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NSD Alumnus Zion Dixon champions the 2021 Tournament of Champions!

Congratulations to NSD alumnus Zion Dixon for championing the 2021 Tournament of Champions! Zion is also the first Black debater to do so in Lincoln-Douglas. Zion is a junior at Strake Jesuit College...

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Camp Public Forum

NSD PF first round of hires for summer 2021!

NSD PF is super excited to announce our first round of hires for this summer! Annabelle XingCaden DayEmily ShiGrace LuckettHattie BilsonIain LawKelly KongMalcolm DavisMarie LowryMatthew XingNeo CurrySam...

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas

Rethinking Phil Debate: How to reinvent 2011 arguments and make them strategic in 2021 by Animesh Joshi

In the last section of my two-part article, I discussed the decline of the “phil” style of debate in the LD meta. The previous article also explained some of the best parts of phil debate and why I think it’s...

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Rethinking Phil debate: why it’s declining and why you should care by Animesh Joshi

This article will analyze a recent trend in the debate meta: the decline of “phil” debate. In part 1, we’ll examine what “phil” debate roughly is and why debaters are employing it less often. To conclude the section...

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Tournament Results

Harker’s Deven Shah champions Heart of Texas tournament!

Congratulations to Harker’s Deven Shah for championing the Heart of Texas tournament at St. Mark’s! In finals, Deven defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-0 decision (Davidson, Nails, Park). Additional...

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Exeter’s Anya Tang champions the Milo Cup at Millard North!

Congratulations to Exeter’s Anya Tang for championing the Milo Cup at Millard North! In finals, Anya defeated Appleton North’s Mihir Uberoi on a 3-0 decision (Wheeler, Graves, Murray). Additional...

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Lexington’s Austin Li champions University of Pennsylvania tournament!

Congratulations to Lexington’s Austin Li for championing the 46th University of Pennsylvania Tournament. In finals Austin defeated Harrison’s Rebecca Anderson on a 3-0 decision (Leong, Wells, Hu). Additional...

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Harker’s Anshul Reddy champions Cal Invitational!

Congratulations to Harker’s Anshul Reddy for championing the Cal Invitational at UC Berkeley. In finals Anshul defeated Loyola’s Benjamin Cortez on a 3-0 decision (Wimsatt, Bellavita, Jackson). Additional...

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Harrison’s Ali Ahmad champions Harvard!

Congratulations to Harrison’s Ali Ahmad for championing the 47th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament. In finals Ali defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-2 decision (Kivimaki...

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas NSD Update Staff

Answering Ks with Katherine Fennell

Looking for introductory instruction or a review on responding to the K? NSD staff member and Philadelphia Assistant Co-Director Katherine Fennell utilizes a popular Kritik from the 2017-Jan/Feb Topic to illustrate a...

April 19, 2019

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A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic

A Statistical Study of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah Introduction Due to the strong interest in the September-October and November-December side-bias studies, a...

February 16, 2019

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A Strategic Response to Resource Disparity- Stephen Scopa

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Intentional and Functional Models of Judging by JP Stuckert

Intentional and Functional Models of Judging Within academic and public spheres, government officials are often conceptualized in two different ways. On the one hand, a functional approach to these officials regards...

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NSD Alumnus Zion Dixon champions the 2021 Tournament of Champions!

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