposition: Laura Giugno ‘24 & Ethan Jiang ‘25
Opposition: Rohan Kapoor ‘23 & Ahmad Howard ‘24
Would unionization under the GSU-UE benefit UChicago's graduate student population?
2019 Debate: Pulling Troops From Syria
Proposition: Max Wu ‘22 & Devesh Kodnani ‘23
Opposition: Zachary Lemonides ‘19 & Josh Zakharov ‘20
Should the United States pull troops out of Syria?