Congratulations to Oak Hall Kumail Zaidi for winning the 2019 Greenhill Fall Classic. In finals, […]
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Santa Monica RE wins Greenhill Round Robin
Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans for winning the 2019 Greenhill Round Robin. In finals, Rex (neg) defeated Edgemont’s Riya Ganpati on a 2-1 decision (Myers, Roberts, Smith*). Congratulations to all other participants on being invited to such a prestigious Round Robin, especially our VBI alumni Ben (’19), Tej (’18), Ava (’19),Akshay (’18) and Rex […]
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Success Academy TR wins Yale Invitational
Congrats to Success Academy’s Tajaih Robinson for winning Yale! He’s an alumnus from our top LD lab this summer #MAGDynasty. In finals, Tajaih (aff) defeated West Des Moines Valley’s Animesh Joshi on a 2-1 decision (Ning, Orlowski, Shi*) Congrats to Tajaih for also winning Top Speaker! Full pairings and results can be accessed here.
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Genericity on the Standardized Tests Resolution
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Victory Briefs. Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs. You can email Jake here. The September–October resolution is “Resolved: In the […]
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Sept/Oct LD Topic is Standardized Tests
The 2019 September/October Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: In the United States, colleges and universities ought not consider standardized tests in undergraduate admissions decisions.
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Sept/Oct PF Topic is BRI
The 2019 September/October Public Forum Debate Topic is Resolved: The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative. Topics
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An Open Letter About Subtle Sexism In Debate by Asher Bykov
Graphic by Grace Doyle and Areeba Amer of the Greenhill School. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Victory Briefs. Asher Bykov debated for Roslyn High School’s Speech and Debate Team for 4 years, where he held a leadership role for 3 years. Some of his […]
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PF Application for Victory Briefs Squads is now Open!
We’re excited to announce that Victory Briefs Squads has opened applications for our Public Forum Squad for the 2019–2020 debate season. Squads gives debaters an opportunity to work with top coaches and collaborate as a team with other students from all over the country. Squad membership provides weekly Squad practices, frequent private coaching sessions, access […]
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Victory Briefs Squads is now accepting applications!
We’re excited to announce that Victory Briefs Squads is now open for applications for the 2019–2020 debate season. Squads gives debaters an opportunity to work with top coaches and collaborate as a team with other students from all over the country. Squad membership provides weekly Squad practices, frequent private coaching sessions, access to a curated […]
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