Barack Obama has won the US presidential election.Barack Obama has won the US presidential election.Aloha colleagues,
The Hawaii Pacific University Sea Warrior Debate Society hosted the second annual Pan Pacific Championship Debate Tournament, October 18-19 at the Hawaii Loa Campus. Twenty debate teams representing 10 universities from Hawaii and the mainland competed in World style debate for the title of Pan Pacific Champions of debate! Rocky Mountain College (Katie Berst and Allison Reidmohr) won the overall Championship title and a team from Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) (Craig Ursuy and Cody Corcelius) won the title of the overall best team from Hawaii.
The Hawaii Pacific University Sea Warrior Debate Society hosted the second annual Pan Pacific Championship Debate Tournament, October 18-19 at the Hawaii Loa Campus. Twenty debate teams representing 10 universities from Hawaii and the mainland competed in World style debate for the title of Pan Pacific Champions of debate! Rocky Mountain College (Katie Berst and Allison Reidmohr) won the overall Championship title and a team from Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) (Craig Ursuy and Cody Corcelius) won the title of the overall best team from Hawaii.
The full tab is available at http://www.yaledebate.org/iv/yaleiv2008_fulltab.xls .
Keep in mind that speaker points need to be halved to account for our tab software.
92 Teams: 62 Varsity Teams and 30 Novice Teams.
Novice speakers
1. Rebecca McGrath (UCD LM): 128
2. Simon Cameron (CARLETON CE): 127.5
3. Amanda Butler (GUELPH BD): 126.5
4. Julia Lawlor (UCD LM): 126
5. Liz Crane (BRANDEIS BC): 125.5
Keep in mind that speaker points need to be halved to account for our tab software.
92 Teams: 62 Varsity Teams and 30 Novice Teams.
Novice speakers
1. Rebecca McGrath (UCD LM): 128
2. Simon Cameron (CARLETON CE): 127.5
3. Amanda Butler (GUELPH BD): 126.5
4. Julia Lawlor (UCD LM): 126
5. Liz Crane (BRANDEIS BC): 125.5
December 5th-7th, 2008
Hosted by
Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon
Dear Friends and colleagues,
Hosted by
Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon
Dear Friends and colleagues,
OK it's not university debating, and some people may say its not debating at all, but possibly the most watched "debates" around the world are the debates that occur every 4 years between the candidates for the US presidency.
OK it's not university debating, and some people may say its not debating at all, but possibly the most watched "debates" around the world are those which occur every 4 years between the candidates for the US presidency.
The second presidential debate is on tonight at Belmont University. It is a "town hall" style "debate" where questions will come from the audience and on-line viewers. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to each question.
The second presidential debate is on tonight at Belmont University. It is a "town hall" style "debate" where questions will come from the audience and on-line viewers. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to each question.
The Yale Debate Association invites you to participate in the third annual Yale Intervarsity Parliamentary Tournament, to take place at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25.
The Tournament
The Tournament
OK it's not university debating, and some people may say its not debating at all, but possibly the most watched "debates" around the world are the debates that occur every 4 years between the candidates for the US presidency. It is likely that there will be at least highlights if not live coverage somewhere on your TV over the weekend.
The advisory committee HWS/IDEA Round Robin is now complete. Members of the committee are:
All of our International brothers and sisters are invited to the 2009 US Universities Debating Championship to be held at the University of Vermont 3-5 April 2009.
International teams can WIN the tournament, but the top rated USA team will be named USA Champ.
Please see our website at http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu/Welcome.html
Help us spread the word, please.
ACS-- Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna
Source (various mailing lists)
International teams can WIN the tournament, but the top rated USA team will be named USA Champ.
Please see our website at http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu/Welcome.html
Help us spread the word, please.
ACS-- Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna
Source (various mailing lists)