Students Celebrate the Start of Debate
The most effective way to get high school students to show up - free pizza. The start of [...]
The Advocacy Unit
Debate skills make a difference in the world. The more voices we include in civil discourse, the stronger that discourse [...]
MNUDL Summer Fellows Are Finishing Off a Great Season
Moti Benti-Novotny worked at Deluxe Corporation Zarina Sementelli worked at Gray Plant Mooty Summer is an [...]
Why Debate Can Change the World
The first footage from this year's Mayor's Challenge Debate is now online! Hear from a number of powerful voices, including Augsburg [...]
Starting the Season
Outside in Minneapolis the heat of summer was just past its peak, but inside in the basement of the Foss [...]
Debate Summer Campers Celebrate July 4th
For the last three weeks, nearly four dozen high school students have participated in the MNUDL's summer debate camp (known [...]
The Great Surveillance Debate: 160 Attend Mayor’s Challenge
This year's Mayor's Challenge debate, focused on government surveillance of cell phones, was another resounding success! The event was hosted [...]
Somali Debate: Sullivan and South Students Attend Final Tournament
Our Somali Debate Initiative concluded this year at Augsburg college with students from South High School and Sullivan middle school [...]
The Mayor’s Challenge: A Strategy Guide
With our Mayor’s Challenge: The Great Surveillance Debate coming up in only two weeks, we sat down with the MNUDL’s [...]
Alix Dahl is Our Summer Debate Camp Director of Residential Life
Summer debate camp will be starting on June 20th, and we are excited to see our awesome staff assembling for [...]




