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.
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.
Congratulations to Strath Haven's Ava Manaker for winning the 2022 Nano Nagle Classic. In finals, Ava defeated Marlborough's Wyeth Renwick on a 3-0 (Chandra, Fleming, Krause). Congratulations to San Mateo's Yesh Rao for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Dulles' Vishnu Nataraja for winning the 2022 Valley Mid-America Cup. In finals, Vishnu defeated Academy of Classical Christian Studies' Jack Miller on a 3-0 (Agho-Otoghile, Namdhari, D'Antuono). Congratulations to Monta Vista's Keshav Rastogi for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
The 2022 November/December Public Form debate topic is Resolved: The United States’ strategy of Great Power Competition produces more benefits than harms.
A total of 694 coaches and 1,745 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 64% of the coach vote and 57% of the student vote.
The 2022 November/December Topic Lincoln-Douglas Debate topic is Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth.
A total of 690 coaches and 1,657 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 37% of the coach vote and 36% of the student vote.