Palomar's Speech & Debate Team Excels in Online Competition

SAN MARCOS – In a series of highly unusual competitions, held online due to COVID-19, the Speech & Debate Team at Palomar College brought home numerous awards during a virtual season that recently concluded with a national contest.

Through 10 virtual tournaments in the 2020-21 season, the team won 30 trophies and five sweepstakes – a noble feat under normal circumstances, and even more impressive given the unique demands placed on this year’s student competitors.

“All of these events have been experienced from these students’ homes – from their bedrooms, from their living rooms,” said Dewi Hok...