Lincoln Douglas Tournament Results

Santa Monica’s Rex Evans and William G. Enloe’s Tej Gedela Co-Champion Stanford

Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans and William G. Enloe’s Tej Gedela for championing the 2020 Stanford Invitational. In semifinals they defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong on a 3...

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas

A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2020 January-February Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah

Over the course of the 2018-2019 season, a pattern of negative side-bias was statistically observed across that year’s topics. The 2020 January-February topic provides an opportunity to ascertain if the...

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Lincoln Douglas Tournament Results

Southlake Carroll’s Tarun Ratnasabapathy Champions Colleyville

Congratulations to Southlake Carroll’s Tarun Ratnasabapathy for championing the 2020 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational. In finals, Tarun defeated Cypress Woods’ Angela Zhong on a 3-0...

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NSD Poll 10/15

Check out our latest poll on Facebook! Which side bias are you expecting on this new Nov/Dec topic?Vote “AFF” or “NEG” and Comment “Neither/None” or why! Also, Check out our page for...

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Unsung Hero folder

We are sharing all these dope authors and texts with you, we want to make sure that you can access most of them too! Click the link below to access our Unsung Hero Google Drive folder! It will be updated every week with...

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Unsung Hero: Mari Ruti

Mari Ruti is a professor of critical theory and of gender and sexuality studies. She is a contemporary critical theorist, heavily influenced by Jacques Lacan, interested in the relationships between critical theory and...

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NSD Poll 10/8

Check out Facebook for our latest poll! Do you have a hard time balancing schoolwork and debate? Vote “Yes/Kinda” or “No/Not really” and comment some tips for balancing the workload! Check out...

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Unsung Hero: Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau

This week’s unsung hero is a pair: Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau. Together in their book Hegemony in Socialist Strategy, Mouffe and Laclau make a radical take on deliberative democracy. They are a very leftist...

5 months ago

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NSDeep September

Thank you for all the submissions to NSDeep for this month! We are really kicking off the season with some spicy submissions. Here are our top 3 responses: What can I do to help build/hype up my friends who are smart...

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NSD Poll 10/1

Check out Facebook for this week’s poll!

Do you like the new November/December topic?Resolved: The United States ought to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels.

Vote “yes or no” then comment why/why not!

5 months ago

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NSD Poll and NSDeep reminder

Check out this week’s poll on Facebook! Would you rather Affirm or Negate in front of a lay judge on this topic? Vote “Affirm/Negate” and comment why! Also, don’t forget to submit your advice...

5 months ago

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Crescenta Valley’s Asher Towner Champions Jack Howe at CSU Longbeach

Congratulations to Crescenta Valley’s Asher Towner for championing the 2019 Jack Howe Memorial Tournament at CSU Longbeach. In finals, Asher defeated Archbishop Mitty’s Joanne Park on a 3-0 decision (Le...

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Unsung Hero: Wendy Brown

This week’s Unsung Hero is Wendy Brown. She makes a meta-commentary on the place of critical theory in politics. Wendy Brown, 2016 To quote her alma mater and current university: Professor Brown’s fields of...

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NSD Poll 9/17

Check out our new poll on Facebook! Do you have a music playlist for debate tournaments? Vote Yes/No and maybe: drop the playlist link in the comments? Check back next week for the results. Also check out last...

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Unsung Hero: Vinay Harpalani

Today’s Unsung Hero is Vinay Harpalani! Associate Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law Vinay Harpalani teaches courses in constitutional law, civil rights, civil procedure, and employment...

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Poll 9/10

Check out Facebook and vote for our latest poll!

Which side holds the side bias on this topic? Comment why/why notCheck back next week for the results!

5 months ago

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New Series: Unsung Hero!

We promised that NSD Breezy would be introducing some fresh/fun content and one of those new things starts today. Introducing: Unsung Hero, a series featuring weekly posts about Authors/Literature that is very...

6 months ago

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NSD Breezy is back! + Poll

Hey!! It’s been a while. Summer was awesome and we hoped you enjoyed it as much as we did. NSD BREEZY is back! For those new to this page and to the social life of NSD, NSD Breezy is a bunch of fun content keeping...

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