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Virtual debate, argumentation through screens

Sarah Ding January 3, 2021
Instead of loading onto a school bus and making the long drive to a tournament’s host school in cities such as St. Louis or Springfield, the RBHS Speech and Debate team has stayed right at home to compete. Tournaments are all held over National Speech and Debate Association Campus, an online platform for students to compete in, and Columbia Public School (CPS) allows students to use three of their high schools including RBHS, Hickman High School and Battle High School for internet and to be around their peers.
Members of the Speech and Debate team prepare for a tournament. Photo by Memphis Cutchlow.

RBHS experiences success, hardships at Troy debate

Isaac Yontz November 3, 2019
RBHS forensics competed in Troy Buchanan High School’s debate tournament on Nov. 2nd. The team won fourth place overall in sweepstakes and took home seven individual trophies.
Freshmen Kyla Hickcox and Fatimah Yousuf prepare for semifinals in novice policy debate at the Parkway West Fall Invitational. They finished second. photo by Isaac Yontz

Speech, debate fare well at Parkway West invitational

Isaac Yontz October 14, 2019
RBHS competed in the Parkway West Fall Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament Oct. 11-12. The team had 10 quarterfinalists for debate events and 12 finalists for speech events.
Members of the Speech and Debate team prepare for a tournament. Photo by Memphis Cutchlow.

Speech and Debate team hosts RBHS Invitational

Ji-Sung Lee February 10, 2019
The Speech and Debate team hosted the annual RB Invite Feb. 8 and 9.
ASMR Debates: Australia

ASMR Debates: Australia

Ann Fitzmaurice December 17, 2018
Ann and Matt debate the topic of Australia in ASMR style.
ASMR Debates: School

ASMR Debates: School

Ann Fitzmaurice December 7, 2018
Members of RBHS' Southside Media debate different topics relating to school, in the style of ASMR
Clubs, sports create additional school absences

Clubs, sports create additional school absences

Ji-Sung Lee October 23, 2018
With an abundance of clubs and sports filling student schedules, achieving perfect attendance can be difficult for those managing multiple extracurricular activities.
RBHS debate team elects co-captains for 2018-19 season

RBHS debate team elects co-captains for 2018-19 season

Ben Kimchi April 28, 2018
The RBHS debate team held elections to decide the 2018-19 co-captains for the team. Kiren MacLeod and Megan Pullen were elected, and they share several goals for next year...
Debaters compete in districts, secure spots at Nationals

Debaters compete in districts, secure spots at Nationals

Nikol Slatinska March 13, 2018
The debate team competed in the district tournament, and four students will be going onto the next round of competition.
Speech, debate team turns stress to success

Speech, debate team turns stress to success

Emily Oba February 15, 2018
The RBHS debate team has had a successful season. The team will compete this weekend in their last tournament before NSDA Congress Districts, competing against Marquette High School.
Photo by Camryn DeVore

War of words can soothe political conflict

Cam Fuller January 2, 2018
In order to calm political strife between the parties, we must be willing to confront hypocrisy through discussion.
Debate team to compete at first tournament of the year

Debate team to compete at first tournament of the year

Ben Kimchi October 19, 2017
The debate team to kick off 2017-2018 season with a tournament Oct. 20-21 at the Parkway West Fall Classic.
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