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VBI Adding Online Summer Session
We are also excited to announce VBI Online, a virtual session of VBI that will run June 27 – July 10, 2020.
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Nats LD Topic is Intergenerational Wealth
The 2020 National Tournament Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: The intergenerational accumulation of wealth is antithetical to democracy.
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PF Nats Topic is Charter Schools
The 2020 National Tournament Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: On balance, charter schools are beneficial to the quality of education in the United States. A total of 310 coaches and 474 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 59% of the coach vote and 58% of the student vote.
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Evan Li Wins the eTOC
Congratulations to Lexington’s Evan Li for winning the 2020 Tournament of Champions. In finals, Evan defeated Valley’s Animesh Joshi on a 3-0 decision (Castillo, Davenport, Li). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here. Links to livestreams of rounds can be found here.
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Call for Volunteers!
Hi all! We need your help! What We need volunteers! As we are researching online education and developing VBI’s online curriculum, we are coming up with lots of ideas for how to run an effective online program. The problem is, we don’t really know which of them will work. Many of our ideas strike me […]
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Announcing the Next Off Podcast!
Victory Briefs is excited to announce our new podcast “Next Off”! The podcast will feature VBI Executive Director Chris Theis, VBI Researcher and Squads Coach Jacob Nails, and VBI Director of Publishing Lawrence Zhou. We’ll be discussing trends and arguments in contemporary circuit Lincoln-Douglas debate on episodes every other week. Our first episode is already […]
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How to Cut a Card by Lawrence Zhou
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Victory Briefs. Lawrence Zhou was the 2014 NSDA National Champion in LD. He is an assistant coach at the Harker School and the Co-Director of Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Director of Publishing at Victory Briefs. […]
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April PF Topic is Military Presence
The 2020 April Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should remove nearly all of its military presence in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. A total of 472 coaches and 834 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 48% of the coach vote and 59% of the student vote.
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Rex Evans and Tej Gedela Close Out Stanford
Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans and William G. Enloe’s Tej Gedela for closing out the 2020 Stanford Invitational. Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Alexandra Mork for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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