Congratulations to Oak Hall Kumail Zaidi for winning the 2019 Greenhill Fall Classic. In finals, Kumail (aff) defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin on a 3-0 decision (Jackson, Okunlola, Randall). Congratulations also to Harrison’s Ava Zinman for winning Top Speaker. She is an alumnus from our top LD lab this summer #RonnyandTheLack. Full Pairings and Results are […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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