Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Matthew Paul for championing the 2019 USC Damus Spring Trojan Championships. In finals, Matthew defeated Crescenta Valley’s Asher Towner on a 2-1 decision (Robbie*, Kuffour, Rosenthal). Additional congratulations to Immaculate Heart’s Madeleine Conrad-Mogin for top speaker. Full results can be viewed...
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Congratulations to Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Andrew Garber for championing the 45th Harvard National Forensics Tournament. In finals, Andrew defeated St. Andrew Episcopal’s Ishan Bhatt on a 2-1 decision (Kukreja*, Ryan, Singh). Additional congratulations to West Des Moines Valley’s Animesh Joshi for top speaker. Full results can be viewed...
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Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Vishan Chaudhary for championing the 2019 Berkeley Invitational. In finals, Vishan defeated Immaculate Heart’s Lena Mizrahi. Additional congratulations to Mountain View’s Varun Paranjpe on top speaker. Full results can be viewed...
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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 subsequent analysis of the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas topic is merited to ascertain if the pattern of negative side bias continues to hold. Not only will this study avoid the potential technical pitfalls with statistical studies as outlined in the previous side-bias articles, it will utilize an additional new metric to account for debater skill disparities. 2019 January-February Side-Bias Analysis Affirmative and negative ballots were gathered via tabroom.com from 18...
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Congratulations to West Broward’s Ethan Massa for championing the 2019 Harvard Round Robin. In finals, Ethan defeated St. Andrew Episcopal’s Ishan Bhatt on a 3-0 decision (Caldera, Ryan, O’Connor). Full pairing and results can be viewed...
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