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.
Automatic Qualifier
Octafinals at the previous season's TOC
Octafinal Qualifier
Apple Valley (MN)Berkeley (CA)Bronx Science (NY)Emory (GA)Glenbrooks (IL)Greenhill (TX)Harvard (MA)Harvard-Westlake (CA)St. Mark’s (TX)Valley (IA)
Quarterfinals Qualifiers
Blake (MN)College Prep (CA)Florida Blue Key (FL)Grapevine (TX)Lexington (MA)Loyola (CA)Meadows (NV)Presentation (CA)Stanford (CA)Yale (CT)
Semifinals Qualifiers
Alta (UT)Durham Academy (NC)Golden Desert (NV)Holy Cross (LA)Isidore Newman (LA)Long Beach (CA)Newark (NJ)Notre Dame (CA)Peninsula (CA)Princeton (NJ)Scarsdale (NY)Strake Jesuit (TX)University of Houston (TX)University of Puget Sound (WA)University of Southern California (CA)University of Texas (TX)
Finals Qualifiers
Arizona State University (AZ)Bethel Park (PA)Colleyville Heritage (TX)Columbia (NY)Cypress Bay (FL)Dowling Catholic (IA)Heritage Hall (OK)Lewis & Clark (OR)Middleton (WI)Millard North (NE)Mullen High School (CO)Myers Park (NC)Ridge (NJ)Sunvitational (FL)University of Kentucky (KY)University of Pennsylvania (PA)Winston Churchill (TX)https://ci.uky.edu/UKDebate/ld-bid-tournaments-0
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS WHEN COMPETING WITH SAME PARTNERSHIP:
Octafinals at the previous season’s TOCOctafinals at the previous season’s NCFL National TournamentTop 14 at the previous season’s National Speech & Debate Association National Tournament
Octafinal Qualifiers
Apple Valley (MN)Arizona State (AZ)Berkeley (CA)Blake (MN)Bronx Science (NY)Emory (GA)Florida Blue Key (FL)Glenbrooks (IL)Harvard (MA)Princeton (NJ)Sunvitational at the University School (FL)Stanford (CA)University of Kentucky (KY)University of Pennsylvania (PA)Yale (CT)
Quarterfinal Qualifiers
Alta (UT)Bellaire (TX)Columbia (NY)Cypress Bay (FL)Dowling (IA)Durham Academy (NC)George Mason (VA)Golden Desert (NV)Grapevine (TX)James Logan (CA)La Costa Canyon (CA)Lexington (MA)Long Beach (CA)Millard North (NE)Myers Park (NC)Presentation HS (CA)
Semifinal Qualifiers
Bingham (UT)Carrollton (GA)Manchester Essex (MA)Middleton (WI)Milpitas (CA)Nova Titan (FL)Pennsburry (PA)Plano West (TX)Ridge (NJ)Santa Clara University (CA)Scarsdale (NY)University of Texas-Austin (TX)Valley (IA)Villiger- St. Joseph's (PA)
Finals Qualifiers
Beltway/Capitol Classic (MD)Bethel Park (PA)Cheyenne East (WY)Colleyville Heritage (TX)Evanston Township (IL)Georgetown (DC)George Washington (CO)The Hockaday School (TX)Holy Cross (LA)Isidore Newman (LA)Katy Taylor (TX)Lakeland (NY)Lewis and Clark (OR)Lincoln-Southwest (NE)Millard West (NE)Peninsula (CA)Puget Sound (WA)Puyallup/Pacific Lutheran (WA)SF Roosevelt (SD)Smoky Mountain (TN)St Andrew’s (MS)St James (AL)SWSDI (AZ)University of Houston Cougar Classic (TX)University of Michigan (MI)University of the Pacific (CA)Winston Churchill (TX)https://ci.uky.edu/UKDebate/gold-pf-bid-tournaments
Qualifying methods for 2019-20:
This division will feature teams that qualify through one of the following metrics (in order of priority):
- Those who reached the TOC Silver public forum octafinals in the previous year's TOC (fully qualified)
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International teams (fully qualified)
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Urban debate league teams with one Silver bid or demonstrated competitive success in their league (fully qualified)
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Those with one Gold bid (fully qualified)
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Those with two Silver bids (fully qualified)
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Those with one Silver bid (first come, first served, paid, having one silver bid does not fully qualify for the TOC and does not guarantee you a spot. It depends on total numbers and room availability.)
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Those with at least 600 NSDA points and at least 24 rounds of public forum during the year (first come, first served, paid, having NSDA poitns does not fully qualify for the TOC and does not guarantee you a spot. It depends on total numbers and room availability.)
If teams subsequently qualify for the Gold TOC division, their entry will simply be moved over and there will be no additional fees.Both TOC divisions will use the April PF resolution.
Double Octafinal Qualifier
Apple Valley (MN)Arizona State (AZ)Berkeley (CA)Blake (MN)Bronx Science (NY)Emory (GA)Florida Blue Key (FL)Glenbrooks (IL)Harvard (MA)Princeton (NJ)Sunvitational at the University School (FL)Stanford (CA)University of Kentucky (KY)University of Pennsylvania (PA)Yale (CT)
Octafinal Qualifier
Alta (UT)Bellaire (TX)Columbia (NY)Cypress Bay (FL)Dowling (IA)Durham Academy (NC)George Mason (VA)Golden Desert (NV)Grapevine (TX)James Logan (CA)La Costa Canyon (CA)Lexington (MA)Long Beach (CA)Millard North (NE)Myers Park (NC)Presentation HS (CA)
Quarterfinal Qualifier
Bingham (UT)Carrollton (GA)Manchester Essex (MA)Middleton (WI)Milpitas (CA)Nova Titan (FL)Pennsburry (PA)Plano West (TX)Ridge (NJ)Santa Clara University (CA)Scarsdale (NY)University of Texas-Austin (TX)Valley (IA)Villiger- St. Joseph's (PA)
Semifinal Qualifier
Beltway/Capitol Classic (MD)Bethel Park (PA)Cheyenne East (WY)Colleyville Heritage (TX)Evanston Township (IL)Georgetown (DC)George Washington (CO)The Hockaday School (TX)Holy Cross (LA)Isidore Newman (LA)Katy Taylor (TX)Lakeland (NY)Lewis and Clark (OR)Lincoln-Southwest (NE)Millard West (NE)Peninsula (CA)Puget Sound (WA)Puyallup/Pacific Lutheran (WA)SF Roosevelt (SD)Smoky Mountain (TN)St Andrew’s (MS)St James (AL)SWSDI (AZ)University of Houston Cougar Classic (TX)University of Michigan (MI)University of the Pacific (CA)Winston Churchill (TX)https://ci.uky.edu/UKDebate/silver-pf-bid-tournaments
The Community Equity Scholarship is up and running on the Victory Briefs camp website! The application is open from now until May 19, 2019 11:59 EST. Good luck!Find the scholarship here, or go to the VBI camp website, scroll to the bottom, and select scholarships.The Community Equity Scholarship is a recognition of students who have been dedicated and continue to dedicate their time and effort to promoting inclusion and diversity on their debate teams, their local circuits, and/or the national circuit. We believe it’s important to recognize the work done outside of debate rounds that is often behind the scenes.An independent panel will be choosing four recipients for this scholarship: two in Lincoln Douglas and two in Public Forum. Recipients will receive $1000 of financial aid that they can apply to any of our camp sessions. This award money can be combined with other needs-based financial aid because it is a separate amount of money being offered.Thank you,Victory Briefs
The Victory Briefs Institute is proud to announce that the Community Equity Scholarship is returning to our 2019 camp sessions.The Community Equity Scholarship is a recognition of students who have been dedicated and continue to dedicate their time and effort to promoting inclusion and diversity on their debate teams, their local circuits, and/or the national circuit. We believe it’s important to recognize the work done outside of debate rounds that is often behind the scenes.An independent panel will be choosing four recipients for this scholarship: two in Lincoln Douglas and two in Public Forum. Recipients will receive $1000 of financial aid that they can apply to any of our camp sessions. This award money can be combined with other needs-based financial aid because it is a separate amount of money being offered.The application will open in a few days and will close on May 19, 2019.Keep your eyes out for the application. We hope that you all are as excited for this as we are.Thank you,Victory Briefs
The 2019 NSDA National Tournament Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic is Resolved: Violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
The 2019 NSDA National Tournament Public Forum Topic is Resolved: The United States federal government should enforce antitrust regulations on technology giants.https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
Congratulations to St. Andrew's Episcopal School's Ishan Bhatt for winning the 2019 Tournament of Champions. In finals, Ishan defeated Harvard-Westlake's Jaya Nayar on a 2-1 decision (Gorthey, Murphy, Castillo*). Congratulations to Ishan for also being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.