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VBI2011: Practice Round 4

The pairings for the fourth practice round are available online. The divisions are named for three of our past camp leaders: Oscar Shine, Tommy Clancy, and Neil Conrad. (The Conrad Division will begin its practice rounds later.)

All pairings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.

VBI2011: Modules 7

Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the second set include “Dealing with Prepouts” with Nate Lintz, “Evidence Comparison and Empirics Debate” with Catherine Tarsney, “Feminism” with Bill Neesen, “Strategic Issue Selection” with David McNeil, “The 2AR” with Daniel Lumpee, “Liberalism and Its Discontents” with Ryan Hamilton, “Beating Fast and Confusing Positions” with Cameron Baghai, “Perfecting the Crossover” with Josh Roberts, and “Metaethics II: Debating Metaethics” with Jake Nebel.

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

VBI2011: Modules 6

Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the first set include “Anti-Law” with John Lewis, “Better Risk Analysis” with Diana Li, “Contemporary Analytic Politic Philosophy” with Christian Tarsney, “Debating and Defending Disadvantages” with Chris Theis, “In the Face of Nonsense” with Jon Cruz, “Metaethics I: Overview” with Peter D. van Elswyk, “Kritiks” with Bill Neesen, “Postmodern Feminism” with Jake Gelfand, and “The 1AR is Not that Bad” with Ben Holguin and David McNeil.

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

VBI2011: Students of the Day — Andrea Bieytes and Adil Khan

Each day, I profile two students at the Victory Briefs Institute so you, dear reader, can learn about the debaters from across the country who have joined us here at UCLA.
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