Below is an e-mail on this year's WUPID in December.
The UN officials who condemned footages of Amy Winehouse in her sandals with injection marks between her toes, has probably not seen the university debating culture glamorising the “debate high” that debaters got from continuous quality debating and adjudication at the inaugural WUPID last year (2007).
Update on WUPID 2008 from MLYSN
The website will be up by May - guaranteed, as my website designer is getting married on the 31st, hence he needs to get his job done before his long long break. However, you would still be able to get the latest news regarding the event’s progress from MLYSN starting from today. So here are some updates:
The website will be up by May - guaranteed, as my website designer is getting married on the 31st, hence he needs to get his job done before his long long break. However, you would still be able to get the latest news regarding the event’s progress from MLYSN starting from today. So here are some updates:
Preparations are ongoing for the 2nd World Universities Peace Invitational Debate (WUPID). Having been at the 1st tournament in December I'm really happy that Yunus, Saiful and all those involved in organising the tournament are holding it again this year.
I should have posted this a few days ago but it slipped down my inbox and out of sight.
Alfred Tuna Snider has uploaded some of his videos from Worlds and WUPID. They include an Octofinal, ESL-Final & ESL-Semi from Worlds, and a Semi & forst Round from WUPID.
Visit http://debatevideoblog.blogspot.com/ for more details
Visit http://debatevideoblog.blogspot.com/ for more details
Yunus from WUPID has posted the following on his blog http://mlysn.wordpress.com/
Having organized two debate events and numerous numbers of other debate unrelated events, I’ve grown to be more learned about the trick of the trade. This of course, is downright wrong.
Even when you spend hundreds of thousands for free accommodation, fun, quality adjudication core and etc, you would always be able to capture some unhappy, disappointed faces at the event – and as luck would have it, outside the event as well.
Having organized two debate events and numerous numbers of other debate unrelated events, I’ve grown to be more learned about the trick of the trade. This of course, is downright wrong.
Even when you spend hundreds of thousands for free accommodation, fun, quality adjudication core and etc, you would always be able to capture some unhappy, disappointed faces at the event – and as luck would have it, outside the event as well.
Sydney A won the 2007 WUPID.
They defeated Cork Phil A, Cambridge A and Nangang A in the Final.
Best Speaker at the tournament was Julians Ensbey from Queensland.
The Final Adjudication Panel was Omar Salahuddin (MARA) Neill Harvey Smith (IND) Colm Flynn (LIMERICK) Piyanart Faktorngpan (CHULA) Alfred Tuna Snider (VERMONT) Chandran Somasundram (UNI MALAYA) Melissa Birch (MONASH)
I have sent the backup file to Klaas so the full speaker and team tab should be on the smoothtournament website soon.
They defeated Cork Phil A, Cambridge A and Nangang A in the Final.
Best Speaker at the tournament was Julians Ensbey from Queensland.
The Final Adjudication Panel was Omar Salahuddin (MARA) Neill Harvey Smith (IND) Colm Flynn (LIMERICK) Piyanart Faktorngpan (CHULA) Alfred Tuna Snider (VERMONT) Chandran Somasundram (UNI MALAYA) Melissa Birch (MONASH)
I have sent the backup file to Klaas so the full speaker and team tab should be on the smoothtournament website soon.
Ranking Team Name
QF1
1 QUEENSLAND A
8 QUEENS B
9 OXFORD A
16 NANYANG A
QF4
4 MONASH B
5 CORK A
12 QUEENS A
13 MONASH A
QF2
2 SYDNEY A
7 CAMBRIDGE A
10 MMU A
15 NUS B
QF3
3 ATENEO A
6 SYDNEY B
11 IIU A
14 NANYANG B
QF1
1 QUEENSLAND A
8 QUEENS B
9 OXFORD A
16 NANYANG A
QF4
4 MONASH B
5 CORK A
12 QUEENS A
13 MONASH A
QF2
2 SYDNEY A
7 CAMBRIDGE A
10 MMU A
15 NUS B
QF3
3 ATENEO A
6 SYDNEY B
11 IIU A
14 NANYANG B
Team Name Position
QUEENSLAND A Opening Gov
NANYANG A Opening Opp
MONASH B Closing Opp
CORK A Closing Gov
SYDNEY A Closing Gov
CAMBRIDGE A Opening Opp
ATENEO A Closing Opp
SYDNEY B Opening Gov
QUEENSLAND A Opening Gov
NANYANG A Opening Opp
MONASH B Closing Opp
CORK A Closing Gov
SYDNEY A Closing Gov
CAMBRIDGE A Opening Opp
ATENEO A Closing Opp
SYDNEY B Opening Gov