Note: this article was written about a month prior to the 2021 Tournament of Champions. A difficult question for the LD debate community is how a debater’s skill can be measured effectively. This article will...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Congratulations to Jackson’s Leila Hamdan for championing the Bethel Park Black Hawk invitational! In finals Leila defeated Shady Side’s Nichole Poltinnikov on a 4-1 decision (Dacheux, Droginske, Duckworth...
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for championing the 35th Annual Stanford Invitational! In finals, Samantha defeated Harrison’s Ali Ahmad on a 2-1 decision (Nails, Wancewicz, Mikkelsen*)...
Congratulations to Plano East’s Nevin Gera and Nathan Gong for co-championing the 2021 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational! Additional congratulations to Mcmillen’s Aadit Walia for top speaker! Full results...
NSD is pleased to announce our first round of faculty hires for summer 2021 sessions, and you can expect to see additional hiring rounds this month. We are excited to work with you this summer! If you haven’t...
Over the course of the 2019-2020 season, a pattern of negative side bias was statistically observed. More recently, online debate tournaments were found to have a negative side bias [1]. The relevant question now...
Congratulations to Lexington’s Brett Fortier for championing the 2021 Columbia University invitational! In finals, Brett defeated Harrison’s Mai Blaustein on a 3-0 decision (Ewing, Joshi, Wang). Additional...
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong for championing the 2021 Barkley Forum! In finals, Andrew defeated Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon. Additional congratulations to Zion for top speaker! Full...
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