Our Mission
We develop persuasive thinkers who respect evidence, articulate values, and win judges through clarity, not volume. Our students learn to test ideas like editors test claims: verify, compress, reframe, deliver.
The Argunova Origin
Argunova Rhetoric Lab began as a small editorial collective training varsity debaters to write cases like magazine features—tight framing, ruthless editing, and clean sourcing. Our name nods to argument as craft, not noise: the art of building something that withstands scrutiny.
Editorial Standards
- Evidence hygiene: cite cleanly, cut honestly, and tag precisely.
- Structure first: frameworks before flourishes; weighing before wit.
- Delivery ethics: persuasion without misrepresentation.
- Iteration: draft, rehearse, refactor—then deploy.
Milestones
- 2021 — First LD cohort pilots our “editor’s rubric” for value frameworks.
- 2023 — Policy track launches with collapse strategy labs and evidence pruning clinics.
- 2025 — BP/WS programs add POI discipline and narrative control modules.
Team
Mara Levin
Director • Ex-varsity PF & editor. Specializes in weighing and judge adaptation.
Jae Park
Policy Lead • Focus on 1NC architecture, counterplans, and collapse decisions.
Rina Shah
LD & BP Coach • Framework rigor, POI timing, and narrative reframing.