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Congratulations to all those who bid at Yale and Greenhill; and further, to Ryan, Danielle, Jaya, William, Alan, and Sebastian for the back to back quals!   2 Bids Ryan Younger- Brentwood (Loyola, Greenhill) Danielle Dosch- Immaculate Heart (Loyola, Greenhill) Jaya Nayar- Harvard-Westlake (Loyola, Greenhill) William Coltzer- Winston Churchill (Grapevine, …

Check out NSD Briefs by clicking here! NSD is pleased to announce an exciting new debate briefs project. NSD’s briefs are a bit different than the ones with which you are probably familiar. Unlike other briefs, NSD’s briefs aim to give you resources and knowledge to help you win debates …

82 have qualified to the TOC. 52 have 1 bid. Congratulations to Alexandra for qualifying to the TOC! This concludes the regular season. Congratulations to Harrison’s Raffi Piliero and Peninsula’s Jonas Le Barillec for being the individual bid leaders for the 2016-2017!   Congratulations as well to Harvard-Westlake for being the Team Bid …

NSD is excited to announce its new podcast series, NSD Classes! The National Symposium for Debate is foremost a collective of educators, and we’re excited to provide NSD Classes as a free educational resource. Hosted by Wesley Hu, in each NSD Class, one of our instructors will teach a debate concept …

Woodward Academy in Atlanta is hosting our 30th annual First and Second Year National Championships on March 17-19. We offer First Year LD, Second Year LD, First Year Policy, and Second Year Policy. Our goal is to offer excellent LD and policy debates for our young students while maintaining the …

Each year, PFers around the country argue about who is truly the best speaker in the country. To contribute to this conversation, we have created an objective metric to rank individual debaters. The way it works is simple. At an octas bid tournament, the top speaker earns 20 points and …

In Structural Abuse, Substantive Advantages Part 2, Salim takes his argument into direct clash with Overing’s.  3.1 Recap Legitimate theory indicts abuse, not strategy. This raises the question: what’s the difference? The Burdens View claims that structural abuse – that is, real abuse – consists in establishing more winning conditions …

I thank Martin Sigalow and Chris Kymn for their helpful input for this article. 1. Intro Is theory just whining? Certainly, some theory arguments sound like whining; after all, some debaters claim that it is abusive to answer the affirmative’s framework because that makes it harder for them to win. …

Congratulations to Palo Alto’s Frances Zhuang and Brentwood’s Kiley McKay for making it to the final round of the 2017 UPS Tournament. In lieu of a final round, Frances was declares the champion. Congratulations to both!   Quarterfinals (1) Palo Alto FZ def. (9) Interlake RM (Richie Ma) (10) Kamiak …

Congratulations to Lake Travis’ Katya Ehresman for winning the 2017 Winston Churchill Classic. In finals, Katya defeated Westwood’s Jugal Amodwala on a 3-0 decision (Patel, Barraza, Mills). Congratulations to North Crowley’s Logan Reed for being top speaker.  

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Richard Cook and Cedar Park’s Morgan Grosch for making it to the final round of the 2017 University of Houston Tournament. Doubles (1) Cedar Park MG def. (32) Woodlands DY (2) Earl Warren NO def. (31) Strake Jesuit DT (3) Strake Jesuit RC def. (30) Klein …

Congratulations to Harrison’s Raffi Piliero and Lexington’s Kaushal Balagurusamy for making it to the final round of the 2017 Newark Tournament. In lieu of a final round due to scheduling, Raffi was declared the champion. Congratulations to both! Raffi was also the top speaker. He is coached by Bennett Eckert …

Congratulations to Dulles’ Ashish Wadhwani and Success Academy’s Sekou Cisse for making it to the final round of the 2016 Newark Round Robin. On a 5-0 decision, Sekou was declared the champion. Congratulations again to both! Congratulations as well to Newark Science’s Brianna Aaron, who was the top speaker.   …

Congratulations to Harrison’s Lauren Cole and Newark Science’s David Asafu-Adjaye for making it to the final round of the 2016 Ridge Debates. In a delayed final round, Lauren was declared the champion. Congratulations to both! Lauren is coached by Chetan Hertzig and Bennett Eckert. Stuyvesant’s Pacy Yan was the top …

Many LDers believe that the activity improves with time. The conventional wisdom goes something like this: All else equal, a true argument beats out a false argument in round. Debaters copy and comply with good norms since it’s easier to win theory and K debates when you’re on the right …