NPDA Irish Debates History
Every year at the NPDA National tournament, the NPDA and the Irish Times sponsor a debate between three American debaters and three Irish debaters. Here are a list of debaters and resolutions from these debates.
Note: We're still looking to fill in the holes in this page. If you have any information, contact Dr. Michael Dreher.
Acknowledgements to the following for their help in providing information for this page: Brian Shipley, Cheron McGuffey, Geof Brodak, Jason Steck, Dan Nelson, Bill Herman, Kyle Hunsicker, Nathan Wade, Marcus Paroske, Ian Samuel, and Joe Gantt.
THBT = "This House Believes that"
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| 2008 | NPDA: Jess Ryan (University of Wyoming), Adam Kretz (Colorado College), Eric Atcheson (Lewis & Clark College) Irish: Christopher Kissane and David Kenny (Trinity College), Stephen Boyle (University College-Dublin). Note: John Gallagher, Trinity College, substituted for David Kenny on the tour. |
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| 2007 | NPDA: Carrie Menapace (Northern Arizona), Allison Westfahl (Claremont McKenna), Matt Paxton (Western Washington) Irish: |
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| 2006 | NPDA: Caitlyn Ross (Colorado College), Darryl Stein (UC-Berkeley), Meredith Price (Lewis & Clark). Irish: |
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| 2005 | NPDA: Irish: |
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| 2004 | NPDA: Kristin Barton (Univ. of Wyoming), Keith West (Lewis & Clark), Ian O'Connell (Colorado College) [opposition] Irish: Paul Brady (King's Inn Law School), David Whelan (University College, Dublin), and Michael Moriarity (Dublin City University) [proposition] |
THBT America has forgotten how to win friends and influence people. |
| 2003 | NPDA: Kyle DeBeer (Colorado College), Michael Owens (Univ. of Wyoming) and Mikel Steinfeld (Northern Arizona University) [opposition] |
Viva la France. |
| 2002 | NPDA: Jenni DeRousi (UC-Berkeley), Andrea Saenz (UCLA), Will McDonald (Notre Dame) |
THB the United States poses a threat to world peace. |
| 2001 | NPDA: Shane Meacham (Truman), Matt Dunn (Colorado State), Jason Anderson (Pt. Loma) Irish: Yvonne Campbell (Trinity College), Brid McGrath (Trinity College), Aoife Titley (Trinity College) |
The blood of the patriarchy will run in the streets |
| 2000 | NPDA: David Graham (Pt. Loma), Kevin McCulloch (Colorado State), Nate Truitt (Claremont) Irish: Michael Deasy (Kings Inn), Ronan Mullen (Kings Inn), Louise Rouse (Black Hill Place) |
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| 1999 | NPDA: Tré Huxley (Pt. Loma), Nate Truitt (Claremont), James Stewart (Northwest) Irish: |
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| 1998 | NPDA: Amy Weible (Colorado College), Monte Lutz (Claremont), Geof Brodak (Colorado State) Irish: |
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| 1997 | NPDA: Dan Nelson (Regis), Scott McKay (LaVerne), Brenna Bell (Lewis & Clark-OR) Irish: |
"Clinton is beginning to look a lot like Nixon." |
| 1996 | NPDA: Scott Ruthfield (Rice), Neal Sample (Wyoming), Misti Melick (Univ. of Colorado-Boulder) Irish: |
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| 1995 | NPDA: Cheron McGuffey (Willamette), Ross Musselman(Bethel-KS), Diana Thompson (Creighton) Irish: |
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| 1994 | NPDA: Marcus Paroske (Regis), Tammy Schultz (Regis), Ryan Clark (Wyoming) Irish: |