What year are you in and what are you studying?
Bruce Tong (They/them)
Computing Science, 1st year
What’s one thing you’re incredibly passionate about?
The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Hobbit, etc...anything by JRR Tolkien!!
How long have you been debating for?
3 years.
What led you to try debate for the first time?
I care about politics and I like arguing with people
What do you love most about UADS?
It's filled with amazing and interesting people, with lots of opportunities to get to know them!
What’s one of your favourite UADS memories?
Exploring Vancouver with friends at night after Pac Cup
Using one word, what’s a topic you could forever debate about?
Dystopia
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to new debaters?
Attend tournaments, if you can! Not only are they unexpectedly so much fun, tournaments also enable you to try different things together with the same partner and drastically improve in a short amount of time!
You’re held over the Darvaza gas crater and will only be safely released if you can sing all the lyrics to a song correctly. What is that song?
What is a favourite quote of yours and who is it by?
Amazing Grace
"Be ruthless with systems, be kind to people" - Michael Brooks
If your friends had to describe you using 3 words, those words would be…
What’s a moment in your life that has stuck with you?
idealistic, passionate, weird (Fariha’s comment: 4th word: baby. bruce is my baby.)
Seeing the beauty of the forests of the Lesser Khingan Mountains in Black Dragon River Province, China
Who are heroes that you look up to most?
Edward Snowden, Helen Keller, J. R. R. Tolkien, Rob Pike, Richard Stallman, and Che Guevara
