Not to be outdone by Mia, it was also Luke Stuttgen's birthday, Thursday. Happy birthday, Luke! What better way to spend your birthday than teaching debate!
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Congratulations to St. Louis Park's Leah Shapiro for championing the 2013 West Des Moines Valley Mid-America Cup over Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue. The decision was a 2-1 for Leah (Legried, Hymson, *Melin). Leah is coached by Christian Tarsney and Charles McClung, and Andrew is coached by Aracelis Biel and Mark Gorthey.
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Congratulations to Apple Valley sophomores Prince Hyamang and Sophie Ober for closing out Minnesota's JV State Tournament. Prince and Sophie are coached by Chris Theis, Ed Hendrickson, Josh You and David Quinn.
In the Novice division Kiley Eichelberger a junior from Chanhassen defeated Edina Freshman Annie Amen in the final round to win the Novice State title. Congratulations to both debaters. Kiley is coached by Zach Prax
Congratulations to Cypress Woods' Xixiang "Shawn" Xiong for winning the 35th Isidore Newman Invitational! In finals, Shawn defeated Greenhill's Mitali Mathur on a 2-1 decision. Shawn is coached by Heath Martin and Jared Woods. Mitali is coached by Aaron Timmons and Rebecca Kuang. Isidore Newman is a semis bid to the Tournament of Champions.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley's Shreya Joshi for winning the 2022 John Edie Holiday Debates Hosted by the Blake School. In finals, Shreya defeated Isidore Newman's Elizabeth Elliott on a 3-0 (Colihan, Ogundare, Zaidi). Congratulations to Lexington's Aanya Ghosh for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Harker's Ansh Sheth and Prospect's Sophia Tian for co-championing the 2022 College Preparatory School Lincoln Douglas Debate Invitational. In semifinals, Ansh defeated Notre Dame San Jose's Anika Ganesh on a 3-0 (Krause, Krauss, Ye) and Sophia defeated BASIS Independent Silicon Valley's Shreyas Kaps on a 3-0 (Engel, Kymn, LeBarillec). Additional congratulations to Sophia for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Lake Highland Prep's Prateek Seela for winning the 2022 Strake Jesuit Tournament. In finals, Prateek defeated Southlake Carroll's Enya Pinjani on a 2-1 (Traxler*, Schwerdtfeger, Kurian). Congratulations to Dulles' Vishnu Nataraja for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to McNeil's Anshul Gulati and Little Rock Central's Michelle Gong for co-championing the 2022 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In semifinals, Anshul defeated Coppell's Hunniya Ahmad on a 3-0 (Berryhill, Fleming, Haber) and Michelle advanced over Harrison's Jessie Pein. Additional congratulations to Jessie for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Princeton's Amanda Sun for winning the 2022 Ridge Debates. In finals, Amanda defeated Lexington's Roger Li on a 3-0 (Lee, Purn, Towkaniuk). Congratulations to Stuyvesant's Henry Ji for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
The 2023 February Public Forum debate topic is Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good.
Congratulations to Westridge's Tanya Wei and Marlborough's Wyeth Renwick for co-championing the 2022 Alta Silver & Black Tournament. In semifinals, Tanya defeated Marlborough's Hope Lee on a 2-1 (Meza*, Zheng, Hanna) and Wyeth defeated Notre Dame San Jose's Anika Ganesh on a 3-0 (Meza, Zheng, Hanna). Additional congratulations to Anika for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Millburn's Selena Teng for winning the 2022 Princeton Classic. In finals, Selena defeated Montville's Sunay Hegde on a 3-0 (Hermacinski, Menon, Siegel). Congratulations to Harrison's Jessie Pein for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.