Allison Douglis Wins NCFL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ridge High School’s Allison Douglis is the 2011 Lincoln-Douglas Debate National Catholic Forensic League Grand Champion, having defeated Seaman High School’s Ian Mikkelsen in the final round. Read more →

The View from Tab Releases Episode 44

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y., NEW YORK, N.Y., WATERTOWN, Mass., and LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson High School, Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science, Chris Palmer of Lexington High School, and Mike Bietz of Harvard-Westlake School have released the latest installment of their podcast, The View from Tab.

In the far-reaching forty-fourth episode, now available for download, Menick, Cruz, Palmer, and Bietz continue discussing TOC-inspired tabulation discussions, ranging from side bias to speech structure to side equalization to lag pairing.

NFL Releases Topic Analysis for Nationals

RIPON, Wisc. — The National Forensic League has released a brief Lincoln-Douglas Debate topic analysis for the 2011 NFL National Tournament, which will be held this June in Dallas.

TOC Announces Bid Levels for 2011-2012

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andrea Reed, director of the National High School Tournament of Champions and of the University of Kentucky Debate Team, has released the complete list of TOC qualifying tournaments for the 2011-2012 season. Read more →

NFL Announces National Student of the Year Finalists

RIPON, Wisc. — Six students will vie for the prestigious National Student of the Year Award, which will be awarded at this year’s NFL National Tournament in Dallas in Saturday, June 18.

The students are Erik Bakke of West Springfield High School in Virginia, Paavan Gami of Southside High School in South Carolina, Tom Lill of Lindale High School in Texas, Ian Mather of LaRue County High School in Kentucky, Daniel Rigel of Oak Grove High School in Mississippi, and Taylor Walker of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia. Read more →