{"id":13909,"date":"2013-02-08T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T23:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=13909"},"modified":"2020-12-09T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T00:46:13","slug":"uh-manoa-hosts-pan-pacific-debate-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/02\/08\/uh-manoa-hosts-pan-pacific-debate-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa hosts Pan Pacific Debate Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Members of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa student debate team (photo courtesy of UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The debate programs at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University<\/a> will co-host the 6th Annual Pan Pacific Debate Championship on February 16–17, 2013 at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business<\/a>. This is the first time UH<\/abbr> Mānoa is hosting the tournament. The public is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n

Several local students with ties to the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Speech League will be competing for UH<\/abbr> Mānoa and HPU<\/abbr>. University debate teams from across the country are expected to participate, including Vermont, Loyola Marymount and Willamette.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Mānoa has competed internationally at Oxford, Yale, Willamette, Istanbul, Botswana and other tournaments. The largest inter-collegiate debate tournament in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is held each semester on the Mānoa campus, drawing student debaters from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa, HPU<\/abbr> and Leeward, Honolulu and Windward community colleges.<\/p>\n

The Mānoa team hosted members of the British National Debate Team, debated the morning anchors on the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now Sunrise<\/em> show and been featured in Midweek<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

After the Pan Pacific Championship, the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa debate team will compete in the 7th Annual Warrior Intra-Varsity Debate tournament in March and the U.S. Nationals at La Verne University in April.<\/p>\n

—Adapted from a UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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