Debate - Asian - All Asians Semifinal 2008

All Buddhist orders should admit women.

NSU Bangalore vs. Lahore School of Economics.

Semifinal debate can be viewed or downloaded as a video podcast at

http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/allasiansemisbuddhism.m4v

Debate - Policy - Binghamton vs. Army - Middle East

Binghamton vs. Army

A debate held at the District 8 NDT Qualifier tournament held in Binghamton University between these two schools. Video made by David Register, University of Vermont. The topic is expanding USA constructive engagement of select Middle East nations

Debate - Policy - Rochester vs. Army - Middle East

A debate held at the District 8 NDT Qualifier tournament held in Binghamton University between these two schools. Video made by David Register, University of Vermont. The topic is expanding USA constructive engagement of select Middle East nations.

Lecture - BP Making Your Arguments More Persuasive

A lecture by Debbie Newman, England World Schools coach and former president of the Cambridge Union, given at the World Debate Institute 2008.

Lecture - BP Winning from First Government

A lecture by Debbie Newman, England World Schools coach and former president of the Cambridge Union, given at the World Debate Institute 2008.

World Debate Institute College Policy Final Round

The final round was won on a 3-0 decision:

[AFF] Zac Hartkopp (JCCC) & Derek Ziegler (Kansas State) defeat [NEG] Ben Dabiri(Oklahoma) & Jen Cox (Oklahoma).

Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its agricultural support, at least eliminating nearly all of the domestic subsidies, for biofuels, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, corn, cotton, dairy, fisheries, rice, soybeans, sugar and/or wheat.

Part One



Part Two

Debate - Policy - WDI Scholars Debate on Farm Subsidies

Featuring Lauren Sabino of Wake Forest and Brian Rubiae of Texas-Dallas on the affirmative, against Dylan Quigley of Kansas and Nick Watts of Oklahoma on the negative. The debate was about ending agricultural subsidies to CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations). Part 3 contains comments from Kansas State's Justin Green. Negative win.








Comments by Justin Green of Kansas State

Lecture - Short Intro to Argument & Refutation

A short and practical lecture on building arguments, supporting them and then refuting them, delivered by Alfred Snider at the 2008 World Universities Debating workshop at the World Debate Institute.

Debate - BP Allow Organ Sales

Demonstration debate held at the World Debate Institute Summer 2008 college WUDC camp beginning. This House would legalize the sale of organs by individual citizens. The debaters include trainers, students, experienced debaters and inexperienced debaters.

1st government Darius Niknamfard & Alfred Snider

2nd government Nicol Colston & Jarrad Baker

1st opposition Jacob Klein & Mandy Frank

2nd opposition Steve Llano & Debbie Newman

No vote was taken.

Debate - BP Security Cameras in City Centers

The super-intensive five-day WUDC training workshop held at the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont concluded on Friday. After eight rounds of debate during the week the scores were totaled and the top four teams were invited to a grand final round, and twenty attendees agreed to judge.

The four teams were: 1st government Emily Barkdoll & Ethan Backus of Vermont, 2nd government Joshua Miller & Mandy Frank of Vermont, 1st opposition Lee Richmond & Garret Valdez of Tennessee Tech, 2nd opposition Darius Niknamfard & Scott Crespo of Cornell. After totalling the ranks, it was Joshua Miller & Mandy Frank of Vermont with 53 points, and the next closest was Lee Richmond & Garrett Valdez of Tennessee Tech with 25.

The motion was: This House would put security cameras in the public places of city centers.

Lecture - Public Speaking, Debbie Newman

Presented by Debbie Newman, famous UK debater, at the World Debate Institute Summer 2008 college session. Includes her drill exercises that go with it.