There's No Debate, Barkley Forum the Best

The Barkley Forum, Emory's debate team, made collegiate history by taking top honors in the National Debate Tournament held March 23-27 in Kansas City, Mo. A perennial powerhouse, Emory was one of the few schools to qualify three teams for the tournament, and would have had the second, third and fourth seeds if the rules did not limit schools to only two teams in the top 16. As a result, the fourth-seed team of Jon Paul Lupo and Mike Horowitz received a second-round seed -- basically a wild card -- and became the only second-round team to win in the tournament's 54-year history. Plus they faced Emory teammates Kamal Ghali and Stephan Bailey in the semifinals. Emory has had a team in the finals four of the last five years and won it all twice. What's particularly impressive, is that they were all different teams, demonstrating the Barkley Forum's depth. To read the complete story, go to the Emory Wheel story at: www.emory.edu/WHEEL/Archive/00Apr11/news1.html.