Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans for winning the 2019 Glenbrooks. In finals, Rex defeated Valley’s Animesh Joshi on a 2-1 decision (Kalghatgi, Myers, Nails*).
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Author: Chris Theis
Chris is the owner and co-director of Victory Briefs. He currently coaches for his alma mater, Apple Valley (MN), and Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (CA). As a coach his students have reached elimination rounds at the Tournament of Champions, including two semi-finalists, and have placed in the top 12 of the NFL National Tournament. His students have won Harvard, The Minneapple, Greenhill, The Greenhill Round Robin, Emory, Loyola, Damus, and others. As a competitor he was the champion of Blake, Emory, the Iowa Round Robin twice, the Greenhill Round Robin twice, St. Marks twice, and the Hopkins Royal Cup twice. He is one of two juniors to ever win the Tournament of Champions and is the only person to win it twice.
VBI 2020 Registration is Open!
We are excited to announce that registration for VBI 2020 is now open at vbidebate.com!
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2019 TOC At Large Acceptances Announced
The University of Kentucky has released the initial list of at large acceptances to the 2019 TOC. Congratulations to the accepted debaters and their teams! LD 2019 At Larges Dougherty Valley—Amanda Yang Harker—Akshay Manglik Interlake—Megan Wu KAPS—Ben Thomas Loyola—John Choi Northwood—Karthik Krishnan Pennsbury—Carolyn Zou Pinnacle—Kristen Arnold Scarsdale—Sanjana Bhatnagar Strake Jesuit—Vincent Liu Gold PF 2019 At […]
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Theis T(h)ursday: Changing Affirmative Speech Times
As you may know, the NSDA is currently considering a number of rule changes for Public Forum. The proposals include changing evidence rules, eliminating cross-fire, and adding time to speeches. Regardless of the merits of any of these specific changes, I think the Lincoln-Douglas community can learn from Public Forum and begin to re-examine our rules.
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(Updated 6/20 at 5:00PM) LD Wording Committee Releases Second Round of Topic Drafts, Seeks Input
Fort Lauderdale, FL — The LD wording committee has released a second list of draft topic areas and is seeking constructive public input. This is list consists of drafts of topics advanced through Tuesday Afternoon. These topics are preliminary and based on the wordings submitted to the committee by NSDA members. These topics should be seen as starting points. Commenters […]
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(Updated) LD Wording Committee Releases First Round of Topic Drafts, Seeks Input
Fort Lauderdale, FL — The LD wording committee has released an initial list of draft topic areas and is seeking constructive public input. This is list consists of initial drafts of topics advanced through Monday Afternoon. These topics are extremely preliminary and largely based on the wordings submitted to the committee by NSDA members. These topics should be seen as starting points […]
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VBI 2018 Registration is Now Open!
Registration for VBI 2018 is open! This year we are offering the following sessions of the Victory Briefs Institute: VBI Philadelphia: June 30–July 13 at Swarthmore College VBI Los Angeles Session I: July 15–August 4 at Loyola Marymount University VBI Los Angeles Session II: August 5–18 at the University of California, Los Angeles All sessions, including our flagship three-week curriculum, will feature […]
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LD Committee Releases Initial Topics for 2017-2018, Seeks Input
Birmingham, AL — The LD wording committee has released the final 20 topics being considered for the 2017-2018 list. The final list will be narrowed to 10. The committee is seeking input from students and coaches on a.) which of these 20 topics should make the final list and b.) and wording issues that can/should be correct.
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VBI 2017 Registration is Now Open!
Registration for VBI 2017 is open! This year we are offering the following sessions of the Victory Briefs Institute: VBI Philadelphia: July 1–14 at Swarthmore College VBI Los Angeles Session I: July 16–August 5 at Loyola Marymount University VBI Los Angeles Session II: August 6–19 at the University of California, Los Angeles All sessions, including our flagship three-week curriculum, will feature […]
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