![]() By Jessica Martinez Staff Writer For the first time in years, debate is offered as a class and no longer as an after school club. Mr. Glascoff is in charge of the debate team along with Dr. Nash. The debate team began at Hubbard as an after-school club. What is debate? Debate is a process in which one party organizes an argument and defends it with reasoning and facts, while another party attempts to disprove your argument with counterarguments. Debate can be fun, yet challenging and required much preparation and practice. “I love my debate class. They amaze me because they come to class every day and talk about federal government, and that’s not an average everyday teen conversation. They get excited over just arguing, and that is something I love to see,” said Mr. Glascoff. The students of the debate class work in pairs and take a trip each month to different schools to compete against other schools. During these tournaments, debaters are presented with four different cases with different topics. Debate isn’t as easy as it sounds since the team has to debate for two straight days! Sometimes the debaters get surprised with new cases thrown at them, but that doesn't stop them from winning. Debate has been a presence at Hubbard for quite some time, and this has been a record year with many awards and recognition. So far, the team have one a total of 14 plaques and many individual medals. Liliana Martinez, Div. 409, and her partner Gabriel Cordova, Div. 503, Aiden Lira, Div. 511, and Felicia Marsiglio, Div. 504 won second place for city at DePaul. Cristian Estrada, Div.404, won the Robin Williams award for best debater. This is meaningful because the award is named after our own Ms.Williams,who was a strong supporter of the debate club. Our judges, Dr. Nash and Mr. Glascoff, have also won prizes as to being the best judges in tournaments. “Debate has been a learning experience for me. After every tournament, you come out looking at things in every possible aspect. It is extremely fun being challenged to your brains best ability,” said Liliana Martinez, Div. 409. “Debate has been amazing and life changing. Because of it, I have met a lot of people,” said Vanessa Acosta, Div. 402. This year’s debate team have shown so much progress that Hubbard will continue to offer the debate class for years to come.
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