Category Archives: Zeitgeist

Trojans get public speaking skills on debate squad

“Civil debate amid partisan politics? USC students keep hope alive.”

Trojan Debate Director KKDhillon Introduces Topic and Debaters

Trojan Debate Director KKDhillon Introduces Topic, #MeToo on College Campuses, and Debaters

“The Trojan Debate Squad, USC’s oldest chartered student organization, is gaining momentum. It teaches critical analysis and reasoned argument during era of trolls and ‘fake news’.

“Finding common ground can be challenging in today’s climate of political bickering.

“But one group of students at USC is learning how to remain civil and stick to the facts, even when arguing over heated issues like health care and abortion. It’s the Trojan Debate Squad, a university-wide organization headquartered at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism that equips students with research and public speaking skills.”
Civil debate amid partisan politics? USC students keep hope alive, by Eric Linberg, USC News, March 14, 2018

How debate leads to progress and social change, no matter who wins

A fascinating podcast on debate, specifically debate on same-sex marriage, from the wonderful David McRaney and his research on many things for his You Are Not So Smart project.


YANSS 107 – How debate leads to progress and social change, no matter who wins, by David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart, August 5, 2017 (57 minutes; ignore the ads Boing Boing puts on there)