Rigour
Arguments are built with research, clarity, and intellectual honesty.
About Epigram
A society for better disagreement.
Epigram is St Joseph's University's Debating Society: a place for debates, writing, media, and the long habit of learning how to disagree well.
Original Welcome
Welcome to St Joseph's University's Debating Society.
Epigram began with a simple promise: students should have better rooms for argument, research, rebuttal, and speech. The new site keeps that promise close instead of hiding it in old pages.
History
From classroom debate to recognised society.
3 Mar 2023
The first shape
Epigram began as an inter-school debating effort and a classroom debate programme.
9 Mar 2023
First debate
The inaugural classroom debate was held in A204, Arrupe Block, St. Joseph's University.
10 Oct 2023
Formal recognition
The university formally recognised Epigram as its debating society.
2024-25
More rooms opened
Publications, Airwaves, committees, forums, and the society's formal rules began to take shape.
23 Feb 2024
First annual magazine
The first-ever student-run annual magazine of the university, the Epigram Magazine, was published and released.
16 Jun 2024
Rules on paper
The Drafting & Advisory Committee began shaping the document that would organise the society.
Jul 2025
First Edition
The first edition was completed after nearly two years of work, trial, and argument.
Principles
Rigour, respect, curiosity, voice.
Respect
Fierce disagreement belongs with graceful discourse.
Curiosity
Members are expected to ask better questions, not just win louder.
Voice
Debate, writing, and media give student thought a sharper public shape.