Thank you for ratyfing us from DLSU

To the World Debate Community:

We are very much humbled by the trust you have bestowed upon us when you unanimously ratified our bid in Gaborone, Botswana.

We are immensely excited to host all of you here in manila!

With much gratitude,

The DLSU Worlds Organizing Committee.

Dino de Leon
Convenor, De La Salle Worlds

Claretiano.Lasalliano. Filipino.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico
Project Coordinator
De La Salle Worlds 2012

LSE Open (Call for Judges)‏

Would you like to judge great debates, enjoy amazing socials, and get lots of free food and alcohol?


Being an Open at which many experienced judges will be debating , the tournament requires a large number of volunteers to act as qualified external judges.

Looking at our tab, we are confident in predicting that this tournament will see some of the most competitive debates of the term. We are very dedicated to bringing in as many qualified judges as possible.

We are thus very grateful (a gratitude expressed largely in free liquor) for all those who will come out and judge.

Please contact us in advance, either on facebook, by joining the event "judging at the LSE Open" ( http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149897958397311&ref=ts)  of my emailing John.ashbourne (at) gmail.com or A.A.Kazi (at) LSE.ac.uk.

Looking forward to seeing you all in February,

John Ashbourne & Anser Aftab

MUN India‏

Dear Faculty Advisor and Students

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the long awaited “MUN India” has been finally launched. The website http://www.munindia.com/ is up and running!

MUN India promises to take MUNning and Debating to the next level. It is a one stop solution to all your MUN needs. It provides a centralized calendar for all MUN conferences happening across the country along with their details. It also helps organizers decide suitable dates for their conferences as it also has the exam schedules of major universities in the country.

MUN India also brings to you a one stop solution for finding MUNners. You can now search MUNners by the conference they have attended and by the countries they have represented and committees they have simulated. You can also now make your MUN resume and use it to apply for other Model UN Conferences.

MUN Reflect, another initiative of MUN India, is a semi-annual magazine dedicated to providing quality articles and resources for MUNers. The magazine aspires to publish articles by reputed and experienced MUNers that provide insight on conference preparation, organization and much more.

MUN India also brings to you a bunch of services. Starting from technical support for you conference, website, design to organizational consultancy, MUN India is dedicated to facilitating the organization of a quality conference.

Last but not the least MUN India offers comprehensive training programs and workshops for MUNners with the objective of providing quality training for MUNners so that the level of debate in conferences increases exponentially.

All this and more is offered by MUN India at http://www.munindia.com/. Log in now, and enjoy the tour!

To follow us on facebook log on to http://www.facebook.com/pages/MUN-India#!/pages/MUN-India/196486367032317

Cheers!

Gufran Pathan
Chief Executive Director
MUN India

Interesting post about presidential speaking style

The BBC website recently had an interesting article about the speaking style of president John F Kennedy.  The article was to mark the 50th anniversary of his inagural address. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12215248

It lists 6 key elements to JFK's style which made it so successful.

1. Contrasts

2. Three-part lists
3. Contrasts combined with lists
4. Alliteration
5. Bold imagery
6. Audience analysis

While it may not be possible or practical to apply all of this in your debating style it is worth a read.  It certainly may be more applicable if you are writing a prepared speech and have time to develop and build in such elements.

Eurasian Schools Debating Championship: The Break

This is the full break from the ESDC held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Singapore (7)
South Africa (7)
Greece C (6)
Prague British School (6)
Croatia 1 (6)
Romania 1 (6)
Malaysia (6)
UAE A (5)
Slovenia A (5)
UAE B (5)
Greece A (5)
USA B (5)
Slovakia (5)
Greece B (5)
Germany Black (5)
Sweden 2 (5)

Octo-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals are taking place on Sunday at Robert College, while the final's scheduled for Monday night, after the inaugural Eurasian Schools Council meeting.

LSE Open (Call for Judges)‏

Would you like to judge great debates, enjoy amazing socials, and get lots of free food and alcohol?


Being an Open at which many experienced judges will be debating , the tournament requires a large number of volunteers to act as qualified external judges.

Looking at our tab, we are confident in predicting that this tournament will see some of the most competitive debates of the term. We are very dedicated to bringing in as many qualified judges as possible.  We are thus very grateful (a gratitude expressed largely in free liquor) for all those who will come out and judge.

Please contact us in advance, either on facebook, by joining the event "judging at the LSE Open" ( http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149897958397311&ref=ts) of my emailing John.ashbourne (at) gmail.com or A.A.Kazi (at) LSE.ac.uk.

Looking forward to seeing you all in February,

John Ashbourne & Anser Aftab

Video of WUPID final

Videos of the Grand Final of GEMS WUPID 2010 (held just before Christmas) are now available on YouTube.  There was some discussion about the result on the post about the final so you can now view the final and decide if you agree with the adjudication.

You can view them at http://www.youtube.com/user/soulbear89 or find more information at http://thedebatingnews.wordpress.com/

USU 2011 Announces Adjudication Team‏

We received a huge number of high quality applications to serve as members of the CA team for this year's USU in Vermont. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for applying and for their patience while we finalized our line-up. We are delighted to announce that our team will be as follows:

Stephen Boyle - CA
Stephen was an accomplished debater who broke twice at Worlds, was a runner up and twice finalist of the Oxford IV, a winner of the Irish Times, the Yale and Hart House IV's and the Bristol Open and a Gold Medallist of the Literary and Historical Society in UCD. He has judged the finals of both Euros and USU and was a semi-final judge at this year's world championships. He will serve as a DCA of Belgrade Euros 2012 if they win their bid to host the competition.

Adam Goldstein - DCA
Adam was an incredibly successful debater both in the WUDC and American parliamentary format. In WUDC he has broken twice at Worlds, was the top speaker at the Oxford IV, a winner of the Cambridge IV and the top speaker at the Yale IV. In American Parliamentary, he won the North American Championships, the Harvard Tournament, and was Finalist or better at no less than thirteen other tournaments. Adam is also an immensely experienced judge, and served on the final panel of this year's main break at Worlds.

Anish Mitra - DCA
Anish has been one of the most consistent performers on the American debating circuits for some years. He is winner of five American Parliamentary tournaments, including the APDA national championships. He also has an incredibly impressive WUDC record, which includes reaching the Semis of Worlds, the finals of USU and the semis of the Oxford IV. He has served as judging director of the APDA national championships, and three times as judging director of the Stanford Tournament.

Mary Nugent - DCA
Mary is one of the most experienced debaters and judges from the IONA circuit. She is winner of the UCL Open, the London IV, Oxford Women's and the Cardiff IV. She had judged the finals of Worlds, the Cambridge IV, the LSE Open and several other competitions. Mary will be familiar to several US schools having been selected for the prestigious English Speaking Union tour of America last year.

Shamila Parmanand - DCA
Sharmila has an impressive pedigree as a speaker, having broken at Worlds, reached the final of Australs, having also been in the semi finals twice. She is a three times winner of the AUDC tournament and a winner of the Philippine national championships. She has since focused her attention on judging. She had judged the Worlds final, served as a DCA of both Australs and UADC and most recently was appointed CA of Worlds 2013 which will be held in Berlin.

Sam Natale - ACA
Sam will serve as assistant to the chief adjudicator, and will be responsible for liaising between the adjudication team and the org comm for the tournament. He is the most successful WUDC debater in UVM's history, having reached the final of WUPID and breaking at Worlds, as well as reaching the semi finals of USU, and being top speaker at over ten regional tournaments in the North East. He was an invited judge at the Chinese national championships and was a DCA at the BIND championship.


--
Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna
Edwin Lawrence Professor of Forensics, University of Vermont

De La Salle WUDC 2012: Feedback on DCA Applicants from Africa

Dear World Debating Community,

We are writing to open the feedback process for DCA applications for the Middle East and Africa debating region. Particularly because of the high quality of applicants, it is more important than ever that we receive as much feedback as possible on candidates. Feedback will form a very significant part of decisions about DCA appointments.

We encourage all members of the international debating community to give feedback on any candidates they have any familiarity with. This includes those who are themselves candidates. Unfortunately, anonymous feedback cannot be taken into account; this is simply to ensure we know each piece of feedback is from a separate unique individual. All feedback is, however, entirely confidential, and will be seen only by the Chief Adjudicators.

We are seeking feedback on all aspects of candidates’ ability to do the DCA job. As well as feedback about ‘how good’ candidates are, feedback on candidate’s particular strengths and weaknesses are valued, as they help build a good all-round team. All feedback should be sent to both sam.block@dlsuworlds.com and lucinda.david@dlsuworlds.com, and should include the word ‘Feedback’ in the subject-line. All feedback must be received by 1200 GMT on the 4^th of February.

The candidates are:

Kimera Chetty

Joe Roussos

Finally, if you believe you have applied to be a DCA but do not see yourself on the list above, please do get in touch.

Once again, please do send in your feedback; it will make a real difference to this process.

Many thanks,

Sam Block and Lucinda David

Chief Adjudicators

De La Salle WUDC 2012

McGill's Winter Carnival Results 2011

The 61st McGill annual Winter Carnival North American Invitational was held this weekend.  It was won by a Hybrid team of Brent Kettles & Joshua Seely-Harrington.

Champion: Hybrid (Brent Kettles/Joshua Sealy-Harrington)
Finalist: Hybrid (Monica Ferris/Stephen Boyle)
Semifinalist: Hybrid (Jake Liang/Sohpie Macintyre)
Semifinalist: Hart House (Sam Greene/Deirdre Casey)

Quarterfinalist: Alberta (Iain Ireland/Robert Lees-Miller)
Quarterfinalist: Hybrid (Andrew Monkhouse/Andrew Choat)
Quarterfinalist: Hybrid (Steve Penner/Romeo Maione)
Quarterfinalist: Hart House (Josh Stark/Louis Tsivilis)

Top Speaker: Stephen Boyle
Top Novice Speaker: Louis Tsivilis
Public Speech Champion: Nisha Patel

Update: Initially the post had the results of the final the wrong way around.  I've now fixed that.

2011 FLTRP Cup‏

The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP), organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 15th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 7-17, 2011 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.


To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit:

http://www.chinadebate.org/

Last year, the FLTRP Cup made a successful transition to the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition was critical to connecting Chinese universities to the world of international debating and required the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort. We had an outstanding group of adjudicators attend, including Jess Prince (Canada), Sam Greenland (Australia), Josh Martin (USA), Stephen Boyle (Ireland), Lars Duursma (the Netherlands), Uri Merhav (Israel), Loke Wing Fatt (Singapore), Filip Dobranic (Slovenia), Jason Rogers (Canada), Justice Motlhabani (Botswana) and Monica Ferris (Canada) just to name a few. To continue the progress made last year, we are even more committed to bringing qualified adjudicators to this year's tournament.

Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 15th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:

· Scheduled transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7)
· Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7-14)
· All meals while at the Convention Center (May 7-14)
· Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 14)
· Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 14-17)
· Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 15-16)
· Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 15-16)
· Transfers to airport on May 17

Additionally, we will offer partial air travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.

The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.

Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com or to fltrpcup@gmail.com.

Application Deadline Nears

HWS / IDEA Round Robin

April 7-9, 2011 (Debates begin April 8)

www.idebate.org/hwsroundrobin

Applications due January 31

- RR selections committee:

Eric Barnes

Neill Harvey-Smith

Sharmila Parmanand

- To apply, just e-mail your team’s “Debate CV” to barnes@hws.edu

2011 CA: Leela Koenig

Motions Committee:

Logan

Eric Barnes

Sam Block

Steve Hind

Steve Johnson

Leela Koenig

FEATURES OF THE ROUND ROBIN:

* 3 worlds breaking judges in every room
* Highest level of competition (on average) of any tournament
* Extraordinary food at every meal
* Excursions to Women’s Rights National Park & Niagara Falls
* Friday night wine tasting party
* Internationally renowned guest speakers
* Spectacular trophies, along with $1500 in cash prizes
* Combine with the US UDC (April 1-3, with free int’l reg & housing)

World Debating Rankings 2011

Here are the World University Debating Rankings for 2011 based on the results of the latest World University Debating Championships held in Botswana.

Rank Team Country Total


1 Sydney (Australia) 506

2 Oxford Union (England) 458

3 Yale (US) 394

4 Cambridge Union (England) 372

5 Monash (Australia) 358

6 Queensland (Australia) 358

7 University of Toronto (Hart House) (Canada) 295

8 Alberta (Canada) 291

9 Australian National University (ANU) (Australia) 287

10 Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) 268

11 Alaska (US) 266

12 Melbourne (Australia) 264

13 Colgate (US) 264

14 New South Wales Uni of (UNSW) (Australia) 257

15 St Andrews (Scotland) 256

16 Queens (Canada) 245

17 Princeton (US) 241

18 National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore) 236

19 Nanyang (NTU) (Singapore) 233

20 University College Dublin Lit & Hist (UCD L&H) (Ireland) 233

21 University College Dublin Law (UCD Law) (Ireland) 224

22 McGill (Canada) 223

23 Hong Kong University (HKU) (Hong Kong) 222

24 International Islamic Uni Malaysia (IIUM) (Malaysia) 212

25 University College Cork Philosophical (UCC Phil) (Ireland) 210

26 Harvard (US) 210

27 London School of Economics (LSE) (England) 206

28 La Verne (US) 204

29 Duke (US) 203

30 Stanford (US) 197

31 Victoria Wellington (New Zealand) 190

32 Bates College (US) 187

33 Macquarie (Australia) 186

34 Trinity College Dublin Historical (TCD Hist) (Ireland) 183

35 Claremont (US) 179

36 Trinity College Dublin Philosophical (TCD Phil) (Ireland) 179

37 NUI, Galway Lit & Deb (NUIG L&D) (Ireland) 171

38 National Law School of India (NLSIU) (India) 171

39 Vermont (US) 169

40 MARA, Uni Teknologi (Malaysia) 168

41 Hebrew (Israel) 166

42 Singapore Management University (SMU) (Singapore) 164

43 Swarthmore (US) 163

44 University College Cork Law Society (UCC Law) (Ireland) 158

45 Multimedia University Malaysia (MMU Voices) (Malaysia) 158

46 Cornell (US) 156

47 Durham (England) 156

48 British Columbia, University of (UBC) (Canada) 155

49 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (Hong Kong) 150

50 Brandeis (US) 149

51 De La Salle University - Manila (DLSU) (Philippines) 148

52 Universitas Indonesia (UI) (Indonesia) 143

53 Glasgow University Union (GUU) (Scotland) 136

54 Zagreb University (Croatia) 134

55 Manchester (England) 129

56 Amherst (US) 127

57 Auckland (New Zealand) 127

58 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) (Canada) 120

59 Lahore (LUMS) (Pakistan) 119

60 Portland (US) 119

61 Mahidol (Thailand) 118

62 Bristol (England) 117

63 UWI "Cave Hill" Barbados (West Indies) 116

64 Royal Holloway (England) 115

65 University of Dhaka, Institute of Business Admin (DU - IBA) (Bangladesh) 114

66 Ljubljana (Slovenia) 111

67 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (US) 111

68 International Christian University (ICU) (Japan) 107

69 Ewha Womans University (EDiS) (South Korea) 105

70 California State University (CSU) (US) 104

71 Fordham (US) 103

72 Witswatersrand (South Africa) 103

73 Nottingham (England) 103

74 Carleton (Canada) 101

75 Keio (Japan) 101

76 Middle Temple (England) 99

77 Rhodes (South Africa) 99

78 Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) (US) 99

79 Chulalongkorn (Thailand) 97

80 Jamaica, University of Technology (West Indies) 96

81 Loyola Marymount (US) 94

82 Macau, University of (Macau) 93

83 UWI "Mona" Jamacia (West Indies) 92

84 Helsinki (Finland) 92

85 Hong Kong UST (Hong Kong) 91

86 Cardiff (Wales) 91

87 University of Tokyo (Japan) 89

88 Brown (US) 88

89 Amsterdam (Bonaparte) (Netherlands) 88

90 Babes-Bolyai University Law Society (UBB/BBU) (Romania) 87

91 Leiden (Netherlands) 86

92 George Washington (GWU) (US) 83

93 New York University (NYU) (US) 82

94 Inner Temple (England) 82

95 Birmingham (England) 82

96 Hong Kong Polytechnic (HKPU) (Hong Kong) 80

97 Haifa (Israel) 80

98 Sydney, University of Technology (UTS) (Australia) 80

99 Chung Ang University (South Korea) 79

100 Calgary (Canada) 79

101 Belgrade (Serbia) 77

102 Boston (US) 76

103 Pacific, University of (Huawei) (US) 74

104 Seikei (Japan) 74

105 Middle East Technical University (METU) (Turkey) 72

106 Western Ontario (Canada) 71

107 Tel Aviv (TAU) (Israel) 71

108 St John's (US) 70

109 Assumption University (Thailand) 70

110 Zagreb University Law Society (Croatia) 69

111 Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS) (US) 69

112 Western Australia (UWA) (Australia) 68

113 York University (Canada) 68

114 Dalhousie (Canada) 67

115 Stuttgart (Germany) 66

116 Dublin City University (DCU) (Ireland) 63

117 Sciences Po Paris (France) 62

118 Koc (Turkey) 62

119 Higher School of Economics Moscow (HSE) (Russia) 62

120 University of Sciences Malaysia (Sains) (Malaysia) 62

121 King's College London (KCL) (England) 61

122 DAE (South Korea) 60

123 Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar (Qatar) 59

124 Korea University (South Korea) 59

125 Botswana, University of (Botswana) 58

126 University of Limerick Debating Union (UL DebU) (Ireland) 58

127 Seattle (US) 57

128 Kyung Hee (South Korea) 57

129 Kansai Gaidai Univ (KGU) (Japan) 57

130 SFS Qatar (Qatar) 55

131 Split (Croatia) 54

132 North South Dhaka (NSU) (Bangladesh) 53

133 University of Pennsylvania (US) 52

134 RRIS Hertzlia (Israel) 52

135 Pretoria (South Africa) 51

136 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald (Germany) 51

137 Ottawa (EDS) (Canada) 51

138 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (Qatar) 50

139 Malaya (Malaysia) 50

140 Tokyo Foreign (TUFS) (Japan) 50

141 Western Washington University (WWU) (US) 50

142 AUDAS Universidad Central de Venezuela UCV (Venezuela) 49

143 Moscow State University of Law (Russia) 49

144 Interdisciplinart Center Herzliya (IDC) (Israel) 49

145 Tsuda (Japan) 49

146 University of London Union (ULU) (England) 48

147 Stockholm School of Economica in Riga (SSE) (Latvia) 48

148 Cape Town (South Africa) 47

149 Yokohama City (YCU) (Japan) 47

150 Dilman, University of the Philippines (Philippines) 46

151 Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia) 45

152 Vassar College (US) 45

153 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) (Hong Kong) 45

154 Hanyang University (South Korea) 45

155 Yonsei University (South Korea) 45

156 Brac University (Bangladesh) 44

157 Waterloo (Canada) 43

158 Newcastle (England) 43

159 Sophia University (Japan) 42

160 Griffith University (Australia) 42

161 Oklahoma (US) 42

162 Queen Mary London (England) 42

163 Grove City College (US) 41

164 Berlin (Germany) 41

165 Aberdeen (Scotland) 41

166 Galatasaray (Turkey) 41

167 Deree (Greece) 41

168 Saskatchewan (Canada) 41

169 Aberystwyth (Wales) 40

170 Uni College London (England) 40

171 Manila, Uni Philippines (Philippines) 40

172 Colombo (Sri Lanka) 40

173 King´s Inn (Ireland) 39

174 Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia) 39

175 Lesotho, National University of (NUL) (Lesotho) 39

176 Beijing FSU (China) 38

177 Northwestern University (US) 38

178 Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore) 38

179 Manitoba (Canada) 37

180 Bina Nusantara University (Indonesia) 35

181 Islamic University of Technology (Bangladesh) 35

182 Rijeka (Croatia) 35

183 Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (KNTSU) (Ukraine) 35

184 Bucharest (Romania) 35

185 Johns Hopkins (US) 34

186 Osaka (Japan) 34

187 City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 33

188 Tokai University (Japan) 33

189 Malacca University (MU) (Malaysia) 32

190 Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) (Malaysia) 32

191 IU Bremen (IUB) (Germany) 32

192 Lincolns Inn (England) 31

193 Chicago (US) 31

194 Williams College (US) 30

195 Warwick (England) 29

196 CNA - Qatar (Qatar) 29

197 Columbia (US) 29

198 Tilbury (Germany) 29

199 Stellenbosch (South Africa) 28

200 Rochester (US) 28

201 Erasmus (Netherlands) 28

202 Wesleyan University (US) 28

203 Asia Pacific Uni College of Tech & Innovation (UCTI) (Malaysia) 27

204 Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) (Germany) 27

205 San Beda (Philippines) 27

206 Bonn (Germany) 27

207 Waseda (Japan) 26

208 BFSU (Romania) 26

209 Moscow State Technical University Bauman (MSTU) (Russia) 26

210 Santo Thomas (Philippines) 26

211 Macau Polytechnic Institute (Macau) 25

212 University of Namabia (Namabia) 25

213 Hitotsubashi University (Japan) 25

214 Bilkent (Turkey) 25

215 National University of Juridical Sciences (India) 25

216 Incheon (South Korea) 25

217 Potsdam, University of (Germany) 24

218 Texas A&M Qatar (Qatar) 23

219 Marianopolis (US) 23

220 Southern Illinois (US) 23

221 Guelph (Canada) 23

222 Louisiana (US) 23

223 Bogazici University (BOUN) (Turkey) 22

224 Bar Ilan University (BIU) (Israel) 22

225 St Gallen (Switzerland) 22

226 University of Vienna, Wirtschafts, Wien (Austria) 22

227 Tianjin University (China) 21

228 University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) 21

229 Indonesia Dikti (Indonesia) 20

230 Canterbury (New Zealand) 20

231 Central Missouri (US) 20

232 Khon Kaen University (KKU) (Thailand) 20

233 Saint Benilde (Philippines) 20

234 Thammasat (Thailand) 20

235 Yogyakarta State University (Indonesia) 19

236 Tokyo Women's Christian University (Japan) 19

237 University of Calabar (Nigeria) 18

238 Makrere University (Uganda) 18

239 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) London (England) 18

240 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUC) (Peru) 18

241 University Tun Hussein Malaysia (UTHM) (Malaysia) 17

242 IU Indonesia (Indonesia) 17

243 Limkokwing University of Creative Technology LKW (Malaysia) 16

244 University of Athens (Greece) 16

245 Tallinn (Estonia) 16

246 Yokohama Nat (Japan) 16

247 HSG (Germany) 15

248 Lyceum of the Philippines University (LyP) (Philippines) 15

249 Occidental (US) 15

250 Gutenberg University (Germany) 14

251 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay IITBDSM (India) 14

252 Free State, University of the (South Africa) 14

253 Edinburgh (Scotland) 14

254 Imperial College London (England) 14

255 Tartu (Estonia) 14

256 Vilnius (Lithuania) 14

257 William & Mary (US) 14

258 Lethbridge (Canada) 14

259 McMaster (Canada) 14

260 Bath (England) 13

261 Binus University (Indonesia) 13

262 RESID Cameroon (Cameroon) 13

263 Gujarat National Law University (India) 13

264 KDU College PJ Campus (Malaysia) 13

265 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) 13

266 Dawson College (Canada) 13

267 Qatar University (Qatar) 13

268 York UK (England) 13

269 Montana (US) 13

270 Diponegoro University (Indonesia) 12

271 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) 12

272 Groningen (Netherlands) 12

273 National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (Ukraine) 12

274 University of Kitakyushu (Japan) 12

275 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea) 12

276 Lewis & Clark (US) 12

277 Minnesota (US) 12

278 National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) (Australia) 12

279 Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID) (Singapore) 12

280 Tsinghua (China) 12

281 Bengurion University (Israel) 11

282 Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia) 11

283 The College of New Jersey (US) 11

284 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) (Bangladesh) 11

285 Beihang (China) 11

286 Mapua Institute of Technology (Philippines) 11

287 Universidad Del Pacifico (Peru) 11

288 Zagreb School of Economy and Management (SEM) (Croatia) 11

289 Muenster (Germany) 11

290 Smith (US) 11

291 Fudan University Shanghai (China) 11

292 KUiTTHO (Malaysia) 11

293 Kyoto (Japan) 11

294 Peking (China) 10

295 Putra Malaysia (Malaysia) 10

296 US Air Force University (US) 10

297 Griffith College (Ireland) 10

298 Hacettepe University (Turkey) 10

299 Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law (KhUML) (Ukraine) 10

300 Franklin & Marshall (US) 10

301 Oporto (Portugal) 10

302 Willamette (US) 10

303 Wuhan (China) 10

304 Botho College (Botswana) 9

305 Nanjing Normal University NNU (China) 9

306 Atma Jaya (Indonesia) 9

307 FAST National Uni of Computer & Emerging Sci (NUCES) (Pakistan) 9

308 Iraq Debate (Iraq) 9

309 UST Beijing (China) 9

310 Central Europe University (CEU) (Hungary) 9

311 Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) (China) 9

312 AMHK (Hong Kong) 9

313 Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan) 9

314 Nara Women's University (Japan) 9

315 UTM Mara Terengganu (Malaysia) 9

316 Foreign Affairs University (China) (China) 9

317 Ocean University of China (China) 9

318 South-Central University for Nationalities (US) 9

319 University of Pune - Fergusson (India) 8

320 Ahmad Dahlan University (Indonesia) 8

321 Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) (Indonesia) 8

322 Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages (Taiwan) 8

323 Dhaka University (Bangladesh) 7

324 University of Bengkulu (Indonesia) 7

325 Tokyo Metropolitan University TMU (Japan) 7

326 Winnipeg (Canada) 6

327 National University of Rwanda (Rwanda) 5


 
The details of points earned year by year can be found here


A few of things to note:
The rankings are by institution not college. (e.g. UCD L&H and UCD Law are separate). If you enter separately then you get ranked separately.

They are calculated by adding up the total team points scored by an institution at the World Debating Championships (e.g. if Limerick A score 15 and Limerick B score 14 the total for that institution is 29 for the year). This score is totalled for each of the last 5 years. The only exception is where an institution has hosted Worlds (e.g. Cork, Koc, UCD etc) within the last 5 years then their score from 6 years ago is added as they cannot compete in the year when they host.

If your team doesn't appear on the list it is because they didn't attend Worlds in the last 5 years.  I have considered adding other regional tournaments but there isn't a large enough BP format tournament in each region and it would skew the rankings for those regions who do have a major BP championship (e.g. Euros).
Where teams tied on the same total then the more recent results were weighted higher. (e.g. if two teams were tied on 10 points but one earned them in Botswana and the other in Koc then the team from Botswana ranks higher).

The score of every team counts. There have been complaints that the 8 teams Sydney sent to Vancouver pushes them up ahead of other teams. But the reality is they did send 8 teams. Worlds Council and the Org Comm allowed them send 8 teams. The rankings reflect what did happen not what people wish had happened.

The only exception is Yeditepe from the rankings. They were bottom of the list but it's not really to fair to them as they only debated 2 rounds at Cork before one speaker became seriously ill and they had to withdraw. 2 rounds really isn't enough for a ranking given some other teams are being measured from 45 rounds (9 rounds x 5 years). I think onw Worlds (i.e. 9 rounds) should be the minimum to earn a ranking.
There are various arguments about how I should calculate these. There have been requests to calculate these by average per team. To just take the result from the top team per institution. To include other tournaments. etc. I have looked at these and in each case the arguments are valid. However for me this method of ranking rewards every point a team gets. Statistical manipulation don't determine where the institution is ranked, the institution's speakers do. I think ranking by the total goes some way to recognising and rewarding the overall organisation of a society over a number of years rather than just the skill of one or two individuals. A college may not have a team good enough to break but they are organised well enough to send more teams to Worlds. The best institutions tend to do both and they are at the top of the rankings.

The rankings are unofficial and are just something I have published on this site for a number of years. There is talk of moving to an officially Worlds Council sanctioned ranking system. I welcome that and will work with council on this.

Please let me know if you spot any errors in the rankings.

Leeds to bid for EUDC 2012

Leeds have formally joined the race to host the European University Debating Championships in 2012.

More information will be available shortly on their website.  Their convenor is James Wood while the Chief adjudicator is Fred Cowell. DCAs include Catherine Murphy and Rob Honig.

Belgrade bids for EUDC 2012

Debaters of Europe!

It gives us phenomenal pleasure to announce the Belgrade bid to host EUDC in 2012.

We encourage you all to visit our website at www.eudc2012.org to find out all you need to know about our bid. We will be updating this page regularly, so please do check back. Also you can join our Facebook group here: http://on.fb.me/eudc2012 and follow us on Twitter here: @BelgradeEuros

We look forward to an exciting bidding process and please feel free to get in contact with any of the team if you have any questions, queries or comments.

All the best,

Art Ward

Prospective Chief Adjudicator

Belgrade EUDC 2012 Bid

NHSD competition Results

Results of the National Health Science Debates, held in the International Medical University, KL, Malaysia, from the 14th – 16th Jan, 2011.


PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:
ROUND ONE: THBT THE POPE SHOULD WEAR A CONDOM.
ROUND TWO: THBT BABY HATCHES ARE BAD.
ROUND THREE: THW COMPEL ALL DOCTORS TO REPORT SUSPECTED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE TO THE AUTHORITIES.
ROUND FOUR: THW ALLOW CITIZENS TO SELL THEIR OWN ORGANS.
ROUND FIVE: THW PUNISH PARENTS FOR THEIR OBESE CHILDREN.
SEMI-FINALS: THW OFFER ABORTION ON DEMAND.
GRAND FINALS: THW RID THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE BOMOH AND THE BIDAN.

(Note: “Bomoh”: A Traditional male Malay healer, usually well-respected in the community for his religious understanding and piety, who uses spiritual and traditional healing practices and may also be employed to exorcise evil spirits, lay ghosts to rest and find lost or stolen property.

“Bidan”: A village midwife, usually employing massage, traditional medicines and herbal remedies in her treatment of everything from childbirth and post-partum depression to sprained ankles and migraine)

The Grand Finals featured:
OG UCTI 1 who finished 4th
OO UiTM 2 who finished 2nd
CG IMU 2, who finished 1st, and…
CO UM 1. Who finished 3rd.

Congratulations to International Medical University for winning the championships – the only team of student doctors advancing to the final.

A cash prize was also awarded to the top three adjudicators, based on feedback from the debaters during the first four preliminary rounds.

First: Timothy (UCTI)
Second: Alexxx (MMU)
Third: Noel Meldan (KBM Malacca)

Inaugural Conference of the Malaysian Institute of Debate & Public Speaking 2011‏

Inaugural Conference of the Malaysian Institute of Debate & Public Speaking (MIDP) 2011


The newly formed Malaysian debate social enterprise, the Malaysian Institute of Debate & Public Speaking, headed by Iqbal Hafiedz and Adiba Shireen, held its first Conference for over 50 language lecturers and student affair officials from Malaysian tertiary institutions from both West and East Malaysia. It was held at the campus of the University of Technology MARA from 13th to 15th Jan 2011.

Entitled, "Managing In-Campus Student Communication Programmes", the 3-Day workshop aimed to give managerial and supervisory staff from the academic and administrative divisions of tertiary institutions the wherewithals of establishing public speaking and debating clubs, sustaining them and helping them to excel. The invited trainers delivered lectures on topics which ranged from how to start from ground zero in raising student awareness to the importance of communication skills, to specific details in planning a budget, a training programme, as well as student facilitation skills in dealing with the diverse range of student personalities within the club milieu.

The last day of the event allowed the participants to put together specific plans and targets for their respective tertiary institutions. This was done in groups where each member shared his/her problems and aspirations for implementing communication programmes within the campus. All the groups also made group presentations to the entire class and all the trainers.

The entire Conference ended with a well deserved formal dinner for the participants, trainers and organisers.

The trainers in this Conference were: Professor Piyanart from Chulalongkorn University, Latif from IIUM, Tate from MMU, Azrul from IIUM. Saiful from UPM, Omar Salahudin, Dr Chandran from UM and Loke Wing Fatt from SAID.

Many thanks to Hafiedz, Adiba, Shamma, Shaq, Stifler, and all the other staff of the MIDP for hosting such a ground making debate education programme.

I look forward to seeing many interesting and important courses from MIDP.

cheers,

Loke Wing Fatt
SAID

Rivera'11 invitation‏

We the members of debate society VIT, take immense pleasure in inviting you to our event NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE to be taking place as one of the biggest events of the International cultural and sports fest RIVIERA’11 .


The key points worthy of notice are:

1. Significance: for most of us debating is a passion for the other few debating is fighting for a cause... this conference is a platform for both!!!!

2. Date : 31st January 2011.

3. Venue: VIT University. Vellore.

4. The agenda: KASHMIR : focus being on the major debates of past and present.

5. The format: will be on the lines of a youth parliament with a few changes in the proceedings in the house only to enhance the quality of debate and to appreciate the difference of opinion. Please find an enclosed copy of the details of format with the mail.

6. The portfolios: will be allotted only after the last date of application i.e 23/01/2011.

The most exciting part being:
Cash prizes worth 35,000/- to be won!!!!

For application forms visit:
http://www.vitriviera.com/event/youthconf.php

we shall look forward to your eager participation!!!

with regards,

ABHAYA KULSHRESTHA,
9790104809
SECRETARY, DEBSOC
VIT UNIVERSITY.

Updating the rankings

Update: OK I'm down to just two that I don't know. LKW (I think they are from Malaysia but not sure) and Jersey.  I'll go ahead and prepare the rankings and if anyone can confirm LKW and Jersey please let me know.


As you may have noticed I've been offline for just over a week.  I'm back now and I'm working through a backlog of mails.  The key thing I need to complete is the 2011 World Rankings.  I have gone through the Botswana Tab and compiled an initial draft of the rankings.  However there are a number of teams I need more information about. 

If you can clarify who the below teams are and which country they are from please post a comment.

NAMIBIA  Which University/College in Namabia


VENEZUELA Which University/College in Venezuela

UMAC Who are they?

BOTSWANA Which University/College in Botswana

ZIMBABWE Which University/College in Zimbabwe

LKW Who are they?
LONDON Which University/College in London

IITBDSM Who are they?


RESID Who are they?


JERSEY Who are they?


NNU Who are they?


FERGUSSON Who are they?


TMU Who are they?


RWANDA Which University/College in Rwanda

News from US Universities Debating Championships

Lots to report...

Entries are now at 142 teams with 24 on the extra teams waiting list. It seems like we will really make our 200 team cap, so please enter now before you get shut out. Check the list to make sure you are there. If  you have judges that are not listed let us know. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu2011/Entries.html

Many global teams have contacted us and we are negotiating with them on visas and issues like housing and they are arranging funding for transportation. We will add them to the list when we can. We have already added Alberta, British Columbia, ILCS Morocco, Manila, Marianapolis, National University of Singapore, Queen's, Tshwane University of Technology, and University College Dublin.

We have considered the applications of the many DCAs and we have made decisions. We are contacting them now and will make an announcement later this week. Thank you so much for the impressive array of global talent that applied.

After our DCAs are announced we will be putting out a call for judges to add to our pool. Some subsidy will be available, rego waivers, housing and even limited travel sponsorship. Stand by for this. We will have an
announcement about those agreeing to attend to judge in about a month.

There is still time to apply to be part of the America's Cup Debates. This open field is attracting some of the best debaters in the world. Application deadline for one of the 16 spots is the end of January. Send
us your top 5 tournament finishes. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu2011/Americas_Cup.html

We are working on finalizing the budget for this large event. We are still seeking sponsors. Point us at any you know of and we are in discussions now.

More news to come!

Alfred Snider
Convener, US Universities Debating Championship 2011
http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu2011/
alfred.snider@uvm.edu

De La Salle Worlds 2nd Magazine Issue‏

The 2nd issue of the  De La Salle Worlds Magazine as been released and is available for download from http://www.dlsuworlds.com/

Pan Pacific Championship lodging and luau info‏

Aloha Pan Pacific Championship participants (and those just about to e-mail me with their registration),


A couple of announcements on lodging and socials… I know that many of you are booking your flights, hotels and cars as vacation packages but for those of you still looking to book hotel, you are eligible to receive special rates at the Maile Sky Court. If you have already booked outside of a vacation package, you may want to ask if there is an HPU discount.

Hotel:
Maile Sky Court--$69, while availability lasts, using the online promo code: GO HPU

Friday BP workshop for judges and debaters:
The workshop will be 1pm-2:30pm on the HPU downtown campus. Room TBA. Please let me know if you are planning on attending. This workshop will serve to introduce judges and debaters unfamiliar or new to this style of debate to common BP conventions. If enough debaters are present, we may have a truncated practice round.

Friday Night Social Options:
Germaine’s Luau:
On Friday night (Feb 18th) we have secured a special group rate for Germaine’s Luau http://www.germainesluau.com/.

· Adults (ages 21 and older): $55.00
· Juniors(ages 14-20): $50.00

These rates are in addition to the regular registration fees but include round trip transportation from Waikiki, an all-you-can eat buffet, three drink coupons for the adults (must be 21 years & older), unlimited soft drinks, an IMU ceremony and an exciting Polynesian show featuring a Samoan Fire Knife Dancer. You will need to be in Waikiki on Friday, Feb. 18th ready for pick-up at one of these two locations: Waikiki Gateway Hotel - 4:20PM (across from the Maile Sky Court on the West end of Waikiki strip); Queen Kapiolani Hotel - 4:45PM (right before Kapiolani park on the East end of the Waikiki strip).

Please confirm the number of people with names that will be attending and I will reserve the seats.

Venue in town:
When I have a better idea of how many of you are going to the luau or interested in a different social in Waikiki, I can set a location.

Mahalo!

Rose Helens-Hart
Director of Debate
Department of Communication
Hawaii Pacific University

De La Salle WUDC 2012: Call for DCA Applications from Middle East and Africa

Dear World Debating Community,

We are writing to open the application process for the Middle East and Africa DCA spot for De La Salle WUDC 2012. All interested parties most of whose international debating experience is in this region are strongly encouraged to apply. Application forms can be found at www.dlsuworlds.com, or requested by email from sam.block@dlsuworlds.com or lucinda.david@dlsuworlds.com, to both of which addresses the forms, accompanied by CVs should be sent.

The applications timetable will be as follows:

·         All applications due in: 1200 GMT, Monday the 24^th of January.

·         Feedback process opens: later on Monday the 24^th of January.

·         Feedback process closes: 1200 GMT, Friday the 4^th of February.

If you have any queries, or would like to talk about the position, please feel free to get in touch on the addresses above. We very much look forward to receiving applications, and to completing our adjudication team.

Many thanks,

Sam Block & Lucinda David

Chief Adjudicators

DLSU WUDC 2012

Past winners of the North American Debating Championships

2010-2011
Host: Fordham University

Winner: Yale University (Nate Blevins and Pam Brown)
Finalist. Yale University (Alyssa Bilinski and Kate Falkenstien)
Top Speaker: Kate Falkenstien (Yale University)

2009-2010
Host: York University
Winner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson)
Finalist: McGill University (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik)
Top Speaker: Richard Lizius (University of Toronto)

2008-2009
Host: Amherst College
Winner: Yale University (Grant May & Andrew Rohrbach)
Finalist. McGill University (Sophie MacIntyre & Saro Setrakian)
Top Speaker: Mark Samburg (Harvard University)

2007-2008
Host: Carleton University
Winner: University of Toronto (Jon Laxer & Jason Rogers)
Finalist: Harvard University (R. Kyle Bean & Mark Samburg)
Top Speaker: Josh Bone (Yale University)
Public Speaking Champion: Vinay Kumar Mysore (McGill University)

2006-2007
Host: Bates College
Winner: Yale University (Dylan Gadek & Matthew Wansley)
Finalist: University of British Columbia (Teddy Harrison & Ashish Sinha)
Top Speaker: Ian Freeman (Carleton University)

2005-2006
Host: Hart House, Toronto
Winner: Yale University (Matthew Wansley & Ben Eidelson)
Finalist: Queen's University (Laura Kusisto & Adam Lazier)
Top Speaker: Rory Gillis (Yale University)
Public Speaking Champion: Jason Rogers (McGill University)

2004-2005
Host: Cornell University
Winner: University of Toronto (Joanna Nairn & Melanie Tharamangalam)
Finalist: Harvard University (Fuad Faridi & Alexander Schwab)
Top Speaker: Rory Gillis (Yale University)

2003-2004
Host: Queens University
Winner: McGill (James "Ren" Renihan and Gordon Shotwell)
Finalist: MIT (Patrick Nichols and Adam Unikowsky)
Top Speaker: Greg Allen (University of British Columbia)
Top Public Speaker: Stuart Savelkoul (Dickinson State University)

2002-2003
Host: John Hopkin's University
Winner: MIT Phil Larochelle & Patrick Nichols
Finalist: Columbia University Maxim Mayer-Cesiano & Evan Mayo-Wilson
Top Speaker: New York University Emily Schleicher

2001-2002
Host: McGill
Winner: Hart House, Aaron Rousseau & Rory McKeown
Finalist: MIT, Shuman Ghosemajumder & Phil Larochelle
Top Speaker: Ranjan Agarwal, University of Ottawa EDS (English Debating Society)
Top Public Speaker: Aidan Johnson, Hart House

2000-2001
Host: Cornell University
Winner: Brandeis University (Adam Zirkin & Storey Clayton)
Finalist: Columbia University (Jeff Williams & Harry Layman)
Top Speaker: David Silverman (Princeton University )

1999-00
Host: Queen's University
Winner: University of Ottawa (Rob Silver & Casey Halladay)
Finalist: University of Ottawa (Scott Thurlow & Adam Jantunen)
Top Speaker: Casey Halladay (Ottawa)

1998-99
Host: Smith's College
Winner: University of Guelph (Nathan MacDonald & Averill Pessin)
Finalist: New York University (Peter Guirguis & Glen Whitman)
Top Speaker: Jason Goldman (Princeton University )

1997-98
Host: McGill University
Winner: University of Western Ontario (Rob Silver & Nathan MacDonald)
Finalist: Carleton University (Linda McMillan & Mike Peters)
Top Speaker: Casey Halladay (University of Ottawa Law)

1996-97
Host: John Hopkins University
Winner: Princeton University (Oleske & O’Murchada)
Finalist University of Pennsylvania (Stris & Rogers)
Top Speaker: John Oleske (Princeton)

1995-96
Host: Hart House, Toronto
Winner: McGill University (Springer & Cohen)
Finalist University of Guelph (Scala & Guirgis)
Top Speaker: Ron Guirgis (Guelph)

1994-95
Host: University of Pennsylvania
Winner: Swathmore College (Mallory & Potishman)
Finalist: Hart House, Toronto (O’Leary & McLuggage)
Top Speaker: Mike D’Abramo (Hart House, Toronto)

1993-94
Host: Sodales, Dalhousie University
Winner: Hart House, Toronto (Plaw & Cass)
Finalist: Princeton (Kern & Ricks)
Top Speaker: Avery Plaw (Hart House, Toronto)

1992-93
Host: Bates College
Winner: Hart House, Toronto (Meehan & Brent)
Finalist: Harvard (Kennedy & Friedman)
Top Speaker: Marc Givens (Queens University)

1991-92
Host: McGill University
Winner: Queens University (Alicia Maine & Marc Givens)
Finalist Harvard (Kennedy & Friedman)
Top Speaker: Ted Cruz (Princeton)

Initial Information on WUDC *en español*

With Colm's permission, I have asked contacts in Venezuela to provide as much information as possible for the Spanish language World Championships to be held in Caracas later this year. Much of the information thus far is of a 'this is how we generally do things' nature, and more details and final confirmation are to follow. Much will depend on the number of teams that apply for places, &c., but for now, here is what we have:


The tournament will run from July 25th - July 31st inclusive. 


Particpation fees are traditionally kept very low, if any at all are charged (of course, for a tournament of this nature they may be slightly higher than the norm) and no decision yet has been made on what fees if any would be applied to overseas institutions. 


Accommodation for debaters visiting Caracas from other parts of South America (principally Colombia and Peru) has in the past been arranged domestically - that is, debaters have stayed with members of Caracas University for the duration, participating in the home life. Of course, for this tournament, it will depend greatly on how many people are actually attending, but we can be sure that our Venezuelan hosts will make sure that people are comfortable and well looked-after when there. The usual socials programme and visits around the city will hopefully be offered as well (and having been lucky enough to meet with the Venezuelan debaters at IDAS for a few years, I can confirm that these guys know how to party!)


As people in Venezuela are currently returning after the Christmas break and a successful time at Botswana WUDC, more information will be forthcoming shortly, and we hope to release more details publicly after January 16th. Watch this space, and please support what is a very worthwhile and necessary venture for the development of debate globally.


Best wishes to all readers of the blog for the New Year.


G. Rhydian Morgan

Offline for a short time

I know that there are a number of emails and announcements waiting in my in box to be published to the blog. People have also asked when will I publish the 2011 version of my world rankings. Unfortunately due to unforeseen family commitments I have not been on line for the last few days. I will be back on line early next week and will catch up on the back log as quickly as possible.

Botswana Worlds Full Tab Online

The full tab is now online, on the front page of www.botswanaworlds.com 

You are all Champions!

Thank you everyone for your support.

Logan

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Video of WUDC final

Alfred "Tuna" Snider wins the race among those at the final to post a video of the debate online.  I know the team at idebate are also working on copies of the final plus the ESL and EFL finals and I'll post details of these once available.


Debate - WUDC - Invade Zimbabwe - WUDC 2012 Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

OG: Monash A
OO: Oxford A
CG: Sydney A
CO: London School of Economics A

Motion: This house would invade Zimbabwe

WUDC 2011 Summary of results

Here is a summary of the results for the 2011 World Universities Debating Championships.  We are still waiting for a video of the final and for the full tab to be released. I'll post these as soon as they are available.

The 2011 World Debating champions are Monash A (Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse)


World Debating Championships Finalists
Monash A (Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse) (OG)
Oxford A (Ben Woolgar & Hugh Burns) (OO)
Sydney A (Tim Mooney & Bronwyn Cowell) (CG)
LSE A (Anser Aftab & John Ashbourne) (CO)

Best Speakers
1 Victor Finkel (Monash A)
2 Tim Mooney (Sydney A)
3 Fiona Prowse (Monash A)
=4 Ben Woolgar (Oxford A)
=4 Bronwyn Cowell (Sydney A)
6 Doug Cochran (Cambridge A)
7 Patrick Caldwell (Sydney B)
8 Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (TCD Hist B)
9 Brent Kettles (Hart House A)
10 Stephanie Bell (Oxford C)

ESL
Winner of the English as a Second Language Competition: Champion: Haifa A

ESL Final
Ljubiljana A
UCTI A
Leiden B
Haifa A

ESL Best Speakers
1 Filip Dobranic (Ljublijana A)
2 Maya Cimmerman (Ljublijana A)
3 Rob Honig (Leiden B)
4 Michael Saliba (Stuttgart A)
5 Patrick Ehmann (Berlin A)

EFL
Winner of the English as a Foreign Language Competition: Tokyo B

EFL Final
Zagreb A
Belgrade B
Tokyo B
Venezuela A

ESL Best Speakers
1 Andreas Lazar (Stuttgart)
2 Simon Belak (Ljubljana C)
3 Riza Aryani (Universitas Indonesia)
4 Eldhianto Maulana Jusuf (Gadjah Mada)
5 Yunizar Adiputera (Gadjah Mada

Public Speaking
Winner of the Public Speaking competition: Crystal Thompson (Jamacia)
1st Runner up: Jack Gamble
2nd Runner up: Danny Blackman

Comedy
Winner of the Comedy Night: Wudi Wu (Queens)

Masters
Winner of the Masters competition: Scotland (Alex Just & UB McKaiser)

Masters Final
Ireland
USA
Scotland
England

Top 32 Teams
1 Monash A
2 Sydney A
3 Cambridge A
4 Oxford C
5 TCD Hist B
6 Oxford A
7 Hart House A
8 Cambridge B
9 Durham A
10 Monash C
11 Oxford D
12 Sydney D
13 Sydney C
14 Monash B
15 NUS A
16 Alaska D
17 Kings Inn A
18 ANU A
19 UCD Law A
20 Yale A
21 ANU B
22 Alaska B
23 Sydney B
24 LSE A
25 Oxford B
26 Melbourne A
27 UNSW A
28 Yale C
29 McGill A
30 Vermont B
31 Cambridge C
32 TCD Hist A

Motions:
Rd1: This house believes that national sporting teams should reflect the diversity of the national population
Rd2: This house believes that  all states have a right to nuclear weapons
Rd3: This house believes that governments should not provide benefits on the basis of marital status
Rd4: This house believes that central banks should set limits on government spending
Rd5: This wouse would prioritise asylum Seekers who have engaged in armed struggle against oppressive regimes
Rd6: This wouse would allow teachers unions the right to strike
Rd7: This wouse would require individuals to reveal their actual identity when communicating on the internet
Rd8: This house believes that the southern african development community (SADC) should pursue political union
Rd9: This house believes that social movements should use the courts rather than the legislature to advance social change
Octo: This wouse would buy countries votes in nternational organizations
Qtr: This house believes that courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race
Semi: This house opposes organised religion
Final: This wouse would invade Zimbabwe
EFL Semi: This house supports a one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
EFL Final: This wouse would give more votes to the poor
ESL Qtr: This house believes that domestic courts should try foreign nationals who commit war crimes abroad
ESL Semi: This wouse would prefer that the children of racial minorities be adopted by parents of that race
ESL Final: This house believes that the courts should break up consistently dominant political parties
Masters Rd1: This wouse would buy local
Masters Rd2: This house would buy blood diamonds
Masters Final: This house prefers a philosopher King to a tyrannical democracy

Worlds Council
The 2013 World Debating Championships were awarded to Berlin
Jens Fischer was elected as the new chair of council.
Steve Johnson was elected as Registrar
Simone Van Elk was elected as Secretary.

Next Manila WUDC 2012

So that's more or less it from Botswana for 2011 (yes I know other than tabs, videos of the finals and stuff but we'll get there in due course).

Next year it's De La Salle University in Manila.

Thanks to @stevellano @jozefthenu @philipjbarker @henrikmaedler and others for the twitter updates and to @idebate and @kuzevski for the livestream video.  A few glitches aside this was the year that Worlds entered the internet age of instant communication.  Well done guys.

Monash are World Debating Champions 2011

And the World Universities Debating Champions for 2011 are


Monash A (Victor Finkel and Fiona Prowse) by a unanimous decision

Congrats!


Source: @stevellano

Haifa win the ESL competition

Winners of the English as a Second Language at the 2011 World Universities Debating Championships are


Haifa A (Michael Shapira & Meir Yarom) on an 8-1 split decision


Source @stevellano on twitter

Tokyo win EFL

Winners of the English as a ForeignLanguage at the 2011 World Universities Debating Championships are


Tokyo B

Source @stevellano on twitter

Victor Finkel is the WUDC Best Speakers

The top 10 speakers at Worlds.  Missing full names but will fill them in later.

1 Victor Finkel (Monash A)
2 Tim Mooney (Sydney A)
3 Fiona Prowse (Monash A)
=4 Ben Woolgar (Oxford A)
=4 Bronwyn Cowell (Sydney A)
6 Doug Cochran(Cambridge A)
7 Patrick Caldwell (Sydney B)
8 Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (TCD Hist B)
9 Brent Kettles (Hart House A)
10 Stephanie Bell (Oxford C)

Source @stevellano

ESL top speakers

Top ESL speakers ar Worlds

1 Filip Dobranic (Ljublijana A)
2 Maya Cimmerman (Ljublijana A)
3 Rob Honig? (Leiden B)
4 Michael Saliba (Stuttgart A)
5 Patrick Ehmann (Berlin A)

Source #WUDC on Twitter

EFL top speakers

1 Andreas Lazar (Stuttgart)
2 Simon Belak (Ljubljana C)
3 Riza Aryani (bating Society Universitas Indonesia)
4 Eldhianto Maulana Jusuf (Gadjah Mada)
5Yunizar Adiputera (Gadjah Mada)

Source @stevellano

Scotland win Masters

Scotland (Alex Just & UB McKaiser ) have won the World Masters

source @stevellano

Crystal Thompson wins Public Speaking Championships

The 2011 World Public Speaking Champion is Crystal Thompson from Jamacia
1st Runner up Jack Gamble
2nd Runner up Danny Blackman

Source @stevellano on twitter.

Comedy Result

The winner of the Comedy Night is

Wudi Wu

Source @stevellano

Results announcement has begun

The announcement of results has begun so hopefully it won't be long until we know the winners.

But then again in Cork this process took over an hour as they killed time waiting for the judges to come back so you never know.....

Update: Apparently they announced they are ready to reveal the results so they sent on another musical act to build tension.

Final is over

The World Championships final has ended in Botswana.

Will let you know when there is a decision.

World Debating Championships Final

Positions:
Monash A (Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse) Opening Government
Oxford A (Ben Woolgar & Hugh Burns) Opening Opposition
Sydney A (Tim Mooney & Bronwyn Cowell) Closing Government
LSE A (Anser Aftab & John Ashbourne) Closing Opposition

Motion: This house would invade Zimbabwe

Best of luck to all

ESL Final

The motion for the ESL final is

This house believes that the courts should break up consistently dominant political parties

EFL Final motion and livestream update

The motion for the final of the EFL competition is:

This house would give more votes to the poor.

The final is being held at a military base (that's a first) with no internet access.  Therefore there won't be a live stream of the finals.  The idebate team are recording them and will upload as soon as possible after the finals.

World Debating Championships Finalists

The finalists in the 2011 WUDC are

Monash A (Victor Finkel & Fiona Prowse)
Sydney A (Tim Mooney & Bronwyn Cowell)
Oxford A (Ben Woolgar & Hugh Burns)
LSE A (Anser Aftab & John Ashbourne)

Congrats to all.  Thanks to various people on twitter for the teams and names.

Semi Final Videos

While we wait for the announcment of the finalists Mite Kuzevski and the team at idebate have uploaded the videos from the semis. They have broadcast throughout the tournament and have provided a super service. Well done guys.


Semi Final 1 LSE A vs Sydney D & Monash A vs Yale C





Semi Final 2 Sydney A v Cambridge A v Sydney B v Oxford A

Debating Alumni Linkedin group

While we are waiting for the finals now is a good time to remind all the Worlds Alumni of the linkedin group has been created for debating alumni set up by Ray D'Cruz.

If you would like to join the link is below.


http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3607103

WUDC 2011 semi final motion

The motion for the semi finals of the 2011 World Debating Championships is
This house opposes organised religion.

Live coverage of the rooms can be found at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc Sydney A v Cambridge A v Sydney B v Oxford A
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc1  LSE A vs Sydney D & Monash A vs Yale C

Worlds Day 8 Timetable

Timetable for Day 8 Monday Jan 3rd at the 2010 World Debating Championships

06:30 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 09:30 Draw for Semi finals
09:30 11:30 Semifinals
11:30 13:30 Lunch
13:30 14:30 Buses shuttle the participants to SSKB Auditorium
14:30 16:00 ESL Final (Formal Event)
16:00 16:30 Refreshments inhouse
16:30 18:00 EFL Final (Formal Event)
18:00 18:30 Refreshments inhouse
18:30 20:00 World Debating Championships Grand Final (Formal Event)
19:30 20:00 Buses shuttle participants to GICC
20:00 02:00 Grand Banquet Dinner. Award Ceremony. Botswana Worlds After Party. Live Entertainment
01:00 02:30 Buses shuttle participants back to UB. Last Bus Leaves at 02:30

Jens Fischer is the new chair of world debating council

Jens Fischer of Germany has been elected as chair of worlds council and committee for 2011.

Congrats to Jens. Knowing the guy for many years I an sure he will do a great job.

Semi finalists and ESL EFL finalists

Semi Finalists
Monash A
LSE A
Sydney A
Sydney B
Oxford A
Cambridge A
Sydney D
Yale C

ESL final
UCTI A
Haifa A
Leiden B
Ljublijana A

EFL final
Zagreb A
Venezuela
Belgrade B
Tokyo B

Masters Final and Semi Finalists announcement

The Masters final has just started in Botswana. 
The Finalists are Ireland, USA, Scotland and England

The motion for the final is:
This house prefers a philosopher king to a tyrannical democracy

I understand that the Semi finalists plus the ESL and EFL finalists will be announced after the Masters final is over.

Motions to expand the break defeated.

Just hearing that the three motions put to Council to expand the main break from 32 teams have all failed to pass. 

There was a simple majority but not the 2/3rds majority of Status A nations required to make such a significant constitutional change.

ESL & EFL Semi Finals

ESL This house would prefer that the children of racial minorities be adopted by parents of that race


ESL Semi 1: Stuttgart A v Leiden B v Ljubljana A v Ljubljana C
ESL Semi 2: Utmara B v Haifa A v Lahore A v UCTI A


EFL Motion: This house supports a one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

EFL Semi 1:  Dikti A v Venezuela B v Zagreb A v Venezuela A
EFL Semi 2: Belgrade B v Tokyo B v GajahMada A v Indonesia B

(Sorry for the delay in posting.  I was away for a couple of hours)

Qtr Final Motion

The Motion for the 2011 Qtr Finals of the World Debating Championships is:

THBT courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race

The Yale C Sydney D Oxford C McGill A is live on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc1 is also live with Monash B UNSW A, Oxford A Cambridge A

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc2 is also live with Sydney A, Sydney B, NUS A and Melbourne A

The Qtr Finalists

Monash A
Kings Inn A
Sydney A
NUS A
Cambridge A
Monash B
McGill A
Oxford C
Sydney D
Yale C
Oxford A
UNSW A
Sydney B
Melbourne A
LSE A
Cambridge B

ESL Qtr Final Motion

The ESL Qtr Final motion is

This house believes that domestic courts should try foreign nationals who commit war crimes abroad.

Due to a technical issue the ESL Qtrs won't be broadcast live.  However they are being recorded and will be uploaded later.

Octos finished ESL Qtrs next

The Octo Finals are over.  The Results will be announced at 14:30 local time (12:30 GMT)

Next are the ESL Qtr finals

WUDC 2011 Octo final motion

The motion for the Octo finals of the 2011 World Debating Championships is
This house would buy countries votes in international organisations.

Two rooms are being streamed live

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc
Oxford C Sydney C Yale A McGill A

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wudc2
Alaska D Oxford D Oxford A UNSW A

Worlds Day 7 Timetable

Timetable for Day 7 Sunday Jan 2nd at the 2010 World Debating Championships


06:30 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 09:00 Draw for Octos and ESL Quarters
09:00 10:30 Octofinals
10:30 12:00 ESL Quarter Finals
12:00 13:00 Lunch
12:30 Worlds Council (tbc)
13:00 13:30 Draw for Quarter finals,ESL Semis and EFL Semis
13:30 15:00 Quarter Finals
15:00 16:30 ESL Semi Finals
16:30 18:00 EFL Semi Finals
18:45 21:00 Dinner
20:00 24:00 Public Speaking. Comedy Night. Botswana Worlds Pool Tournament

Octo Finals to be streamed live

I understand that the idebate team are planning to stream some of the Octo finals live tomorrow.  Keep watching twitter and here for more info.