Nationals 2009 Archive
Shivani Vohra is 2009 National Champion
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Results (2008-09) categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In the final round of perhaps the most competitive season in the history of Lincoln-Douglas debate, the Hockaday School’s Shivani Vohra and Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel met to vie for the championship title of the National Forensic League. In finals, Shivani defeated Jake to win. This was a historic accomplishment for [...]
NFL Nationals — Live Blogging the Awards
Posted by Bietz in the Nationals 2009 categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — I, Mike Bietz, will be liveblogging the NFL Awards Ceremony after the jump. Click on “more” to read.
NFL Nationals Coverage
LD Final Round Judges Announced
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009 categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The final round of Lincoln-Douglas debate is being adjudicated by a panel of distinguished Lincoln-Douglas debate coaches, past National Champions, and representativea from the Lincoln Financial Group.
The critics are Craig Austin of Centennial High School in California, Stan Austin of Wheaton North in Illinois, Rick Farrar of Lincoln Financial Group, [...]
Exclusive Commentary on NFL Final Rounds
Posted by Victory Briefs in the Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009 categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — We will be posting exclusive commentaries of the final rounds as we are able to put them online.
UPDATE: Commentaries on the final round of Original Oratory (by Adam Torson), Duo Interpretation (by Christian Keil), International Extemporaneous Speaking (by Liz Vieira), U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking (by Zach Prax), policy debate (by Robert Parker), [...]
Top Speakers Announced in Policy Debate
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2009, Policy Debate categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The National Forensic League has announced the top fourteen speakers in policy debate. The eighth through fourteenth speakers will be recognized following the final round of policy debate; the top seven speakers will be recognized at the awards ceremony.
Speaker Awards:
Andrew Arsht – Utah
Josh Dean – Kansas
Mario Feola – Utah
Kendall Kaut – [...]
Scenes from NFL: Day 4
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2009 categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — I have posted well over one hundred and fifty photographs from the Stars Fell on Alabama National Tournament, courtesy of guest correspondents Lizzie Ernstberger, Kelly Johnson, Jeff Liu, Larry Liu, and Meg West. Captions are coming.
You can follow the photographic updates at the Victory Briefs Photo Gallery. The photographs are archived under [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Potential LD Resolutions Announced
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009 categoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic Wording Committee of the National Forensic League has announced the ten potential resolutions for the 2009-2010 season. Voting on these topics will commence shortly.
What do you think of the resolutions? Share your thoughts here!
Afterwards, for coverage of Lincoln-Douglas debate, click here. For coverage of Public Forum debate, click [...]
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- Completely Open Thread
- Stuyvesant Wins New York State LD, Policy Titles; Cold Spring Harbor Takes Public Forum
- New LD, Public Forum Resolutions Announced
- Chris Theis Wins the TOC
- Patrick Diehl is TOC Champion
- History Made in Kentucky: Chris Theis Wins 2nd TOC
- Debate History: A Spotlight on the Barkley Forum Tutorials
- Coast2Coast: Mike Spirtos Wins Berkeley; Allison Huberlie Wins Harvard
- Lizzie Sivitz Takes Auburn
- Sam Grondahl Wins Columbia

