VBI2011: Modules 4

Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the second set include “Adapting to Lay Judges” with Diana Li and Maddy Stein, “Advanced Research” with Jane Kessner, “Constructing Philosophical Cases” with Marshall Thompson, “Defending Consequentialism” with Jake Nebel. “Foundations of Weighing and Argument Comparison” with Ellen Noble, “Introduction to Critical Debate” with Oliver Gappmeyer, “NR Strategy” with Michelle Keohane, “Nuanced Theoretical Objections to Plans” with Steven Adler, “Understanding Uniqueness” with Ben Lewis.

All module postings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.

VBI2011: Modules 3

Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the first set include “Four Minutes in Hell” with Sasha Arijanto, “Affirmative Casing” with Jeff Liu, “Answering Critical and Confusing Positions” with Ben Holguin, “Efficient Research and Blocking” with Karlyn Gorski, “Introduction to Political Philosophy” with Christian Tarsney, “Responding to Consequentialism” with Maddy Stein, “Simple Yet Deadly” with Daniel Lumpee, “The Util Debate” with Stephen Babb, and “Truth and Theories Thereof” with Peter D. van Elswyk.

All module postings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.

VBI2011: Learn the Labs

Lab is the students’ “home base” of VBI. Students not only learn from their lab leaders; they learn from each other in an intimate setting, and inter-lab competitions foster lab loyalty.

Each lab is narrowly tailored to a particular skill range. Students learn on an equal playing field and push each other to succeed. Labs feature built-in time to review modules, demonstration debates, and practice rounds, ensuring that no student falls through the cracks.

Here are the labs for this year’s installment of Session I of VBI@UCLA.

Steven Adler/Christian Tarsney
Sasha Arijanto/Paras Kumar/Daniel Lumpee
Stephen Babb/Ben Sprung-Keyser
Cameron Baghai/Michelle Deloison-Baum
Chris Castillo/Cory Wynn/Dylan Scher
Charles Chy/Nathan Lintz/Alex Zhang
Wesley Craven/Karlyn Gorski
Oliver Gappmeyer/Maddy Stein/Jeff Gans
Ben Holguin/Daniel Imas
Michelle Keohane/Hamilton Bloom
Jane Kessner/Josh Roberts
Erik Legried/Marshall Thompson
Ben Lewis/Larry Liu
John Lewis/Diana Li/Ellen Noble
David McNeil/Chris Theis
Jake Nebel/Catherine Tarsney
Todd Newkirk/Jason Zhou
Kanisha Parthasarathy/Nate Zerbib-Berda
Jeff Roberts/Matt Ross/Melia Willoughby
Peter D. van Elswyk/Jeff Liu

VBI2011: Modules 2

Students have a set of modules this evening. The options include “Asking the Right Questions” with Sasha Arijanto, “Debating Classically” with Jeff Roberts, “Etiquette and Respect” with Nate Zebib-Berda, “Foucault” with Jake Gelfand, “Introduction to Ethical Theory” with Christian Tarsney, “Introduction to Policy Concepts” with Alex Zhang, “Kant” with Marshall Thompson and Daniel Imas, and “Refutation as Method” with Chris Theis.

All module postings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.

VBI2011: Modules 1

Students have a set of modules this afternoon. (Modules are elective lessons coordinated by members of our faculty.)

The options include “Constructing a Case” with Cameron Baghai, “Foreign Policy & National Security Update” with Stephen Babb, “Introduction to Logic” with Peter D. van Elswyk, “Introduction to the Social Contract” with Michelle Keohane, “International Relations Theory” with Christian Tarsney, “Sixteen Ways to Increase Your Speaker Points” with Dylan Scher, “Justice, Identity, and Oppression” with Chris Castillo, “Positional Debating” with Jake Nebel, and “Theories of Global Justice” with Ellen Noble.

All module postings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.