Atma Jaya Debaters Excel in Climate Change, Sidoarjo Debates

Debaters from Universitas Atma Jaya came out as winners in two debates yesterday. Cindy Fransisca and Davin Sutanto championed the government-sponsored climate change debate that was conducted in Indonesian language. Meanwhile, another Atma debater Kario Teguh teamed up with his former SMA Tarakanita 2 high schoolmate Patty Regina, who now debates for Universitas Indonesia, and their junior Willem Chua to win the SMASH debate at SMA 1 Sidoarjo.

In Lomba Debat Perubahan Iklim, Atma Jaya defeated teams from Binus University (Fathy Ahmad Ibrahim & Maulana Nofrimurti), Prasetiya Mulya Business School (Raisa Nabila & Aniesha Goeslina) and Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta (Indra Ramadhan & Ardhy Sitepu). In Sidoarjo, the Tarakanita-connected winning trio that called themselves "PNTM" outclassed a team from Universitas Brawijaya. Patty Regina also topped the speaker tab.

Brawijaya Wins SMASH, 2nd Trophy in 2012

Universitas Brawijaya proved it is the strongest in East Java debating after grabbing its second trophy of the year. After winning the Ma Chung tournament in Malang last February, the school went home last weekend with the best team and individual awards from SMA 1 Sidoarjo's SMASH debate, which had no varsity team from outside East Java province. Brawijaya's Formasi B (Rizqi Shabrina, Zelly Zamzami, Renny) championed the competition while Aditya Janu from Formasi A topped the speaker tab.