Two members of Hathaway Brown's debate team — Aarathi Sahadevan '16 and Nitya Thakore '16 — received a very prestigious honor by advancing to the second round of the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) competition. The IPPF is an international competition of “written debate” sponsored by the Bickel and Brewer law firm and New York University. Teams from 34 states and 29 countries wrote preliminary round essays on the resolution “Resolved: As a last resort, unilateral military force is justified to minimize nuclear weapons proliferation."
The team now moves into the second elimination round bracket competing for an all-expenses paid trip to NYC to compete live at the IPPF Finals this coming Spring.
The HB team defeated the Debate Institute South Africa D from Cape Town, South Africa after an exchange of judged written arguments. HB will compete against Lamar High School (TX) in the next round.
To learn more about the competition, click here. To see the full bracket of the top 16 teams, click here.
Congratulations to these girls on this very impressive accomplishment! We wish them luck in their upcoming round of competition.