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14 November 2007

Northeast Asian Open Results

NEAO 2007 @ Incheon University, Incheon, Korea
Nov. 9-11
All Asians format w/45 teams
CA: Sunhee Kim, Incheon Univ.
DCA's: Yui Miyaichi (Keio Univ., Japan), Ray Yen
(Wenzao Univ., Taiwan), Loganimal (Chung Ang Univ,
Korea)


Champion: DAE 3 (Debate Association of Ewha)
Runner Up: Korea University 1

Semifinalists:
EDiS (Ewha Debate Society)1
Yonsei University 1

Quarterfinalists:
Hanyang Univ. 1
Hanyang Univ. 3
Hanyang Univ. 5
EDiS 5

EFL Champion: BFSU 1 (Beijing Foreign Studies)

Speaker Awards:

1. Kim, Ah Young (EDiS 1)
2. Song, Na Young (Yonsei 3)
3. Tied:
Sophie Lee (DAE 3)
Monica Jang
5. Tied:
Lee, Seung Ah (EDiS 1)
Chung, Yoonjin (EDiS 1)
7. Cho, Hyung Gyu (Hanyang 1)
8. Oh, Hyun Suk (Yonsei 3)
9. Kim, Eui Yun (KDS 2)
10. Hur, Youngran (EDiS 5)

Top EFL Speaker:
Zhou, Shengru (Beijing Foreign Studies 1)

13 November 2007

Cambridge win Oxford IV

Cambridge A (Block and Bott) won the 2007 Oxford IV from 2nd Opp.

In the final they defeated:
1st Prop: UCD
1st Opp: Victoria-Wellington
2nd Prop: Harvard B

Motions:
Rd 1. TTHW Criminalise Gang Membership
Rd 2. TTHW allow nations without states a seat at the UN.
Rd 3. TTHW permit religious courts to rule on family law in the UK.
Rd 4. TTHBT every citizen deserves a universal basic income beyond their basic needs; regardless of whether they have ever worked, are looking for work or will ever work.
Rd 5. TTHW channel all development aid for Africa through the African Union.

Qtr-finals: parenting licences.
Semi-finals: TTHBT the US should match its military aid to Israel with an equal amount of humanitarian aid to Fatah.
Final: TTHWBT the state should pay a wage to house-wives and house-husbands.

Source: UCC Phil board

Queen's Chancellor's Cup 2007 Results

Champions: HH - John Ashbourne and Raj Pattani
Finalists: HH - Richard Lizius and Giorgio Traini

Semifinalists: McGill - Catherine Evans and Vinay Kumar Mysore
HH - Monica Ferris and Andi Wilson

Quarterfinalists: McGill - Bryan Badali and Saro Setrakian
HH - Paul-Erik 'Dash' Veel and Emma Meadley Dunphy
McGill - Leon Grek and Margherita Wisdom Devine
HH - Rory McKeown and Ben Bergen

Top Speaker: HH - Richard Lizius
2) HH - Rory McKeown
3) McGill - Vinay Kumar Mysore
4) McGill - Saro Setrakian
5) HH - Paul-Erik 'Dash' Veel
6) McGill - Catherine Evans
7) HH - Nick Shkordoff
8) HH - Monica Ferris
9) HH - John Ashbourne
10) Carleton - Adam Coombs

Top Public Speaker: HH - Alex Levy
2) McGill - Padraic Scanlan
3) HH - Monica Ferris
4) McGill - Leon Grek
5) Carleton - Garnett Genuis

Yale IV 2007 Results

Champion: Harvard A Zach Cafritz & Cormac Early (15)

Runner-Up: Hart House B Nick Shkordoff & Jeremy Opolsky (4)

Finalists:
Princeton A (10)
MIT A (16)

Semis Results:
McGill A (3)
McHart House (6)
Harvard B (4)
Stanford A (12)

Quarter Finalists:
Hart House C (11)
Amherst D (14)
McGill E (2)
Vassar A (7)
Hart House A (1)
McGill D (9)
McGill B (5)
Hopkins A (13)

Speakers

1 Jason Rogers HART HOUSE A 265
2 Leon Grek MCGILL A 265
3 Richard Lizius MCHART HOUSE A 263
4 Michael Baer STANFORD A 262
5 David Tite MCGILL E 262
6 Dash HART HOUSE A 262
7 Meg Dallett VASSAR A 261
8 Lewis Bollard HARVARD B 261
9 Zach Cafritz HARVARD A 260
10 Nick Shkordoff HART HOUSE B 260

Irish Times Round 2

The Draw for round 2 of the Irish Times can be found here