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Happy Birthday, Bietz!
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community categoryLOS ANGELES, Cali. — Today is Mike Bietz’s thirty-fourth birthday.
The director of debate at Harvard-Westlake School and the executive director of Victory Briefs is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Lincoln-Douglas debate. He is also one of my best friends.
Bietz is at the MBA Round Robin this weekend. [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community categoryNEW YORK, N.Y. — Happy New Year from Victory Briefs Daily! What are your…resolutions for 2010? (Corny!)
Jon Cruz asks that you call this year “Twenty-Ten” and not “Two Thousand Ten.” Thank you.
Texas Debate Collective Provides LD Workshop
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community, Lincoln-Douglas Debate categoryHOUSTON, Tex. — Back in September, VBD reported about the Metro-Hudson League Workshop, a free one-day “mini-camp” to provide for new and existing programs. We asked the community to share more such ideas here.
The Texas Debate Collective is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing free or low-cost debate education to communities across Texas. A winter [...]
In Memoriam: Scott Deatherage
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Obituaries categoryCHICAGO, Ill. — Legendary college policy debate coach Scott Deatherage passed away Christmas morning.
Detherage was the executive director of the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues. Prior to taking the helm at the NAUDL, the Duck — as Deatherage was widely known — served as director of debate at Northwestern University, where he had what [...]
Happy Birthday, Chris Castillo and Sean Mumper!
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community categoryNEW YORK, N.Y. — Two great characters, one shared birthday: please join me in wishing a very special day to my friends Chris Castillo and Sean Mumper!
ALERT: Tonight’s Cold Case on CBS About Debate
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community categoryNEW YORK, N.Y. — Over the past few minutes, I have received more than thirty alerts that tonight’s episode of Cold Case on CBS features a debater. Share your thoughts on the episode here!
Steph Bell Awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community categorySAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Steph Bell, who was one of the top-ranked Lincoln-Douglas debaters in the United States prior to her graduation from Valley High School in 2004, is among the thirty-two American men and women chosen this year as Rhodes Scholars.
A 2008 graduate of the University of Chicago, Bell is an aspiring anthropologist who [...]
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