Jayanne ForrestCongratulations 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 Preparatory and...
NSD PF first round of hires for summer 2021!
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 AzbelSam...
Rethinking Phil Debate: How to reinvent 2011 arguments and make them strategic in 2021 by Animesh Joshi
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 valuable...
Rethinking Phil debate: why it’s declining and why you should care by Animesh Joshi
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 section...
Harker’s Deven Shah champions Heart of Texas tournament!
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...
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...
