Debate - BP - Make Military Drones War Crimes - West Conn Finals

Debate - BP - Make Military Drones War Crimes - West Conn Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

The final round was on the motion - This House would make the use of unmanned military attack vehicles a war crime.

OG St. John's SJ
OO Cornell LC
CG Vermont DH
CO Rochester KL

Jeff Cedarfield of Cape Cod, David Gruber of Bard and Wynn Wilcox of Western Connecticut were the judges.

The unanimous winner is - Vermont, Tom Dionesotes & Allison Hamlin

Second place is - Rochester KL

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Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger and Company Part 3

Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger and Company Part 3 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a discussion program that was made in 1992 featuring some of the most successful coaches of American policy debate.

The panelists are:
James J. Unger, American University (chair)
William Southworth, University of Redlands
Joel Rollins, University of Texas
Dallas Perkins, Harvard University
Jeff Parcher, Georgetown University

Issued discussed in this edition include:
Presentation, Intrinsicness, Institutes and Direction

James J. Unger has now passed away. You can see his tribute webpage at:
jimunger.org/index.html

Thanks to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and to the National Forensic League for these videos.

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Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger & Company part 2

Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger & Company part 2 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a discussion program that was made in 1992 featuring some of the most successful coaches of American policy debate.

The panelists are:
James J. Unger, American University (chair)
William Southworth, University of Redlands
Joel Rollins, University of Texas
Dallas Perkins, Harvard University
Jeff Parcher, Georgetown University

Issued discussed in this edition include:
inherency, structure, generics, counterplans and real world issues.

James J. Unger has now passed away. You can see his tribute webpage at:
jimunger.org/index.html

Thanks to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and to the National Forensic League for these videos.

For more debate information, go to
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Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger and Company Part 1

Discussion - Policy Debate - Unger and Company Part 1 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a discussion program that was made in 1992 featuring some of the most successful coaches of American policy debate.

The panelists are:
James J. Unger, American University (chair)
William Southworth, University of Redlands
Joel Rollins, University of Texas
Dallas Perkins, Harvard University
Jeff Parcher, Georgetown University

Issued discussed in this edition include:
Evidence, Topicality, Judging, Impact analysis.

James J. Unger has now passed away. You can see his tribute webpage at:
jimunger.org/index.html

Thanks to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and to the National Forensic League for these videos.

For more debate information, go to
debate.uvm.edu

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Debate - WSDC - Foreign Bribes - Qatar Mini-WSDC

Debate - WSDC - Foreign Bribes - Qatar Mini-WSDC Final from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This debate in the World Schools Debating Championship format was held at the conclusion of the Qatar Debate Academy and the Qatar Mini-WSDC tournament.

This house believes that a country should not punish those who pay bribes to officials of other countries.

PROPOSITION – NEW ZEALAND
James Penn, Nicholas Orr, Tim Robinson,

OPPOSITION - CHILE
Domingo Carbone, Paulina Valenzuela, Valentina Salvatierra

Chile wins 9-0.

Qatar Debate Academy and Mini-WSDC was sponsored by QatarDebate with the cooperation of the University of Vermont's World Debate Institute as well as ZIP national debate program of Slovenia.
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Debate - WSDC - Compulsory Voting - Faculty Demo

Debate - WSDC - Compulsory Voting from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a demonstration debate that was presented at the Qatar Debate Academy October 30-November 6 2009.

THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE LAST SPEECH ARE MISSING.

The motion is: This House believes that voting should be compulsory

PROPOSITION:
Loke Wing Fatt (Singapore), Rhydian Morgan (UK), Erin O'Brien (Australia)

OPPOSITION
Sam Greenland (Hong Kong), Maja Cimerman (Slovenia), Miranda Weigler (USA)

Qatar Debate Academy was sponsored by QatarDebate with the cooperation of the University of Vermont's World Debate Institute as well as ZIP national debate program of Slovenia.
qatardebate.org/

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Lecture - How to Host a Debate Tournament - Parts 1 & 2

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Lecture - How to Host a Debate Tournament - Part 2 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This lecture was delivered by Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont at the Qatar Debate Academy October 30-November 6 2009.

The lecture is in two parts and deals with how to plan, organize and hold a debate tournament. The suggestions are multiple, quite specific and were designed for application in many different contexts.

Qatar Debate Academy was sponsored by QatarDebate with the cooperation of the University of Vermont's World Debate Institute as well as ZIP national debate program of Slovenia.
qatardebate.org/

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