Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society

HSPDS Wins APDA National Championship for the Second Year in a Row!

HSPDS won the Team of the Year award and the 2012 APDA National Championship! The team also fielded the 2nd and 3rd best speakers and the 3rd ranked novice, and qualified 5 debaters to Nationals

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HSPDS allows any member of the Harvard community to join following the completion of a comp process. We value training, practice, and commitment, and view exclusion as unhelpful.

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Executive Board

Welcome!

The Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society is Harvard University’s premier competitive debating organization, bringing students to American Parliamentary, British Parliamentary, and other tournaments across the US and the world. We have won more APDA National Championships than any other university and we consistently field one of the strongest and deepest teams. In addition, we bring public debate and discourse to the Harvard student community through events.
Weekly Schedule

General Meetings (Lamont Forum Room):
Monday 7:00-8:00 PM

Practice Rounds (Grays Basement 1):
Monday 8:00-9:00 PM
Wednesday 7:00-8:00 PM
Thursday 7:00-8:00 PM

Office Hours:
TBD

President	Julia Clark, 2014
VP Tournament Administration	Nathaniel Donahue, 2015
VP Recruitment and Training	Josh Zoffer, 2014
VP Finance	Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2015
VP Operations	Julia Geiger, 2016

Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society

Welcome, Class of 2017!

HSPDS Team Results for 2012-2013

32nd Harvard Debating Championships

Welcome to the Harvard Class of 2017!

Welcome!

Weekly Schedule