Aztec Forensics

08/19/2023

SDSU Forensics will be having our first meeting of the Season via Zoom due to the Tropical Storm. We will be having our first Annual Tryouts on Saturday Aug 26th in the Bernstein Theatre! So if you want to join come by tryouts!

03/30/2023

Congratulations to Seniors Ian Layng and Maia Maltese for making the Final Four at the 2023 NPDA Championship Tournament at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA! Great coaching by Adeja Powell, Kyle Pryor-Landman and Gabriel Graville who helped these amazing students reach such success! Congrats to our other team (Ryan Bartl and Maya Spitzer) for an amazing showing and making your team proud! Well done to Ashley Nuckels-Cuevas for their efforts as NPDA President to make the first in person national tournament since Covid.
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03/25/2023

Thank you to Randy and Aly Bernstein for their generous donation that gave the SDSU Speech and Debate Team a Home!

03/22/2023

Help us in congratulating our Director of Speech, Damon Lawson, on successfully defending their MA Thesis!
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03/20/2023

As we go into Nationals Season we are excited to announce some BIG NEWS in the coming weeks!!! To get things started we have UPDATED our WEBSITE! Please visit and donate if you can. Any amount is appreciated and helps us continue to support our students in their academic and competitive successes. SDSU School of Communication SDSU Professional Studies & Fine Arts (PSFA) College Council

We are unique in that we are a Registered Student Organization and Program within the School of Communication meaning that in addition to participating on the team at no cost, students can also receive course credit, qualify for scholarships, and participate in leadership opportunities. So if you wa...

02/04/2023

Calling All Alumni!: If you are in the SD area this Sunday and would be able to judge a round or two please contact me. [email protected]

01/06/2023

SDSU would like to invite you to join us for our annual Gaske Invitational Tournament the first weekend of February. It will be a full service tournament offering NPDA, IPDA, NFALD and IE's in addition to being a swing with Palomar that Friday. We hope you will join us IN PERSON in San Diego!
Note: If you or anyone you know may be interested in getting hired as a critic for the tournament please contact Ashley Nuckels Cuevas.

It is with great pleasure that San Diego State University and the SDSU School of Communication invite you to the second annual Gaske Memorial Tournament.  

04/27/2022

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/pov-overlooked-influence-of-speech-and-debate-programs/?fbclid=IwAR3BnQa57SrIigo_JpJG-2RXKgmaqfaAYeqqRPOIkWakBsbwkLfRpOnt1-A

They not only help students organize their ideas and develop arguments, but also provide deeper lessons