Jayanne Forrest
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jackson’s Leila Hamdan champions Bethel Park Invitational!
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...
Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin champions Stanford Invitational!
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*)...
Plano East’s Nevin Gera and Nathan Gong co-champion Colleyville invitational!
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...
Summer 2021 Staff List!
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...
A Statistical Study of Side Bias on the 2021 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah
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...
Lexington’s Brett Fortier champions Columbia University Invitational!
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...
Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong champions the Barkley Forum!
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...
