The 2020 April Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should remove nearly all of its military presence in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. A total of 472 coaches and 834 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 48% of the coach vote and 59% of the student vote.
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Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans and William G. Enloe’s Tej Gedela for closing out the 2020 Stanford Invitational. Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Alexandra Mork for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Saratoga’s Ujjwal Krishnamurthi for winning the 2020 Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV. In finals, Ujjwal defeated Dougherty Valley High School’s Kabir Dubey on a 3-0 decision (Likeke, Shackleford, Boelkens). Congratulations to Dougherty Valley High School’s Kavin Kumaravel for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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The 2020 March/April Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: Predictive policing is unjust.
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The 2020 March Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should increase its use of nuclear energy for commercial energy production. A total of 549 coaches and 1,050 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 56% of the coach vote and 60% of the student vote.
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We’ve just released our initial LD staff list for the summer! Stay tuned as we post additional staff in the coming weeks: vbidebate.com/2020-ld-faculty. If you’re interested in working for VBI, you can check out our application form here: forms.gle/D4oqPiR9yYW2uiyCA.
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Congratulations to Durham Academy’s Bennett Dombcik and Bellarmine College Preparatory’s Eric Gottlieb for co-championing the Arizona State HDSHC Invitational. Congratulations to Bennett for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Cypress Woods’ Angela Zhong and Houston Memorial’s Andrew Qin for co-championing the 2020 University of Houston Cougar Classic. Congratulations to Angela for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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The 2020 February Public Forum topic is, Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income. A total of 136 coaches and 424 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 71% of the coach vote and 71% of the student vote.
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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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