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November 12, 2015

ETBU To Host Fourth Annual Tiger Invitational Debate Tournament

MARSHALL, Texas (11/11/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Debate Team will host the fourth annual Tiger Invitational Debate Tournament, Nov. 13-14. The team will welcome as many as 150 college debaters and their coaches to the campus for the weekend competition. Participants from colleges and universities in a six-state region will make up the field of competition, with the possibility of more. 

October 6, 2015

ETBU Debaters Reach Semifinals

MARSHALL, Texas (10/06/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Debate Team competed at the University of Arkansas at Monticello Weevil Wars Debate Tournament in Monticello, Arkansas the weekend of October 3-4. Eleven schools from six states competed at the event. While the team did not finish the tournament in the top three sweepstakes calculations, some individual debaters had success at the event. 

September 27, 2015

ETBU Debate Wins Third Place at First Tournament of Season

MARSHALL, Texas (9/21/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Debate Team competed at the Lee College Kickoff Classic Debate Tournament in Baytown, Texas and came away with a third place finish. Over 75 competitors from 11 schools across a five-state region competed in the tournament September 18-20. Ten ETBU students entered the competition and as a squad, the team finished in third place, falling only behind Louisiana State University at Shreveport and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. 

July 20, 2015

MNM: Campers Invade ETBU To Hone Debate Skills

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (7/18/15) - Domestic surveillance by the government in the U.S. is a hot topic of late, so it was no surprise it turned up on the list of topics to be debated on Friday during the annual Texas Speech and Debate Camp at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall.

More than 200 high school students from across the state spent the week at the university honing their debate skills or learning the craft for the first time.