Policy Debate Archive
Yale Announces Tournament Details
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Congressional Debate, Invitations (2010-2011), Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Registration for the eighteenth annual Yale Invitational opens on August 1, 2010. Yale has traditionally had a bid to the TOC at the quarterfinal round in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, octafinal round in Public Forum Debate, and the final round in Congressional Debate. This year, the Yale Invitational will feature Mutually Preferred Judging, [...]
Ben Sprung-Keyser is 2010 NFL National Champion
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Congressional Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, NFL Nationals 2010, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryKANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the final tournament of the season, the National Forensic League has crowned its National Champion: Ben Sprung-Keyser of California’s Harvard-Westlake School. He defeated M. Blake McCracken of Oklahoma’s Bartlesville High School on a 9-2 decision in the final round. Congratulations to both debaters on reaching the final round, a truly [...]
CX Pairings Now Online!
Posted by Jon Cruz in the NFL Nationals 2010, Policy Debate categoryKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The pairings for the six preliminary rounds of Policy Debate at the NFL National Tournament are now available here on VBD. The event is sponsored by the Bickel & Brewer Foundation.
Feel free to share your code with VBD so we can report on your results through the week, and so folks [...]
Bill Cooper Announces Manchester Details
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Congressional Debate, Individual Events, Invitations (2009-2010), Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. — Bill Cooper, director of debate at Manchester Essex Regional High School, has announced basic details of the 2010 installment of the Tim Averill Invitational. The tournament is being expanded to include the Individual Events as well as all four main debate events.
Cooper’s message follows.
Bill Cooper’s original e-mail is included below.
Consider [...]
New York State Debate Coaches Association to Hold Inaugural Meeting
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community, Congressional Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryNEW YORK, N.Y. — The New York State Debate Coaches Association will hold its inaugural meeting on Friday, June 4, 2010 in Manhattan. Details are available on the NYSDCA web site, and are available here on VBD as well.
The following message was sent out by Jon Cruz.
The New York State Debate Coaches Association invites [...]
Stephanie Franklin Wins NCFL Grand National Title
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Congressional Debate, Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, NCFL 2010, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryOMAHA, Neb. — The final round of Lincoln-Douglas Debate at this year’s National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament featured the same two schools as the 2009 edition: defending champion Karlyn Gorski of Perkiomen Valley High School was challenged for the crown by Stephanie Franklin of Walt Whitman High School. (Last year, Karlyn debated Walt [...]
NCFL Code Share Available Here on VBD
Posted by Jon Cruz in the Congressional Debate, Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, NCFL 2010, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate categoryOMAHA, Neb. — The 2010 Grand National Tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League, which will take place this Saturday and Sunday, uses numerical codes for each contestant. This renders reporting the tournament impossible…unless one knows the codes!
If you would like to share your code with VBD so we can meaningfully report the outrounds, [...]
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