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Assisting People in Need Topic Analysis Available
The topic analysis book for the 2011/2012 November/December resolution is now available in the Victory Briefs Store.
2011/2012 Nov/Dec LD Topic: Assisting People In Need
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Popular Vote v. Electoral College Topic Analysis Available
The topic analysis book for the 2011/2012 November/December resolution is now available in the Victory Briefs Store.
2011/2012 November PF Topic: Popular Vote v. Electoral College
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Noah Star Wins the New York City Invitational
Lexington High School’s Noah Star is the champion of the forty-first annual New York City Invitational at the Bronx High School of Science. He defeated the reserve champion, Loyola Blakefield High School’s Tom Cameron, in the Hee-Sun Hong Championship Debate on a 5-0 decision. A panel of Matt Dunay, Ryan Davis, Ankur Mandhania, Zack Struver, and Alex Zhang voted negative. Noah received the Richard B. Sodikow Award in honor of his achievement.
Noah had earlier won both the Peter Colavito Award (the top speaker award for the tournament) and the Jonathan Koppell Award (the top speaker award for the Bronx Round Robin). Read more →
Bronx Achievement Awards Conferred
At this year’s New York City Invitational, four distinguished members of the forensics community — Tom Beck, Fred Robertson, Bro. Kevin Tidd, and Aaron Timmons — were bestowed with Bronx Achievement Awards. These awards honor individuals for contributions to debate community, excellence in debate pedagogy, and/or achievement in debate coaching.
Robertson’s award was presented by Mike Bietz. Tidd’s award was presented by Connor Buckley. Timmons’s award was presented by Kurt Shelton. Beck’s award was presented personally by Jon Cruz. (The first set of Bronx Achievement Awards — conferred in 2005 — were personally presented by the tournament host. As this was the first year with full divisions of the Individual Events, Tom Beck was the first speech coach to receive the award.) Read more →
Paradigms and Principles: Miscut Evidence
This week I would like to discuss the following question:
A. What should judges do when debaters use miscut evidence?
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