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 Harrison's Eli Lapkin and Ethan Voskoff for closing out the 44th University of Pennsylvania Tournament. Congratulations to Millburn's Arthur Wayne for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to VBI alums Avalon Dalesandro & Francesca Lupi of Campbell Hall for winning the 2019 Stanford Invitational. In finals, Campbell Hall defeated Nate Mayor & Sukhm Kang of University School on a 2-1 decision (Mitalipov, Varma, Shurtz*).The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:Archbishop Mitty VKCampbell Hall DLCapitol BCCranbrook KLDougherty Valley JKFairmont Prep BAFairmont Prep ORGunn KBHawken LGLake Mary Prep HMMission San Jose KMUniversity GPUniversity KYUniversity KDUniversity MKValley International Prep LBDarya Kaviani of Archbishop Mitty is this year's Top Speaker.Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Sukesh Ram & David Parau of BASIS Peoria for winning the 2019 Golden Desert Tournament at UNLV. In finals, BASIS Peoria defeated Gabe Grodan & Daniel Timor of Valley International Prep on a 2-1 decision (Fagan, Beckett, Lamsal*).The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:BASIS Peoria RPBrophy SKCypress Bay NSDougherty Valley SKFairmont Prep KHMillard North NSSaratoga SPValley International Prep GTFairmont Prep BA* (ghost)Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Dougherty Valley High School's Kabir Dubey for winning the 2019 Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV. In finals, Kabir defeated Quarry Lane's Saianurag Karavadi on a 3-0 decision (Stidham, Flores, Clark-Villanueva). Congratulations to Sai for also being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Greenhill's Mihir Rai for winning the 2019 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational. In finals, Mihir defeated George Ranch's Mohammad Sheikh on a 2-1 decision (Melin, Riberia, Gilbert*). Congratulations to Mihir for also being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
The 2019 March April Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic is Resolved: The illegal use of drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
The 2019 March Public Forum Debate Topic is Resolved: The United States should promote the development of market rate housing in urban neighborhoods.https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
Congratulations to Greenhill's Anna Myers for winning the 2019 Barkley Forum Invitational. In finals, Anna defeated St. Andrew's Episcopal's Ishan Bhatt.Full results and pairings can be found here.