Sept/Oct PF Topic is South Korea

The 2017 September/October LD Topic is “Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.” Topics

Congratulations to Success Academy’s Sekou Cisse for winning the 2017 VBI LA1 Camp Tournament. In finals, Sekou defeated Newark Science’s Brianna Aaron on a 6-3 decision (Zhou, Wang*, Quint*, Powell, Nubel, Massac, Malyugina, Boals*, Agarwala). In novice, Dylan Liu defeated Alyssa Hannagan on a 3-0 decision (Wang, Nubel, Boals). In junior varsity, Titan Walker defeated […]

Congratulations to Andrew Chan & Alex Zhong for winning the 2017 VBI LA1 Tournament. In finals, Andrew and Alex defeated Amanda Cheung & Pia Dovichi on a 8-1 decision (Jilani, Khanolkar, Khelghati, Prokopeas, Salah*, Suri, Waterland, Weis, Zhao). Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Ezra Shin and Joshua Bratt for winning the 2017 VBI Philly Camp Tournament in Public Forum Debate. In finals, Ezra and Joshua defeated Meena Dara and Ishita Palit. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Apple Valley’s Kenan Anderson for winning the 2017 VBI Philly Camp Tournament in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In finals, Kenan defeated Gilmour Academy’s Sebastian Williams on a 5-2 decision (Zhou, Nails, Fahey, Potischman, Boals, Yang*, Massac*). Congratulations to Sebastian for also being top seed. In junior varsity, Tiana Sharpe defeated Mark Ruta on a 3-0 […]

Congratulations to Cornelia Fraser and Rafey Khan of Nova for winning the 2017 National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament. In finals, Nova defeated Horace Mann’s Siddharth Tripathi and Honor McCarthy on a 10-3 decision. Complete results can be found here. Congratulations to all on a wonderful season!

The topics that will be used in Public-Forum debate at VBI 2017 have been finalized for all locations. VBI Philadelphia (July 1 – July 14): Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest. VBI Los Angeles Session 1 (July 16 – Aug 5): Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s […]

The topics that will be used in Lincoln-Douglas debate at VBI 2017 have been finalized for all locations. VBI Philadelphia (July 1 – July 14): Resolved: The United States ought to provide a universal basic income. VBI Los Angeles Session 1 (July 16 – Aug 5): Resolved: The non-therapeutic use of human enhancement technologies is […]

Congratulations to Liberty Senior High School’s Natalie Schaller for winning the 2017 National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament. In finals, Natalie defeated Savannah High School’s Nathan Davis on a 8-5 decision. Natalie Schaller Nathan Davis Shankar Krishnan Karchen Lhatoo Jackson Deconcini John Michael Magloire