The D-E Varsity Debate team had a successful tournament at River Dell last week, with partners Joshua Davis and Noah Golub placing 2nd out of 40 different teams from ten schools.  Joshua explained: "The debate topic was whether or not the United States should increase its transportation infrastructure investment, and specifically, Noah and I devised a plan solely for this debate which involved upgrading a civilian port in Guam so that American troops who were stationed in Japan could be safely relocated back to U.S. territory."

At the River Dell tournmanet, Joshua also earned the 1st place speaker award, a merit determined by speaking clarity, organization, and eloquence. Joshua Panter received the 3rd place speaker award. Additionally, Clifford Yudkoff received the "best judge" award, one of the only judges from Dwight-Englewood School debate team history to do so.