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Breaks at International Debate Academy Slovenia 2014 1. Yahaya & bin Hamdan - Malaysia 2. Aggarwal & Porter - USA 3. Minnard & Woodard - Netherlands & USA 4. Persak & Hafner - Slovenia 5. Svagan & Zitek - Slovenia 6. Lague & Wise - USA 7. Hudson & Tarte - USA 8. Bassier & Van Niekerk - South Africa 9. Azam & Ahmad Fakhri - Malaysia 10. Nordell & Hausman - USA 11. Savage & Van Syckel - USA 12. Verdnik & Fabiani - Sovenia 13. Tumas & Riehl - USA 14. Termizi & Hamidon - Malaysia 15. Koruza & Medvedsek - Slovenia 16. Munsil & McClellan - USA (17.) Kruchkow & Maniulenko - Ukraine & USA Quarterfinals tomorrow. Round One INTERNATIONAL THW, in countries that severely limit civilian access to firearms, arm police with only non-lethal weapons . Round Two COMMERCIAL THW abolish patents on life-saving medicines Round Three POLITICAL THBT democracies should place strict limits on financial campaign contributions. Round Four...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/11/09/teams-strategy-unsettles-some-in-the-collegiate-debate-community/# REDEFINING THE WORD: A team’s strategy in competition unsettles some in the collegiate debate community, which has long been about exploring ideas and articulating meaningful arguments Collegiate debaters across the country spent months this year formulating their response to the idea that presidential war powers should be limited. Many of the debate teams argued over such issues as drone policy and the merits of a just war, while others took a narrower view. In one case, a team cited examples of misogynistic images of war in video games to make the case for curbing a president’s authority. The exchanges were lively and, occasionally, philosophical and challenging because organized collegiate debate is not strictly about arguing for policies. It is about exploring ideas and articulating meaningful, if at times obscure, arguments. One team took that tactic to a new lev...

EurOpen 2014 WSDC tournament Stuttgart, Germany Round One "This House Would ban strikes in essential state services". MBG 0:3 Lithuania Netherlands 3:0 Mixed Denmark 0:3 USA Red Pakistan Sondhi 3:0 Turkey FMV JKG Sttgt 3:0 FAG Romania ARGO 2:1 Dillmann Gymnasium Heidehof 0:3 Slovenia B Turkey ACI 0:3 Debate@British Romania SAVA 3:0 Karls Gymnasium USA Blue 3:0 China Romania AES 0:3 Netherlands 2 Germany Black 0:3 Canada East Czech Red 2:1 Israel 1 St. Benno 0:3 Canada West Hamburg Bergedorf 0:3 Westside Hamburg Blankenese 0:3 Patch High School Germany Red 1:2 Israel 2 Jerusalem 0:3 Slovenia A Turkey KEL 0:3 Czech Blue Round Two "THBT national central banks should set limits on governmental spending" Hamburg Bergedorf 0:3 China St. Benno 3:0 Karls Gymnasium Germany Red 3:0 Turkey KEL Debate@British 0:3 Netherlands 3 Lithuania 1:2 Pakistan Sondhi Israel 1 3:0 Romania AES Czech Red 2:1 JKG Sttgt Slovenia A 2:1 USA Red Germany Black 0:3 Canada West Heidehof Gym 3:0 Patc...