Lecture - Background - Debating Social Issues - IDAS 2009 TJ

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This is a lecture from the 2009 International Debate Academy Slovenia attended by over 100 people from 28 different countries.

Lecture: Debating Social Issues

Lecturer: TJ Senamngern, Assumption University, Thailand

For more information about future IDAS programs, go to:
debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Lecture - Adjudication from a Debater Perspective - IDAS 2009 Illsley & Fischer

Lecture - Adjudication from a Debater Perspective - IDAS 2009 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a lecture from the 2009 International Debate Academy Slovenia attended by over 100 people from 28 different countries.

Lecture: Understanding Adjudicators as a Debater

Lecturers:
Gavin Illsley, UK
Jens Fischer, Germany

For more information about future IDAS programs, go to:
debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Lecture - Debating Selected Military Issues - IDAS 2009 TJ

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This is a lecture from the 2009 International Debate Academy Slovenia attended by over 100 people from 28 different countries.

Lecture: Debating Selected Military Issues

Lecturer: TJ Senamngern, Assumption University, Thailand

For more information about future IDAS programs, go to:
debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Lecture - WUDC - Structure - IDAS 09 Langone

Lecture - WUDC - Structure - IDAS 09 Langone from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This is a lecture from the 2009 International Debate Academy Slovenia attended by over 100 people from 28 different countries.

Lecture: Crhis Langone, Cornell University

Lecturer: Bringing Structure to Your Speech and Arguments

For more information about future IDAS programs, go to:
debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC - Military Should Coup - IDAS 09 Finals

Debate - WUDC - Military Coups - IDAS Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

120 people including 40 teams from 28 countries gathered for the tournament at the Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Ljubljana. With fabulous hosting and hospitality skills Helena Felc made it all happen smoothly with the help of other dedicated volunteers.


In the finals the motion was, THBT armies should overthrow corrupt governments.
First: Jernej Jenko & Jernej Jenko (6-5 vote by panel)
Second: Sam Natale & Sarah Anders
Finalists: Tom Dionesotes & Alli Hamlin, Ana Stritih & Zan Zveplan


The full tab can be found at:
http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/idas2009/

Debate - BP - Cannot Refuse Medical Treatment - IDAS 09 Semifinal

Debate - BP - Cannot Refuse Medical Treatment - IDAS Semifinals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Motion:
This House believes that the patient cannot refuse life-saving treatment.

1P Athens-Belgrade Manos & Milan*
1O Vermont Paul & Isaac
2P Vermont Tom & Alli ADVANCES
2O Zan & Anna ADVANCES

Manos & Milan went on to be in the top ten ESL speakers in the world at WUDC Turkey, with Manos being first.

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC Semis - Use Twitter

Debate - WUDC Semis - Use Twitter from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Motion: The US government should subsidize Twitter to liberalize oppressed societies.

ROOM A1

1P Queensland D
1O Harvard A ADVANCING
2P Cambridge A
2O Sydney A ADVANCING

CHAIR: Dray

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Debate - WUDC ESL Quarters - Ban Cures for Homosexuality

Debate - WUDC ESL Quarters - Ban Cures for Homosexuality from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Motion:
This Hoiuse would ban all "cures" for homosexuality.

Room: A10
1P Ljubljana A
1O International Islamic University Malaysia A ADVANCES
2P Galatasaray A
2O Erasmus A ADVANCES

Chair: Bone

Video by Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
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Debate - WUDC Octafinals - Recognize Dalai Lama - Bar

Debate - WUDC Octos - Recognize Dalai Lama - Bar from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Motion:
This House would recognize the Dalai Lama

1P Yale A
1O Oxford C
2P Sydney C ADVANCES
2O Princeton A ADVANCES

CHAIR: Islam

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Debate - WUDC Octafinals - Recognize the Dalai Lama - Room A4

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THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT THE WEST SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE DALAI LAMA.

Room A4

1P Monash A ADVANCES
1O Univ of British Columbia A
2P New South Wales A
2O Sydney D ADVANCES

CHAIR: M. Carter

Video by Alfred Snider
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Debate - WUDC Octafinals - Recognize the Dalai Lama - Room A5

Debate - WUDC Octafinals - Recognize the Dalai Lama - Room A5 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT THE WEST SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE DALAI LAMA.

Room A5

1P Oxford B
1O Oxford A ADVANCES
2P Queensland A ADVANCES
2O Auckland A

CHAIR: Parmanand

Video by Alfred Snider
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Debate - WUDC ESL Semis - Moms in Prison

Debate - WUDC ESL Semis - Moms in Prison from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Motion:
This House would allow prisoners to raise their babies behind bars.

Intl Islamic Univ Malaysia B ADVANCES

Bonaparte A

Erasmus A

Leiden A ADVANCES

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Debate - WUDC - Pan African Demonstration Debate - Legalize Sale of Organs

From the Pan African Universities Debating Championship held in Botswana in December 2009 this is the demonstration debate.

This House would legalize the sale human organs.

Video by Logan Belavigendran.

Debate - WUDC - Pan African Semifinals - Support Nobel to Obama

Semifinals from the Pan African Universities Debating Championship. Held in Botswana in December 2009.

TH Supports the decision to award Barack Hussein Obama the Nobel Peace prize.

Video by Logan Belavigendran.

Debate - WUDC - Pan African Finals - Immunity to Resigning Dictators

Final round from Botswana of Pan African Universities Debating Championship.

Universities Champion : Rhodes University A
Finalists : University of Botswana A, University of Namibia A, University of Free State A
Universities Best Speaker : Clive Eley (Rhodes A)

Video by Logan Belavigendran.

Debate - WUDC EFL Final - Public Broadcasting

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Motion:
This House believes that democratic states should own their own broadcasting corporations.

1P Zagreb Law A
1O Stuttgart B
2P Zagreb A
2O Moscow State Institute of International Relations WINNER

Chair: Okar

Video by Alfred Snider
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Debate - WUDC Octafinals - Recognize the Dalai Lama

WUDC 2010 Octofinal from Steve Johnson on Vimeo.

Motion: The West should recognize the Dalai Lama

OG: Yale C
OO: McGill A Advanced
CG: Cambridge B
CO: Sydney A Advanced

Video by Steve Johnson

Debate - WUDC Quarterfinal - Cosmetic Surgery for Racial Features

WUDC 2010 Quarterfinal from Steve Johnson on Vimeo.

Motion: THW ban cosmetic surgery intended to alter racial features.

OG: Australian National University A
OO: Cambridge A Advanced
CG: Sydney A Advanced
CO: McGill A

Video by Steve Johnson

Debate - WUDC - Semifinals - Use Twitter

WUDC 2010 Semifinal from Steve Johnson on Vimeo.

Motion: The US government should subsidize Twitter to liberalize oppressed societies.

OG: Oxford A advances
OO: Stanford A
CG: LSE A advances
CO: Monash A

Video by Steve Johnson

Debate - WUDC - Finals from Koc Worlds 2010

Debate - WUDC - Finals 2010 Turkey - Media Should Show Horrors of War from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Many say that this was one of the best finals in history. Watch it and decide for yourself.

Motion:
This House believes that the media should show the full horror of war.

1P Harvard A
1O London School of Economics
2P Oxford A
2O Sydney A

Sydney A wins on a 7-2 vote.

Video by Alfred Snider
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