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Princeton, NJ- Congratulations to Harrison’s Raffi Piliero and Scarsdale’s Zoe Ewing for making it to the final round of the 2016 Princeton Classic. On a 3-0 decision, Raffi was declared the champion. Congratulations to both! Raffi is coached by Chetan Hertzig and Bennett Eckert. Zoe is coached by Mark Gorthey, …

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2017 Jan/Feb Resolved: Public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.   Love it? Hate it? Let us know below!

Evanston, IL- Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Evan Engel and Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Oliver Sussman on making it to finals of the 2016 Glenbrooks. On a 2-1 decision (Paul Zhou, Hertzig, *Taylor), Evan was declared the champion. Congratulations to both! Oliver is coached by Bob Overing.   Doubles (32) Strake …

Congratulations to Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Oliver Sussman and Harrison’s Raffi Piliero for making it to the final round of the 2016 Apple Valley Round Robin! On a 3-2 decision (Student Vote, Gorski, Smith, *Lumpee, *Murphy), Oliver was declared the champion. Congrats to both! Oliver is coached by Bob Overing. …

Congratulations to Peninsula’s Ishan Gaur and Jonas Le Barillec for closing out  the 2016 Damus Hollywood Invitational! Peninsula is coached by Scott Wheeler, Varad Agarwala, Arjun Tambe, and Akhil Jalan. Loyola’s Douglas Wickham was Top Speaker. Loyola is coached by Michael Overing, John Scoggin, Ashan Peiris, James Zucker, and Adam Bistagne.   …

Congratulations to Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Oliver Sussman and Greenhill’s Shruthi Krishnan for making it to the finals of the 2016 Minneapple. On a 3-0 decision (Taylor, You, Lawrence Zhou), Oliver was declared the champion. Congrats to both! Oliver is coached by Bob Overing. Shruthi is coached by Aaron Timmons …

Las Vegas, NV – Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Indu Pandey and Peninsula’s Jonas Le Barillec for making it to finals of the the 2016 Meadows Invitational. In the final round, Indu defeated Jonas on a 2-1 decision (Inglet, Bond, Letak*). Congratulations to both!

Gainesville, FL- Congratulations to Lake Highland’s Hannah Koegler and Pembroke Pines’ Jordan Farenham for making it to finals of the Blue Key Round Robin. In lieu of a final round, both debaters opted to be co-champions. Congratulations to both!

Gainesville, FL- Congratulations to American Heritage’s David Min and Pembroke Pine’s Steven Scopa for making it to finals of Blue Key On a 2-1 decision (Sigalow*, D. McNamara, Montecalvo), David was declared the victor. Congratulations to both!

This is episode 3 of Hutt Up or Shut Up starring Sam Azbel and Paul Zhou! Joined by guests Terrence Lonam, Associate Director of the National Symposium for Debate, and Ben Koh, Director of NSD Northeast, they discuss the 2016 Nov/Dec Topic: The United States ought to limit qualified immunity …

New Orleans, LA- Congratulations to Cypress Woods’ Lucas Clarke and Cedar Park’s Macalah Thomas for making it to finals of Holy Cross. On a 5-0 decision (Fahey, Hampton, Murphy, Randall, Smith), Lucas was declared the victor. Congratulations to both! Octos: (1) John Augilard LC def. (16) HW JC (Julia Cosgrove) …

Resolved: The United States ought to limit qualified immunity for police officers. Next week- Hutt Up or Shut Up will be doing a Topic Analysis with the Associate Director of NSD, Terrence Lonam, and the Director of NSD Northeast, Ben Koh. Comment your questions below! They may be answered next …

This is episode 2 of Hutt Up or Shut Up starring Sam Azbel and Paul Zhou! Joined by guests and NSD Top Lab Teachers Shivane Sabharwal and Sean McCormick, they discuss the judge as an educator, what ought debate look like, Sam’s stellar debate career, and how to make rounds …

Des Moines, IA- Congratulations to Hunter College’s Nina Potischman and Oakwood’s Jack Wareham for making it to the final round of the 2016 Mid-America Cup. Jack and Nina were declared Co-Champions. This is the second time that Nina has won Valley. Nina is coached by Danny Li, Varun Bhave, and …

This is NSD Update’s Head to Head! Two people will argue back and forth on a controversial debate topic. They are presented with word restrictions and limits on time for when they must submit their responses. The winner will be declared upon the posting of the next “Head to Head.” …