pds stories
The PDS door-knocking slogan
Penn Debate Society We are a family!
PDS' founding date
1984
The two debating formats that PDS compete in
APDA and BP
Hot take was that incest should be legal
Ammar
Has 9000+ trophies in Clash
Caylee
The Penn club that PDS should annex
Penn for Youth Debate
The best VPSI in PDS history
Alex
(Deduct 100 points if they say Musab)
The tournament that PDS sends the most teams to
Yale IV
Is a member of PennYo (Asian Acapella group on campus)
Ashley
Got wasted at TWO different novice karaokes
Rohan Ganesh
The name of the halal cart with PDS' faces on it
Rahim's Red Truck
Hasit
The PDS team that just won Drexel APDA
Alex and Clement
Was pictured wearing cat ears on the Novice Intro slides
Rajas
Has four bottles of baby oil on their living room counter
Hasit
The name of the karaoke place we're banned from
Fuji Mountain
The senator that won a PDS-hosted tournament
Ted Cruz
The furthest round that any PDS debater has ever reached in WUDC
Semifinals
Won Penn WSDC 2024 in high school
Aliaana
Puked all over Pelicana's floor after Halloween bowling
John Wu
The annual PDS social that is hosted under a Church
Bowling
The PDS debater who was also APDA President
Alex Johnson
The number of Penn teams that broke at WUDC 2025
3
Competed in 71 tournaments in high school (they counted!)
Kaiser
Sent "who is this team we're hitting" to a tournament's 200+ person GroupMe instead of a private gc
Alex