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...
Strake Jesuit’s Joseph Georges champions Golden Desert!
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Joseph Georges for championing the 2021 Golden Desert debate tournament at UNLV! In finals, Joseph defeated Harker’s Andy Lee on a 3-0 decision (Boelkens, Sidley, Reese)...
A Statistical Analysis of the Impact of the Transition to Online Tournaments in Lincoln-Douglas Debate by Sachin Shah
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way Lincoln-Douglas tournaments operate. Instead of traveling to in-person tournaments, prepping in school cafeterias, or packing into elimination rooms, students...
Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann champions Peninsula invitational!
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for championing the 2021 Peninsula invitational! In finals, Ben defeated Sequoia’s Alyssa Sawyer on a 3-0 decision (Ratnasabapathy, Park, Nails). Additional...
Strake Jesuit’s Joseph Georges and Zion Dixon co-champion Lexington Winter Invitational!
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Joseph Georges and Zion Dixon for co-championing the 2021 Lexington Winter invitational! Additional congratulations to Harrison’s Giovanni Cutri for top speaker! Full...
Northland Christian’s Lilly Broussard champions Cavalier Invitational!
Congratulations to Northland Christian’s Lilly Broussard for championing the 2021 Cavalier Invitational at Durham Academy! In finals, Lilly defeated Myers Park’s Elias Altman on a 2-1 decision (Dombcik...
Harker’s Akshay Manglik champions Harvard-Westlake debates!
Congratulations to Harker high school’s Akshay Manglik for championing the 2021 Harvard-Westlake debates. In finals, Akshay defeated Greenhill high school’s Krutin Devesh on a 2-1 decision (Michael, Engel...
