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Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon and Garland’s Leah Yeshitila for co-championing the 2021 Grapevine Classic. In semifinals, Zion defeated Dulles’s Tommy Yu on a 3-0 (Quisenberry, Maher, Hernandez) and Leah defeated Lexington’s Brett Fortier on a 3-0 (Aldridge, Castillo, Self). Additional congratulations to Zion for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be […]

Congratulations to OA Independent’s Viren Mehta for winning the 2021 National Speech and Debate Season Opener. In finals, Viren defeated Unionville’s Phillis Wan on a 3-0 (Kotapati, Lavender, Reshovsky). Congratulations to Eden Praire’s Avik Garg for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Immaculate Heart’s Jane Lichtman for winning the 2021 Loyola Invitational. In finals, Jane defeated Diamond Bar’s Nathan Chu on a 3-0 (Kuffour, McLoughlin, Gedela). Congratulations to San Mateo’s Yesh Rao for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

The 2021 September/October Lincoln Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines.

The 2021 September/October Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization should substantially increase its defense commitments to the Baltic states.

The topics that will be used in Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum debate at VBI 2021 have been finalized for all locations. Lincoln-Douglas VBI Philadelphia (June 26 – July 9): Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust. VBI Online (July 11 – July 30): The appropriation of outer space by private entities […]

The Lincoln-Douglas Wording committee has developed a variety of potential resolutions for the 2021-2022 season. Member students and one chapter advisor per active school will vote for each topic one week prior to the topic release date. Topic voting for the September/October topic opens August 1. 2021 September/October Resolved: The member nations of the World […]

The Public Forum Wording committee has developed a variety of potential resolutions for the 2021-2022 season. Member students and one chapter advisor per active school will vote for each topic one week prior to the topic release date. Topic voting for the September/October topic opens August 1. 2021 September/October – Europe Resolved: The North Atlantic […]

Congratulations to George Washington High School’s Katie Jack for winning the 2021 NSDA National Tournament in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In finals, Katie defeated Washington High School’s Catherine Liu on a 8-5 decision. Congratulations to William Chrisman High School’s Caden Metcalf for being top speaker.