Naomi Gue (She/her)
What year are you in and what are you studying?
First year, studying Economics and history
What’s one thing you’re incredibly passionate about?
Passionate about playing the cello and reading historical fiction. (Fariha’s note: Naomi was definitely written by a woman)
How long have you been debating for?
1 year.
What led you to try debate for the first time?
I was looking for free pizza on campus, stumbled into a UADS meeting, and was instantly hooked on debate
What do you love most about UADS?
we have a strong sense of community and we love to see everybody succeed.
What’s one of your favourite UADS memories?
When we ended up getting terribly lost on the U of C campus.
Using one word, what’s a topic you could forever debate about?
Environmentalism
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to new debaters?
Remember that every debater was new to debate at some point! I reccomend you just get started because it’s crazy how fast you improve after just a couple practices:))
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?
Green Light by Lorde
Literally any sentence from the book All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer
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?
Literate, musical, cheerful
Being in a bad car accident definitely changed my perspective on a lot of things
If you were an animal which animal would you be?
A squirrel!
