Parliamentary Debate Topic Committee

Parliamentary Debate Topics will be posted on our Facebook page - SCU Debate Tournaments

All Varsity debate rounds will occur in Flight A, and all Novice debate rounds will occur in Flight B. 

All parliamentary debate topics are written by a parliamentary debate topic committee, comprised of tournament staff, current SCU debaters, and former high school debaters. The individuals are listed below. 

-Mariel Cruz (Tournament Director, SCU Assistant Coach, and ND Director of Speech and Debate)

-Jeff Ramdass (Parliamentary Tab Director)

-Sarah Sherwood (Public Forum Tab Director, Head Coach for Servite HS)

-Julie Herman (SCU Debate Alum, MVLA Director/Head Coach)

-Peter Perez-Hernandez (SCU Alum/Tournament Staff)

-Steven Herman (SCU Debater, Coach for Notre Dame HS and MVLA)

-Sam Burns (SCU Debater, Coach for Miller MS)

-Jia Seow (SCU Debater, Former competitor for MVLA)

-Javin Pombra (Former competitor for MVLA)

-Lilly Hackworth (Former competitor for Notre Dame HS)

-Ming Gian (Former competitor for Campolindo HS)