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Cornell\u2019s globally ranked teams continue a tradition of reasoned verbal sparring that goes back to the University\u2019s founding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Yeh \u201913 calls it \u201cstressful, exhilarating, and everything in between\u201d: having just 15 minutes to prepare a speech on a previously unknown topic, with no online searching allowed. It was a common scenario during his time competing for the Cornell Speech and Debate Program<\/a>\u2014and eventually, he says, it became second nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades, the program\u2014which draws more than 100 students from across the University each academic year\u2014has garnered top global rankings, fielding teams that compete in tournaments across the nation and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Members
Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption>
Team members practice in Ives Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Housed in the ILR School, it supports intercollegiate teams in four styles: policy debate; worlds debate, traditionally called British Parliamentary style; Spanish-language worlds; and individual speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Only the worlds events feature the 15-minute prep that Yeh so vividly recalls; policy debate and some speech events have far more lead time.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s civil discourse: this idea that you have an argument, and you\u2019re not going to resort to ad hominem attacks, name-calling, or demagoguery,\u201d says ILR senior lecturer Sam Nelson<\/a>, the program\u2019s longtime director. \u201cYou\u2019re going to use logic to make your point, and reasoned decision-making is going to result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You\u2019re going to use logic to make your point, and reasoned decision-making is going to result.<\/p>\nProgram director Sam Nelson<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Speech and debate on the Hill traces its roots to the University\u2019s earliest days, when campus debating societies (and public debates at local literacy societies) were commonplace. The Class of 1894 even endowed an annual tournament, which continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Cornell fielded teams on and off over the ensuing generations, the program\u2019s current incarnation developed in the early 1980s under Pam Lustig Stepp, PhD \u201993\u2014who was then in CALS\u2019 communication department, and later became a senior lecturer in ILR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Speech
Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption>
Nelson (far left) with students at their weekly meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, dozens of trophies pack the shelves in the program\u2019s Ives Hall headquarters, where members hang out, practice, and hold weekly meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025\u201326 alone, teams traveled to Bulgaria, Colombia, and Mexico, as well as to competitions in the U.S.\u2014including the American Forensics Association\u2019s national tournament in Portland, OR, where the Big Red had its best showing in 35 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"members
Rachel Philipson<\/figcaption>
Alex Bores \u201913\u2014now a New York State Assemblyman running for U.S. Congress\u2014practicing in 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDebate didn\u2019t just welcome different perspectives, it demanded them,\u201d recalls Yeh, a double major in economics and psychology in Arts & Sciences who won a prestigious tournament in Toronto as a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy opinions weren\u2019t enough; I had to prove them, justify them, defend them, and be willing to change them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My opinions weren\u2019t enough; I had to prove them, justify them, defend them, and be willing to change them.<\/p>\nRyan Yeh \u201913<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The program, he says, forced him out of his comfort zone, especially when he was tasked with advocating for positions he passionately disagreed with\u2014for example, arguing against limits on fossil fuels, when he strongly believes in the urgency of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went toe-to-toe with some of the sharpest minds at Cornell and in the world,\u201d says Yeh, who went on to earn a JD from Yale and is now the VP of a cryptocurrency firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Yeh\u2019s classmates, ILR alum Angela Lu \u201913, also credits the program with broadening her horizons and honing her critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Members
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The speech team during a 2025 tournament at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI became fluent in adopting and understanding different perspectives, being curious or decisive depending on the situation\u2014and never attaching my ego to my ideas,\u201d says Lu, now a management consultant in the healthcare industry who holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson, who has led the program for nearly a quarter century, is ILR\u2019s director of forensics. The term\u2014from the Latin forensis<\/em>, meaning \u201cbefore the forum\u201d\u2014has long referred to an inquiry presented publicly via arguments, evidence, and a search for truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I became fluent in adopting and understanding different perspectives, being curious or decisive depending on the situation\u2014and never attaching my ego to my ideas.<\/p>\nAngela Lu \u201913<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Each summer, Nelson and his assistants run a debate camp<\/a> on the Hill for hundreds of middle and high school students from around the world, and have even mentored a team through the Cornell Prison Education Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson also teaches ILR classes on speech and debate, which both fuel interest in the program and emphasize the importance of civilized discourse in today\u2019s charged political climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Members
Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption>
Participants can choose from four styles of debate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf someone persuades you that you\u2019re wrong, you can then adopt their ideas and be stronger\u2014and that\u2019s called growth,\u201d Nelson observes. \u201cBut if you<\/em> disprove them<\/em>, it\u2019s possible they will have that same open-mindedness and change their ideas, or at least modify them. So everybody gets stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Zhang \u201927, the program\u2019s current president, first got involved in debate as a high school student in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been struck by the Cornell program\u2019s friendliness and openness: anyone can join, no application required. In his freshman year alone, he traveled to competitions in Toronto and Montreal, at the UK\u2019s Oxford University, and even to Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
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Celebrating a top ranking by the International Debate Education Association in 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An operations research and information engineering major in the Duffield College, Zhang ultimately aims to launch startups\u2014and says that speech and debate has given him an invaluable edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I talk to potential investors, I\u2019ll have to convince them why I\u2019m the founder they should invest in,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd when I\u2019m talking with clients, I\u2019ll need to show them why my product should be important to them, and why they should trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Zhang \u201927, the program\u2019s current president, has been struck by the Cornell program\u2019s friendliness and openness: anyone can join, no application required.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The program also fosters close friendships\u2014and has spawned at least a dozen marriages, including that of attorneys David Quigley \u201995 and Angela Whitehead Quigley \u201996 (whose daughter, Arts and Sciences student Hannah Quigley \u201926, is currently on the speech team).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t just learn how to talk\u2014you learn how to hear<\/em>,\u201d David observes, noting that he and Angela honed abilities that allowed them to communicate well across differing political beliefs as undergrads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot everyone is going to end up married as a result,\u201d he adds, \u201cbut it\u2019s a skill set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: A debate at Ithaca’s State Theatre in 2018. (Rachel Philipson) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published April 29, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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