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 St. Agnes' Ella Huang for winning the 2022 University of Houston Cougar Classic. In finals, Ella defeated Dulles' Vishnu Nataraja on a 2-1 (Tom*, Lea, Carbajal). Additional congratulations to Vishnu for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Justin Wen for winning the 2022 Florida Blue Key Tournament. In finals, Justin defeated American Heritage Broward's Spencer Swickle on a 5-0 (Chauhan, Han, Kodumuru, Kumar, Maan). Congratulations to Charlotte Latin's Evan Li for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Notre Dame San Jose's Anika Ganesh for winning the Meadows Invitational. In finals, Anika defeated Damien and St. Lucy’s Priory's Adam Mimou on a 2-1 (Quintana*, Safieddine, Cottrell). Congratulations to Marlborough's Maya Jen for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Justin Wen for winning the 2022 Heart of Texas Invitational hosted by St. Marks. In finals, Justin defeated Harker's Panav Gogte on a 3-0 (Sims, Bidwell, Ortega). Congratulations to Marlborough's Wyeth Renwick on being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
The November/December topic could become an unmitigated disaster. Some issues are apparent: the topic is vast given the tight November/December schedule, and teams beginning research are already experiencing the unique challenges of exploring literature on an international actor, where much of the high-quality research is not written in English.However, debaters will face a more significant problem: What does a topical affirmative look like?
Congratulations to Lake Highland Preparatory's Harris Layson for winning the 2022 New York City Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament. In finals, Harris defeated Harrison's Jessie Pein on a 3-2 (Kaukuntla*, Palmer*, Karavadi, Theiding, Wang). Congratulations to Lake Highland Preparatory's Prateek Seela on being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Greenhill's Adam Kesselman and Sarah Koshy for closing out the 2022 JW Patterson HS Invitational. In semifinals, Adam defeated Coppell's Hunniya Ahmad on a 3-0 (Gilbert, Glendinning, Snider), while Sarah defeated Little Rock Central's Michelle Gong on a 3-0 (Liyanage, Spencer, Wylie). Additional congratulations to Michelle for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Lexington's Jayden Bai and Strake Jesuit's Karan Shah for co-championing the 2022 Yale University Invitational. In semifinals, Jayden defeated Harrison's Jessie Pein on a 2-1 decision (Forrest*, Council, Colicchio), while Karan defeated San Mateo's Yesh Rao on a 2-1 decision (Lenihan*, Li, Maan). Additional congratulations to Karan for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.