If you are interested in watching some debates this weekend IDEA are live streaming from the Campeonato Norte Americano de Debate in New York. The debates are in Spanish.
To watch the debates visit http://www.idebate.org/streaming/cnad2011/
5 April 2011
International Debate Camp in Porto
We are proud to announce that the registration to the http://sociedadededebatesup.org/ (IDC) is now open.
The IDC will happen from 17th to 24th July 2011 in Porto (Portugal) and it will combine trainings provided by a strong international faculty; an amazing and diverse social program that includes lots of partying and one day of guided tours, wine tasting and boat sailing; a competitive tournament in the end of the week; good food and a wonderful scenario.
This is going to be more than just a debating competition. We want participants to get fully engaged with the experience. Under the motto learning, sharing, competing: learning will be fostered not only by the trainings and the training debates, but also by lectures provided by faculty members, and will have emphasis on the theme "empowering citizenship"; sharing will be promoted in every aspect of the debate camp starting from registration where you will be asked to share your views on democracy and citizenship related issues that will generate an online debate even before the event starts; competition will not be contained in debates, it will be a part of all camp as you will become part of one of five teams that will compete against each other on small outdoor games, on the training debates and other challenges that we will propose you. All this, for under 20€ a day (150€).
So now you know register and spread the word. Tell your friends, forward this email, share the event on facebook, ask us for billboards and we'll send them by mail to you, help us getting to everyone that may enjoy this.
We can't wait to show you the best week of your summer holidays.
Thanks in advance,
Ary
Website: www.tiny.cc/idcporto
Email: sociedadededebates@gmail.com
Facebook Registration Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101530623265692
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_114216798653114
4 April 2011
Impact of Debate on Academic Performance
Saad Bin Amjad doing some research for his course titled the "Impact of Debate on Academic Performance".
The following links are the questionnaires, easy ones, for the debaters and non debaters to fill! Please feel free to put your honest answers and the results would be posted soon with thee research paper here in this blog!
Looking forward to your cooperation.
For Debaters:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE9yR2VmN3BPem4yMGpqNVNzTTM3R2c6MQ#gid=0
For Non-Debaters:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGNDaWVBbjZTWTF4blhOSEFlODluRHc6MQ#gid=0
The following links are the questionnaires, easy ones, for the debaters and non debaters to fill! Please feel free to put your honest answers and the results would be posted soon with thee research paper here in this blog!
Looking forward to your cooperation.
For Debaters:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE9yR2VmN3BPem4yMGpqNVNzTTM3R2c6MQ#gid=0
For Non-Debaters:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGNDaWVBbjZTWTF4blhOSEFlODluRHc6MQ#gid=0
USU 2011 Results
Here are the results from this weekend's United States University Debating Championships.
Winners:
Harvard BE (Jo Box & Cormac Early)
Finalists:
Yale DF (Max Dovala & Kate Falkenstein)
New South Wales KM (Angela Kintominas & David Maher)
Alaska CS (Sarah Carpenter & Aime Stanley)
Top Speakers
1. Cormac Early (Harvard)
2. Jo Box (Harvard)
3. James Kilcup (Loyola Marymount)
4. Kate Falkenstein (Yale)
5. Colin Haughey (Alaska)
6. David Maher (New South Wales)
7. Naz El-Khatib (Yale)
8. Margaret Brower (Colgate)
9. Max Dovala (Yale)
10. Bob Cashen (Loyola Marymount)
Semi-Finalists
Yale BE (Nate Blevins & Naz El-Khatib)
Alaska CH (Drew Cason & Colin Haughey)
Alaska FP (Brett Frazer & Amy Parent)
St. John’s CM (Kamya Chandra & Nipun Mahajan)
Qtr-Finalists
Carleton CM (Simon Cameron & Romeo Maione)
Claremont SW (Will Savage & Matt Wolfson)
Queens EW (Kayla Ellis & WuDi Wu)
Fordham MM (Peter Morrissey & Caitlin McElroy)
Edinburgh BO (Paul Brown & Sebastian Osborne)
Colgate SS (Austin Schwartz & Travis Steele)
Cornell BY (Alex Bores & Ryan Yeh)
Loyola Marymount CK (Bob Cashen & James Kilcup)
Octo-Finalists
St. John’s FP (George Fitzpatrick & Korey Pace)
Seattle KP (Michael Kaemingk & Chase Parker)
Claremont CB (Joseph Clifton & Jesse Katz-Blumenthal)
Harvard KR (Praga Kakani & William Ryan)
Vermont AC (Sarah Anders & Dam Cmejla)
Vermont GL (Paul Gross & Issac Loeb)
UCDLS OR (Dearbhia O’Gorman & Janine Ryan)
Patrick Henry GN (Joanna Griffith & Michal Walters)
LaVerne MT, (Ryan Mansell & Corey Teter)
Colgate BC (Margaret Bower & Michael Cohen)
Portland BB (Aaron Baker & Lindsay Bing)
LaVerne PP (John Patrick & Brian Pride)
Seattle SW (Sophia Sanders and Ben Watts)
Swarthmore KM (Jenny Koch & David Mok-Lamme)
Regis BD (Kaleb Brooks & Jon Denzler)
Bates EM (Colin Etnire & Ian Mahmud)
Novice Winner
Cornell RS
Novice Finalists:
Claremont MT
Colgate MS
China Peking-Fudan HZ
Best Judge:
Monica Ferris
Josh Martin
Top Judge:
Gavin Ilsley
Coach of the Year
Stephen Boyle (University of Vermont)
Motions:
Final: This House believes that the United States government should actively facilitate the circumvention of Internet filters in other countries.
Novice Final: This House would open brothels on military bases
Semi: This House supports a constitutional right to a minimum standard of living
Qtrs: This House would instruct juries to acquit where they believe conviction would not be in the public interest.
Octos: This House believes that human shields are legitimate targets in war
R5: This house would create a public forum for active duty military personnel to criticize government policy.
R4: This House would mandate a quota for women on the boards of large corporations
R3: This House would grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office.
R2: This House would charge players who commit violent sporting fouls with assault.
R1: This house would mandate insurance in disaster prone areas
Winners:
Harvard BE (Jo Box & Cormac Early)
Finalists:
Yale DF (Max Dovala & Kate Falkenstein)
New South Wales KM (Angela Kintominas & David Maher)
Alaska CS (Sarah Carpenter & Aime Stanley)
Top Speakers
1. Cormac Early (Harvard)
2. Jo Box (Harvard)
3. James Kilcup (Loyola Marymount)
4. Kate Falkenstein (Yale)
5. Colin Haughey (Alaska)
6. David Maher (New South Wales)
7. Naz El-Khatib (Yale)
8. Margaret Brower (Colgate)
9. Max Dovala (Yale)
10. Bob Cashen (Loyola Marymount)
Semi-Finalists
Yale BE (Nate Blevins & Naz El-Khatib)
Alaska CH (Drew Cason & Colin Haughey)
Alaska FP (Brett Frazer & Amy Parent)
St. John’s CM (Kamya Chandra & Nipun Mahajan)
Qtr-Finalists
Carleton CM (Simon Cameron & Romeo Maione)
Claremont SW (Will Savage & Matt Wolfson)
Queens EW (Kayla Ellis & WuDi Wu)
Fordham MM (Peter Morrissey & Caitlin McElroy)
Edinburgh BO (Paul Brown & Sebastian Osborne)
Colgate SS (Austin Schwartz & Travis Steele)
Cornell BY (Alex Bores & Ryan Yeh)
Loyola Marymount CK (Bob Cashen & James Kilcup)
Octo-Finalists
St. John’s FP (George Fitzpatrick & Korey Pace)
Seattle KP (Michael Kaemingk & Chase Parker)
Claremont CB (Joseph Clifton & Jesse Katz-Blumenthal)
Harvard KR (Praga Kakani & William Ryan)
Vermont AC (Sarah Anders & Dam Cmejla)
Vermont GL (Paul Gross & Issac Loeb)
UCDLS OR (Dearbhia O’Gorman & Janine Ryan)
Patrick Henry GN (Joanna Griffith & Michal Walters)
LaVerne MT, (Ryan Mansell & Corey Teter)
Colgate BC (Margaret Bower & Michael Cohen)
Portland BB (Aaron Baker & Lindsay Bing)
LaVerne PP (John Patrick & Brian Pride)
Seattle SW (Sophia Sanders and Ben Watts)
Swarthmore KM (Jenny Koch & David Mok-Lamme)
Regis BD (Kaleb Brooks & Jon Denzler)
Bates EM (Colin Etnire & Ian Mahmud)
Novice Winner
Cornell RS
Novice Finalists:
Claremont MT
Colgate MS
China Peking-Fudan HZ
Best Judge:
Monica Ferris
Josh Martin
Top Judge:
Gavin Ilsley
Coach of the Year
Stephen Boyle (University of Vermont)
Motions:
Final: This House believes that the United States government should actively facilitate the circumvention of Internet filters in other countries.
Novice Final: This House would open brothels on military bases
Semi: This House supports a constitutional right to a minimum standard of living
Qtrs: This House would instruct juries to acquit where they believe conviction would not be in the public interest.
Octos: This House believes that human shields are legitimate targets in war
R5: This house would create a public forum for active duty military personnel to criticize government policy.
R4: This House would mandate a quota for women on the boards of large corporations
R3: This House would grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office.
R2: This House would charge players who commit violent sporting fouls with assault.
R1: This house would mandate insurance in disaster prone areas
LSE win the Paris IV
The 2011 Paris IV took place this weekend. Congratulations to LSE (John Ashbourne and Png Zhiheng) for winning the main break and Berlin for winning the ESL title, Harish Natarajan for topping the speaker tab and Desisslava Kirova for topping the ESL speaker tab. The tab is attached. If anyone is curious, the motions were as follows:
1. THW Ban Public Sector Strikes in Times of High Government Debt (Music: "9 to 5"-Dolly Parton)
2. THB That France Should Open Its Borders to Any Migrant from One of Its Former Colonies ("Empire State of Mind"-Jay-Z)
3. TH Supports the Establishment of 'Harvey Milk Schools' in Europe (The Harvey Milk School is a school in New York for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People) ("Teenage Dream"-Cover by the cast of Glee)
4. THW Use Partition To Solve Civil Wars in Divided Societies ("Better Together"-Jack Johnson")
5. THB That It Is Immoral To Donate To Animal Charities Whilst Humans Are Dying of Poverty ("Feel Good Inc"-Gorillaz)
Semi: THB That Israel Should Abolish Conscription ("Everybody's Gone To War"-Nerina Pallot)
ESL Final: As the Editor of Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, THW Not Have Published the Mohammed Cartoons
Final: THB That A Woman Who Wears High Heels Is No More Free Than One Who Wears the Burqa ("Broken Heels"-Alexandra Burke)
Many thanks to Maja Cimerman for being a great DCA, Stephan Nunner for tabbing, and Louisa Zhang for convening an absolutely exceptional tournament. Hope to see lots of you in Paris this time next year-no IV has better cheese and wine!
1. THW Ban Public Sector Strikes in Times of High Government Debt (Music: "9 to 5"-Dolly Parton)
2. THB That France Should Open Its Borders to Any Migrant from One of Its Former Colonies ("Empire State of Mind"-Jay-Z)
3. TH Supports the Establishment of 'Harvey Milk Schools' in Europe (The Harvey Milk School is a school in New York for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People) ("Teenage Dream"-Cover by the cast of Glee)
4. THW Use Partition To Solve Civil Wars in Divided Societies ("Better Together"-Jack Johnson")
5. THB That It Is Immoral To Donate To Animal Charities Whilst Humans Are Dying of Poverty ("Feel Good Inc"-Gorillaz)
Semi: THB That Israel Should Abolish Conscription ("Everybody's Gone To War"-Nerina Pallot)
ESL Final: As the Editor of Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, THW Not Have Published the Mohammed Cartoons
Final: THB That A Woman Who Wears High Heels Is No More Free Than One Who Wears the Burqa ("Broken Heels"-Alexandra Burke)
Many thanks to Maja Cimerman for being a great DCA, Stephan Nunner for tabbing, and Louisa Zhang for convening an absolutely exceptional tournament. Hope to see lots of you in Paris this time next year-no IV has better cheese and wine!
2 April 2011
WUDC Manila 2012 Initial Reg list
After the first phase of registration yesterday DLSU have released the list of all teams who registered.
You can find it here.
They have highlighted a lot of duplicate entries (in grey) and suspect duplicates (in yellow). However instead of just deleting them they have sent out the whole list and asked for input. If you have registered you should check the list and make sure you are not mistakenly down as a duplicate.
Dear World Debating Community,
Thank you for participating in Phase 1 of the registration for De La Salle Worlds!
By as early as 1030AM Manila time, we have received more than a thousand team applications. Such a huge number of registration applications initially slowed down the server, but the team was ready for any eventuality and we are happy to tell you that the server never crashed as opposed to what may be perceived as such.
In the first 30 seconds of registration when there was a massive influx of individuals visiting the page, the traffic from the server became extremely busy, that as a preventive measure, the server slowed itself down a bit to be able to cope with the number of registrants in order for it not to completely crash.
This did not mean however, that certain information did not get through. The only trouble was loading the confirmation page which notifies the registrant that the form has been sent to the system. The information was sent on time, exactly when individuals clicked the submit button. Evidence for this is that the first registration form was sent within 22 seconds of the opening of registration, despite having trouble loading the confirmation page.
We would like to assure everyone that the data in the initial list of registrants are indeed the information you sent in particular time periods and that there is nothing to worry about.
At this point, we would like to ask you to review the list of registered institutions and determine the following:
1. if your institution has duplicate entries
2. if the person who registered for your institution is really your representative
3. if the name of your institution is completely spelled out
The Registration Team has done a preliminary review of the data and their comments are also seen on the file.
Please send an email to the Registration and Communications Director, Crystal Francisco (crystal.francisco@dlsuworlds.com ), to update your registration. Institutions have until April 4, 2011 to send a verification email. After the given time, the registration team will remove registrants with unverified data such as ACRONYMS for institution name and duplicate entries. We believe that everyone will cooperate so that we can have the Official list of registered institutions available on or before April 7.
Should you have any questions or clarifications about the list, please do not hesitate to send an email to info@dlsuworlds.com and we will get back to you at the soonest possible time.
We can’t wait to take you all to Manila!
Best,
The Registration Team
Regards,
Bianca Marie K. Lagdameo
Deputy Convenor, De La Salle Worlds
21st Floor Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila
(632) 5244611 loc 376
You can find it here.
They have highlighted a lot of duplicate entries (in grey) and suspect duplicates (in yellow). However instead of just deleting them they have sent out the whole list and asked for input. If you have registered you should check the list and make sure you are not mistakenly down as a duplicate.
Dear World Debating Community,
Thank you for participating in Phase 1 of the registration for De La Salle Worlds!
By as early as 1030AM Manila time, we have received more than a thousand team applications. Such a huge number of registration applications initially slowed down the server, but the team was ready for any eventuality and we are happy to tell you that the server never crashed as opposed to what may be perceived as such.
In the first 30 seconds of registration when there was a massive influx of individuals visiting the page, the traffic from the server became extremely busy, that as a preventive measure, the server slowed itself down a bit to be able to cope with the number of registrants in order for it not to completely crash.
This did not mean however, that certain information did not get through. The only trouble was loading the confirmation page which notifies the registrant that the form has been sent to the system. The information was sent on time, exactly when individuals clicked the submit button. Evidence for this is that the first registration form was sent within 22 seconds of the opening of registration, despite having trouble loading the confirmation page.
We would like to assure everyone that the data in the initial list of registrants are indeed the information you sent in particular time periods and that there is nothing to worry about.
At this point, we would like to ask you to review the list of registered institutions and determine the following:
1. if your institution has duplicate entries
2. if the person who registered for your institution is really your representative
3. if the name of your institution is completely spelled out
The Registration Team has done a preliminary review of the data and their comments are also seen on the file.
Please send an email to the Registration and Communications Director, Crystal Francisco (crystal.francisco@dlsuworlds.com ), to update your registration. Institutions have until April 4, 2011 to send a verification email. After the given time, the registration team will remove registrants with unverified data such as ACRONYMS for institution name and duplicate entries. We believe that everyone will cooperate so that we can have the Official list of registered institutions available on or before April 7.
Should you have any questions or clarifications about the list, please do not hesitate to send an email to info@dlsuworlds.com and we will get back to you at the soonest possible time.
We can’t wait to take you all to Manila!
Best,
The Registration Team
Regards,
Bianca Marie K. Lagdameo
Deputy Convenor, De La Salle Worlds
21st Floor Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila
(632) 5244611 loc 376
1 April 2011
Live debates this week: US Championships
If you want to watch some debates this weekend IDEA are streaming live rounds from the Unites States University Debating Championships in Vermont.
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/usu2011/
The schedule for the debates is as follows (all times East Coast US and subject to running late as many tournaments do)
Friday 1 April
Round One 4pm
Round Two 6pm
Saturday 2 April
Round Three 9am
Round Four 11:30am
Round Five 2:30pm
Round Six 5pm
Sunday 3 April
Octofinals 9am
Quarterfinals 11:30am
Semifinals 2pm
Final 4:30pm
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/usu2011/
The schedule for the debates is as follows (all times East Coast US and subject to running late as many tournaments do)
Friday 1 April
Round One 4pm
Round Two 6pm
Saturday 2 April
Round Three 9am
Round Four 11:30am
Round Five 2:30pm
Round Six 5pm
Sunday 3 April
Octofinals 9am
Quarterfinals 11:30am
Semifinals 2pm
Final 4:30pm
Americas Cup 2011 Winners
Last night Josh Martin and James Killcup from the hybrid team LaVerne & Loyola Marymount have won the Americas Cup (the warm up open event in advance of USU championships).
The Final was contested by
Ireland & Scotland (Stephen Boyle & Gavin Ilsley)
Harvard (Cormac Early & Alex Loomis)
LaVerne & Loyola Marymount (Josh Martin & James Kilcupp)
Loyola Marymount (Emily Ravenscroft & Mike Aguilera)
Final Judges: Sharmila Parmanand (Melbourne), Mary Nugent (Cambridge) Anish Mitra (Stanford) Zheng Bo (China) Ciaran Lawlor (Ireland)
Final: THBT the consumer has more power to change the world than the voter.
Semi: THW have the UN offer large bounties for the capture of Somali pirates.
R2: THBT infidelity should be a factor in the financial resolution of divorce
R1: THW require as many hours of women’s sport on television as men’s sport
The United States Universities Debating Championships Start later today.
Source: Tuna's Blog
The Final was contested by
Ireland & Scotland (Stephen Boyle & Gavin Ilsley)
Harvard (Cormac Early & Alex Loomis)
LaVerne & Loyola Marymount (Josh Martin & James Kilcupp)
Loyola Marymount (Emily Ravenscroft & Mike Aguilera)
Final Judges: Sharmila Parmanand (Melbourne), Mary Nugent (Cambridge) Anish Mitra (Stanford) Zheng Bo (China) Ciaran Lawlor (Ireland)
Final: THBT the consumer has more power to change the world than the voter.
Semi: THW have the UN offer large bounties for the capture of Somali pirates.
R2: THBT infidelity should be a factor in the financial resolution of divorce
R1: THW require as many hours of women’s sport on television as men’s sport
The United States Universities Debating Championships Start later today.
Source: Tuna's Blog
Korea Australs 2011 Registration Update - New Timeline
Dear All,
Greetings from Korea Australs 2011.
We are still in the process of sorting out the teams that have paid the deposit.
Also, we will be positing up the teams that will be granted with slots from the waiting list Soon. The List will be posted by April 4th 2011. We will email you the finalized list as well as the list of teams to proceed with their payments.
Here is some adjustment in the Registration Period Timeline.
We felt the need to change and extend the dates since we have made some adjustments during our deposit period.
Full Registration By April 26th
Adjustment Period By May 3rd
Personal Information Registration By May 17th
We are very excited to have you all in Korea!
Thanks,
Soo Min Park
Registration Director
Korea Australs 2011
Greetings from Korea Australs 2011.
We are still in the process of sorting out the teams that have paid the deposit.
Also, we will be positing up the teams that will be granted with slots from the waiting list Soon. The List will be posted by April 4th 2011. We will email you the finalized list as well as the list of teams to proceed with their payments.
Here is some adjustment in the Registration Period Timeline.
We felt the need to change and extend the dates since we have made some adjustments during our deposit period.
Full Registration By April 26th
Adjustment Period By May 3rd
Personal Information Registration By May 17th
We are very excited to have you all in Korea!
Thanks,
Soo Min Park
Registration Director
Korea Australs 2011
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