Congratulations to Archbishop Mitty High School’s Joanne Park for winning the 2019 College Prep Invitational. In finals, Joanne defeated Harker’s Quentin Clark on a 2-1 decision (Santos, Bearfoot, Larsen*). Both are VBI alumni. Full results and postings can be found here.
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The 2020 January/February Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
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The 2020 January Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should end its economic sanctions against Venezuela. A total of 360 coaches and 1,044 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 68% of the coach vote and 76% of the student vote.
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The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Victory Briefs. Sophie Blake is a trans LD debater from a small school who loves teaching and giving younger debaters access to opportunities, and coaches several small school or independent debaters. Sophie values the […]
Community, Community Resolution, Opinion
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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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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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 […]
Opinion
The topics that will be used in Public Forum debate at VBI 2019 have been finalized for all locations. VBI Philadelphia (June 29 – July 12): The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative. VBI Los Angeles Session 1 (July 14 – Aug 2): The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative. VBI […]
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The topics that will be used in Lincoln-Douglas debate at VBI 2019 have been finalized for all locations. VBI Philadelphia (June 29 – July 12): Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. VBI Los Angeles Session 1 (July 14 – Aug 2): Resolved: Japan ought to amend Article 9 of its constitution to allow […]
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Congratulations to Liberty High School’s Grace Johannes for winning the 2019 National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament in Lincoln-Douglas debate. In finals, Grace defeated University High School’s Nehal Chigurupati on a 12-1 decision. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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