Princeton Debate Panel

PDP at Cornell Novice Nationals!!! Had a good ol’ time at Big Red 😄🫶🙏

As they say, Better late than never!

Here’s a recap of PDP @ WUDC 2026! 🎉

📍 Sofia, Bulgaria

It was a commendable run for PDP at the World Universities Debating Championships! A big shoutout to our team for a great performance. 🫶🏻

Congratulations to our breaking team, Ollie and Rahul, for reaching the Quarterfinals!

Congratulations to Mya for securing third place in the Public Speaking Championship!

Finally, a huge congratulations to our very own PDP alums: Xiao-Ke for judging the Open Final, Open Semifinals, and EFL Semifinals; Jane for judging the ESL Semifinals and Quarterfinals; Tarun for judging the EFL Semifinals! 🥳

With love,
PDP 🧡

The Princeton Debate Panel, Princeton’s only competitive intercollegiate debate team, is very excited to welcome its newest batch of debaters for the Spring.
THE PERKS:
1. public speaking and argument construction practice,
2. a tight-knit community, and
3. free travel around the country (from California to Boston to Washington, D.C.) and the world (from the United Kingdom to Panama to Bulgaria)!

No previous debating experience is necessary. What this means is that if you’re interested, you should give yourself the chance to try out.
So…
SIGN UP AND TRY OUT:
Try out any day Friday, January 30 through Sunday, February 1 from 3pm to 6pm in Whig Basement, indicating what time we should expect you and complete an application prior to that time. Both links are in the bio!
ATTEND OUR OPEN HOUSE/WORKSHOP (9 PM THURS, 1/29) & WATCH OUR DEMO DEBATE (5 PM WED, 1/28)! Both will last around an hour.

QUESTIONS?
Email us with any questions!
With enthusiasm and encouragement,
PDP BOARD

Here for Reunions? Join the Princeton Debate Panel for food, fun, and reconnection with your fellow debate alumni and former teammates!

What: Princeton Debate Panel Reunion Event!
When: Saturday, May 24, 2025 from 4:00pm to 5:15pm ET
Where: Whig Hall, Senate Chamber (2nd floor)

Worlds post 📣 Worlds post 📣
PDP recently competed at the 2024 World Universities Debating Championship held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We sent 7 teams and 4 judges to compete—achieved some incredible results and had fun exploring the city!!

Massive congratulations to all of our teams: Afzal and Fawaz, Emily and Rahul, Janul and Wee-Ern, Mariana and Gen, Sheryar and Kaustubh, Uma and Jacquelynn, XK and Isaac!! Everyone brought their A game and debated so well 🫶🫶 Shoutout to our judges, Jay, Laura, Nandini, and Tammy, who all got to judge some excellent rooms!!

In a tournament of 300 teams, XK and Isaac, and Sheryar and Kaustubh broke to OCTOFINALS, i.e. the top 32 teams of the entire tournament 🤯🤯! Shoutout to Sheryar and Kaustubh for breaking at their first ever worlds!!

On top of this, XK received 5th best open speaker!! 🤯 let me repeat: 5th open speaker. At WORLDS! They’re literally the 5th best debater in the world right now 🙀🙀‼️what a massive achievement for one of the kindest, most hardworking and talented debaters in the community!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

What a fantastic way to start off 2024!! I am so so proud of PDP and so happy to be part of this amazing team 🫶🫶 thank you to the debating community for all your support and thank you to Vietnam for hosting worlds!! We’re looking forward to competing at Panama WUDC next year (shoutout Jane 👀) much PDP love 🥰🥰

‼ Attention all ‼ Our very own Jane Mentzinger '22 (president of PDP from 2020-2021) is a DCA for Worlds!! This is the first time a PDPer has adjcored WUDC since Princeton hosted worlds in 1989 🙀🙀 We're all so proud of her for repping both Princeton and North America 🥳🤩

Finally we have Wee-Ern! It's always smooth sailing when you're hanging out with Wee-Ern--his easygoing and laidback personality always ensures a relaxing and happy time! Much love to PDP's current BP tour director!! ⛵⛵

Up next is Kaustubh! Kaustubh is a star in everything he does-- not only does he shine as a debater, he's also an amazing journalist, great friend, and has a dazzling personality. Much love to PDP's current classic TD!! 🌠🌠

Continuing our summer bios series is Norah! First thing you'll notice about Norah is her chill and friendly vibe! She's a great listener and an even better conversationalist--hanging out with her is always a good time! Much love to one of our current social chairs!!🤎🤎

Next up is Laura Zhang! Laura hopes that you’ve been enjoying the summer bios series and getting to know PDP!! There’ll be more to come very soon 🤩🤩🎨

Next is Janul! A great debater, and an even greater friend who's always supportive and encouraging. He's energetic and happy even after a long day, and after the moon's out! Much love to PDP's current classics TD and one of our equity officers 🌙🌙!

Next is Tammy! Tammy is one of the sweetest, kindest and most considerate people you'll ever meet! Time will butterfly-fly away when you're hanging out with her or hearing her stories about her hometown. Much love to one of our current equity officers!! 💜💜