Congratulations to Myers Park’s Elias Altman for winning the 2020 Duke Invitational. In finals, Elias defeated William G. Enloe’s Anthony Cui on a 2-1 (Rivera*, Jackson, De la Llave). Congratulations to Charlotte Latin’s Laura Han for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for winning the 2020 Greenhill Fall Classic. In finals, Ben defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin on a 3-0 (Aaron, Randall, Sims). Congratulations to Samantha for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon and Dulles’s Abhinav Sinha on co-championing the 2020 Grapevine Classic. Additionally, congratulations to Harrison’s Rebecca Anderson for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Lake Highland Prep’s Abby Morris for winning the 2020 National Speech and Debate Season Opener hosted by UK. In finals, Abby defeated Strake Jesuit’s Karan Shah on a 3-0 (Griffin, O’Brien, Tang). Congratulations to St Michael Albertville’s Cobin Szymanski for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Jarvis Xie for winning the 2020 Loyola Invitational. In finals, Jarvis defeated Immaculate Heart’s Beatrice Culligan on a 3-0 Decision (Evans, Gedela, Towner). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

The 2020 November/December Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.

The 2020 November/December Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should adopt a declaratory nuclear policy of no first use.

The 2020 September/October Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

The 2020 September/October Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019.

The topics that will be used in Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum debate at VBI 2020 have been finalized for all locations. Lincoln-Douglas VBI Philadelphia (June 27 – July 10): Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee. VBI Los Angeles Session 1 (July 12 – July 31): Resolved: States ought to ban […]