Monday, March 29, 2010

Debate - WUDC - Give Foreigners Votes in USA Presidential Elections - Colgate Semifinals


Debate - WUDC - Give Foreigners Votes in USA Presidential Elections - Colgate Semifinals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

US should give other countries electoral votes in its presidential elections.

1st Proposition Cornell
1st Opposition Kings
2nd Proposition Rhodes
2nd Opposition LaVerne

Cornell and Rhodes advanced.

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Debate - WUDC - Legalize Duels to the Death - Colgate 2010 Finals


Debate - WUDC - Legalize Duel to Death - Colgate 2010 Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

The team of Tim Mooney and Bronwyn Cowell won the Colgate International IV tournament held at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Cornell finished second, with Rhodes University and Hobart WIlliam Smith Colleges as finalists. The decision was unanimous for Sydney and 4-1 for Cornell.

The motion was: This House would legalize duels to the death.

Semifinalist teams who did not advance were Vermont LG and Vermont HD in one room and Laverne College and Kings College in the other.



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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Debate - Ethics Webcast - Development Aid an Ethical Obligation?

The University of Miami vs. The University of Vermont debate in March 2010.

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http://umtv.miami.edu/umtv/WeTheStudents/urn:uuid:6A71DFC1-2DCF-4FEE-BBCC-370220739136



We The Students is an online, interactive debate show hosted at the University of Miami. Student debaters are flown in from top academic schools around the country to participate in an engaging discussion and debate about today’s most compelling ethical issues. The show is also streamed online so that college students from schools across the country can also discuss the issue during the show and participate in the debate using the We The Students website. The series is made possible by a grant from UM Ethics Programs with a gift from philanthropist Adrienne Arsht to support work on "ethics and community."

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Debate - WUDC - Legalize Pornography - WUDC '10 Rd 9

Debate - WUDC - Legalize Pornography - WUDC '10 Rd 9 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW legalize pornography.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Debate - WUDC - Partition Sudan - WUDC '10 Rd 8

Debate - WUDC - Partition Sudan - WUDC '10 Rd 8 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW partition Sudan.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Debate - WUDC - Non Tested Treatments - WUDC '10 Rd 7

Debate - WUDC - Non Tested Treatments - WUDC '10 Rd 7 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This House would grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Debate - WUDC - Honor Killings - WUDC '10 Rd 6

Debate - WUDC - Honor Killings - WUDC '10 Rd 6 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This House would prosecute communities for complicity in honor killings.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Debate - WUDC - Alcohol Cigarette Taxes - WUDC 2010 Rd 5

Debate - WUDC - Alcohol Cigarette Taxes - WUDC 2010 Rd 5 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW not allow taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to be higher than the level for other products.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Debate - WUDC - No Military in Sri Lanka Election - WUDC 2010 Rd 4

Debate - WUDC - No Military in Sri Lanka Election - WUDC 2010 Rd 4 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW forbid participation by Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger military officers in the election.

Not sure who the teams are here.

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Debate - WUDC - Subsidize Interfaith Marriage - WUDC 10 Rd 3

Debate - WUDC - Subsidize Interfaith Marriage - WUDC 10 Rd 3 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW financially subsidize interfaith and interethnic marriage.

Not sure who the teams are here.

The video comes from Zheng Bo of China, and thanks to him for the feed.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Debate - WUDC - Subsidize Women in University - WUDC 2010 Rd 2

Debate - WUDC - Subsidize Women in University - WUDC 2010 Rd 2 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW subsidize university education for women in developing countries.

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Debate - WUDC - Ban Labor Unions - WUDC 10 Rd 1

Debate - WUDC - Ban Labor Unions - WUDC 10 Rd 1 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THW ban labor unions.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Debate - WUDC - Belgrade Open Semi & Final


From Manos Moschopoulos March 3 at 10:35am Reply
We have the recorded streams of the semi-final and the final available online. The teams and their affiliations are:

Semifinal #2
OG: Anna England-Kerr, Anja Juvancic (Ljubljana - Slovenia)
OO: Vilko Kos, Borna Sor (Zagreb - Croatia)
CG: Vassilis Boukas, Arthur Khotenovskiy (Independent - Greece)
CO: Milan Krstanovic, Tijana Mijalkovic (Belgrade - Serbia)
URL:
http://bit.ly/bgo10semi

Final
OG: Jo Farmer, Tom Hosking (Oxford - England)
OO: Laura Horvat, Lea Tafra (Zagreb - Croatia)
CG: Vassilis Boukas, Arthur Khotenovskiy (Independent - Greece)
CO: Borna Sor, Vilko Kos (Zagreb - Croatia)
URL:
http://bit.ly/bgo10final

Also, we have 300 new great photos on the Facebook group, courtesy of Igor Stanojevic. We will be posting more tonight; however, we invite everyone that has posted photos of the Belgrade Open on Facebook to share their pictures on the group; click through to
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=photos&gid=215054743577and select "Add group photos" - you will be asked if you want to add them from one of your albums.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Debate - WUDC - Attempted & Actual Murder - NEUDC Finals

Debate - WUDC - Attempted & Actual Murder - NEUDC Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

The final round at the Northeast Universities Debating Championships, held at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 27-28 2010.

THW punish attempted murder and murder identically.

1P Colgate PS SECOND PLACE
1O Colgate NS THIRD PLACE
2P Cornell SB FOURTH PLACE
2O Vermont LG FIRST PLACE
Judges: Jaime Wright, Joe Torda, Lucas Caress

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC - Palestinian State

Debate - WUDC - Palestinian State from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Northeast (USA) Universities Debating Championship, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, February 27-28 2010.

THBT now is the time for a Palestinian state.

Round 6, top room

Vermont HD Second
St John's PB Third
Vermont NA First
Vermont LG 4th

Judges: Sam Nelson Anthony Xing
Royce Novak

Video by Alfred Snider
University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC - Engineer Animals to Feel Less Pain

Debate - WUDC - Engineer Animals to Feel Less Pain from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Northeast (USA) Universities Debating Championship, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, February 27-28 2010.

THBT now is the time for a Palestinian state.

Quarterfinals

4 Vermont LG 1G advances
13 Cornell SB 2O advances
6 Vermont HD 2G
11 St John’s SJ 1O

Judges: Caress, Cheng, Windsor

Video by Alfred Snider
University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC - Posthumous Genetic Reproduction

Debate - WUDC - Posthumous Genetic Reproduction from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Northeast (USA) Universities Debating Championship, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, February 27-28 2010.

SEMIFINALS

THW prohibit posthumous use of genetic material for reproductive purposes

ROOM: LH 9
1P Vermont NA
1O Cornell SB advances
2P Vermont LG advances
2O Bard LG
JUDGES: Wright, Bellwood, Braciodieta