Dear debaters of the world,
It is with great pleasure that I open the application phase for Deputy Chief Adjudicator positions at Koc Worlds for 2010. As per our bid, there will be one DCA position for each of four global regions: North America, "Europe, Middle East and Africa" (EMEA), Asia and Oceania.
The application phase will be open until 21st November 2008. At this point, I will ask for feedback from the debating community about the candidacy of applicants for a further two week period. We will be in aposition to announce our Adjudication Team before the Council on 1st January 2009.
If you are interested in becoming a DCA, I would like you to fill out the form uploaded to the EUDC files section (if you have problems withthe file, get in touch at can_okar@hotmail.com and I will send it toyou ASAP). I should point out that there is one area in particular in which I will be interested and that is examples of your organizational skills and leadership capacity. Again, if there are any questions regarding the form, get in touch.
I will be at the Oxford IV this weekend to discuss this and any other issue with anyone who wants a chat. Before that, I want to apologize for the delay in our pre-Worlds report to Council. At the risk of sounding like John McCain, our excuse is largely to do with the impact of the financial turmoil on our planning. Just so you don't panic, that impact is largely positive as the euro is now much stronger against the lira. This has given us an opportunity to renegotiate a lot of our agreements with suppliers (in particular the hotel) so we are holding off on reporting until we have something concrete to report.
I hope you can be patient – we will be unveiling some exciting plans in due course.
I look forward to receiving applications for the DCA positions from far and wide and will be in touch soon,
Can Okar
Provisional Chief Adjudicator, Worlds 2010
7 November 2008
MMU IV
From Allasians list
Hello Everyone!
With Obama in the White House, Voices MMU would be delighted to inform you of even more joyous news. We will be hosting our annual MMU IV on the 22nd and 23rd of November. All are invited to come.
It will be held in the British Parliamentary format, and would be a good for Worlds. Suthen "Tate" Thomas will be the Chief Adjudicator of the tournament.
Details are as follows :
Date : 22nd and 23rd of November
Venue : Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya.
Time : 9 am (both days)Rounds : 4 preliminaries + Semi-finals + grand finals
Adj. Rules : N-1
Team Cap : None
Rego fees : RM 30/debater or adjudicator
Please note, that we will not be providing accommodation. However, we would be glad to assist you in finding accommodation. Do inform us earlier, though.
We also urge you to register as soon as possible. The deadline for registration is the 17th of November 2008. To Register you can send an email to me (anthrex_13@hotmail.com) or Jolie (king_34048@yahoo.com). All enquiries can be forwarded to the same email addresses.
Thank you, and we hope to see you soon.
-Ips-
President,
Voices MMU.
email : anthrex_13@hotmail.com
mobile : +6 012 400 5260
Hello Everyone!
With Obama in the White House, Voices MMU would be delighted to inform you of even more joyous news. We will be hosting our annual MMU IV on the 22nd and 23rd of November. All are invited to come.
It will be held in the British Parliamentary format, and would be a good for Worlds. Suthen "Tate" Thomas will be the Chief Adjudicator of the tournament.
Details are as follows :
Date : 22nd and 23rd of November
Venue : Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya.
Time : 9 am (both days)Rounds : 4 preliminaries + Semi-finals + grand finals
Adj. Rules : N-1
Team Cap : None
Rego fees : RM 30/debater or adjudicator
Please note, that we will not be providing accommodation. However, we would be glad to assist you in finding accommodation. Do inform us earlier, though.
We also urge you to register as soon as possible. The deadline for registration is the 17th of November 2008. To Register you can send an email to me (anthrex_13@hotmail.com) or Jolie (king_34048@yahoo.com). All enquiries can be forwarded to the same email addresses.
Thank you, and we hope to see you soon.
-Ips-
President,
Voices MMU.
email : anthrex_13@hotmail.com
mobile : +6 012 400 5260
6 November 2008
UCD IV
Dear debaters,
I am pleased to announce the details of the Literary and Historical Society’s UCD IV 2009. This is the last Irish IV before Cork Worlds and will feature the best pool of judges, seven minute speeches and two amazing Irish Chief Adjudicators Noel McGrath and Declan Bruton.
The competition will take place on Friday 28th of November and Saturday the 29th of November. Registration will be from 4pm. There will be 2 rounds on the Friday and three rounds on the Saturday breaking to semi finals and a grand gala final held in a historic old hall (not a concrete lecture theatre!) to see who wins the coveted vice presidents cup.
We will have lots of food and drink and we will party late into Friday night and Sunday morning.
A team cap of 72 is initially envisaged but may be increased. There is no team cap so it’s first come first serve.
Registration is €70 per team and is payable in advance either by:
Cheque payable to the L&H Society, sent to
Shane Cranley,
Literary and Historical Society,
Student Centre UCD,
Belfield, Dublin 4
-or-
Electronic transfer, details of which are
Account name: Literary & Historical Society
Account number: 12068408
Branch: Bank of Ireland, Montrose
Branch sort code: 90-13-51
Crash is offered to non Irish teams just tell us how many spaces you need.
Registration has opened today at www.literaryandhistorical.com and follow the link to the IV. If you have any problems or queries please email me at iv@literaryandhistorical.com.
There will also be a novice IV on the Thursday. From more information contact eoin.brady@ucdcoonect.ie
I look forward to being your host
Shane Cranley
UCD IV convenor
5 November 2008
A great speech in history?
Barack Obama has won the US presidential election. While I have reservations about some of his protectionist policies and the economic effect they could have in countries, like Ireland, who have a large number of US multinationals it is clear that he is by far the better candidate with more of a vision on how to get the US, and the world, out of the current economic and military quagmires.If you want to see a speech that captures a moment in time then watch his victory speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7710079.stm
On one level it works as a victory and thank-you speech in a moment during what looks like the party of the decade. But we are also at a moment in time when public confidence in the worldwide economy and in America is perhaps at it’s lowest in history. Obama’s speech was designed to remind people that this can be turned around. The example of the 106 year old woman and the international crises she has lived through plus his use of quotes from the Gettysburg address will remind people that no matter how bad things look right now we have overcome similar, or worse, problems in the past.
Also he was careful to bring some reality to the situation. He reminded people that it will take longer than a year and possibly longer than a single presidential term to repair the current damage. The message was that the election today and the speech tonight won’t solve things in one sweep. But it was a speech designed to instil confidence in those who hear it. Much of the economy is built on confidence. There will be confidence that things will get better from now on. I think today you’ll see a bounce in stock markets worldwide as investor confidence returns and consumers will head into thanksgiving and Christmas with confidence that they can start spending again.
I think we may just have seen one of the great speeches of history.
4 November 2008
7th NLS Debate Final Round Result and Motions
(posted by Jason Jarvis on the AllAsianDebate Yahoogroups)
Greetings from Bangalore!
I am pleased to report that the 7th National Law School Debate has been a rousing success! The NLS Debates are the largest annual tournament in South Asia. Teams from India, Bangaldesh and Sri Lanka converged on the outskirts of Bangalore at the National Law School of India University campus.
The Final Round was between Ramjas University 2 (Gov) vs. Hansraj University 2. On an 8-1 decision, Ramjas University won the competition and repeated as champion.
It is customary at Indian tournaments for judges to give a full oral adjudication at the conclusion of elimination debates (with the exception of the final). This aspect of the tournament is one which worked quite successfully. It guaranteed that the debaters and observers had the opportunity to learn from the adjudicators. It also gave dissenting judges a chance to express the rationale for their decision that provided a more complete perspective on the debate. I think that this is something that international competitions ought to do more regularly.
There has been a lot of discussion of the future of South Asian debating. The National University of Juridical Sciences in Delhi has plans to host a tournament in January and there has also been talk of formally establishing a South Asian Championship. Hopefully, the continued efforts of debaters in South Asia will lead to these events. Debate in this region of the world is vibrant and the students are very impressive!
Motions for the NLS Debates:
Round One: The United Nations
- THW reorganize the United Nations into an American style, bicameral legislature.
- THS full membership status for Kosovo in the United Nations.
- THBT the United Nations should send a multinational peacekeeping force to Sri Lanka.
Round Two: Fashion and Style
- THBT modeling agencies should be required to provide medical benefits to their employees that cover the cost of treatment for eating disorders.
- THW not allow children to work in the modeling industry.
- THBT government should prohibit national beauty pageants from utilizing minimum height requirements.
Round Three: Elections
- THS a McCain/Palin victory in the US election.
- THW require candidates for national leadership to participate in at least 3 televised debates prior to election day.
- THBT that judges for the highest national court should be popularly elected.
Round Four: Sports
- THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in international sporting competitions.
- THBT all future Olympic Games should provide prize money for medalists.
- THW ensure that all transgendered athletes are able to participate in the Olympics as members of their new gender.
Round Five: Law and Economics
- TH rejects the right to strike.
- THBT government should not bailout failing banks.
- THBT that employers have no right to restrict employee conduct outside of working hours.
Round Six: Food
- THBT McDonald' s should sell beef in India.
- THW censor fast food advertising to children.
- THW provide tax breaks to all citizens who follow a balanced, low fat diet.
Elimination Rounds
Octofinals: Non Human Nature
- THBT violent action to protect the environment is justified.
- THBT forest conservation policies must respect the rights of indigenous inhabitants.
- THS economic sanctions against any nation that does not act to reduce their carbon emissions.
Quarterfinals: Religion and Politics
- THBT the state should not provide any special benefits to its citizens on the basis of religion.
- THBT political leaders should be prevented from publicly attributing their achievements to God.
- TH prefers theocracy to communism.
Semifinals: Issues in Sexuality
- THBT universities should offer an elective course on effective sexual techniques.
- THS the legalization of homosexuality.
- THW utilize government resources to provide free sterilization procedures to the general public.
Finals: Philosophical Principles
- THBT utilitarianism should not be used to justify human rights violations.*
**(This was the final round motion)
- THBT, in the future, human clones should not be granted rights equal to humans.
- THBT laws punishing crimes against humanity should be applied retro-actively.
Jason Jarvis
Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management
Asian Debate Institute 2008
http://asiandebateinstitute.com
Greetings from Bangalore!
I am pleased to report that the 7th National Law School Debate has been a rousing success! The NLS Debates are the largest annual tournament in South Asia. Teams from India, Bangaldesh and Sri Lanka converged on the outskirts of Bangalore at the National Law School of India University campus.
The Final Round was between Ramjas University 2 (Gov) vs. Hansraj University 2. On an 8-1 decision, Ramjas University won the competition and repeated as champion.
It is customary at Indian tournaments for judges to give a full oral adjudication at the conclusion of elimination debates (with the exception of the final). This aspect of the tournament is one which worked quite successfully. It guaranteed that the debaters and observers had the opportunity to learn from the adjudicators. It also gave dissenting judges a chance to express the rationale for their decision that provided a more complete perspective on the debate. I think that this is something that international competitions ought to do more regularly.
There has been a lot of discussion of the future of South Asian debating. The National University of Juridical Sciences in Delhi has plans to host a tournament in January and there has also been talk of formally establishing a South Asian Championship. Hopefully, the continued efforts of debaters in South Asia will lead to these events. Debate in this region of the world is vibrant and the students are very impressive!
Motions for the NLS Debates:
Round One: The United Nations
- THW reorganize the United Nations into an American style, bicameral legislature.
- THS full membership status for Kosovo in the United Nations.
- THBT the United Nations should send a multinational peacekeeping force to Sri Lanka.
Round Two: Fashion and Style
- THBT modeling agencies should be required to provide medical benefits to their employees that cover the cost of treatment for eating disorders.
- THW not allow children to work in the modeling industry.
- THBT government should prohibit national beauty pageants from utilizing minimum height requirements.
Round Three: Elections
- THS a McCain/Palin victory in the US election.
- THW require candidates for national leadership to participate in at least 3 televised debates prior to election day.
- THBT that judges for the highest national court should be popularly elected.
Round Four: Sports
- THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in international sporting competitions.
- THBT all future Olympic Games should provide prize money for medalists.
- THW ensure that all transgendered athletes are able to participate in the Olympics as members of their new gender.
Round Five: Law and Economics
- TH rejects the right to strike.
- THBT government should not bailout failing banks.
- THBT that employers have no right to restrict employee conduct outside of working hours.
Round Six: Food
- THBT McDonald' s should sell beef in India.
- THW censor fast food advertising to children.
- THW provide tax breaks to all citizens who follow a balanced, low fat diet.
Elimination Rounds
Octofinals: Non Human Nature
- THBT violent action to protect the environment is justified.
- THBT forest conservation policies must respect the rights of indigenous inhabitants.
- THS economic sanctions against any nation that does not act to reduce their carbon emissions.
Quarterfinals: Religion and Politics
- THBT the state should not provide any special benefits to its citizens on the basis of religion.
- THBT political leaders should be prevented from publicly attributing their achievements to God.
- TH prefers theocracy to communism.
Semifinals: Issues in Sexuality
- THBT universities should offer an elective course on effective sexual techniques.
- THS the legalization of homosexuality.
- THW utilize government resources to provide free sterilization procedures to the general public.
Finals: Philosophical Principles
- THBT utilitarianism should not be used to justify human rights violations.*
**(This was the final round motion)
- THBT, in the future, human clones should not be granted rights equal to humans.
- THBT laws punishing crimes against humanity should be applied retro-actively.
Jason Jarvis
Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management
Asian Debate Institute 2008
http://asiandebateinstitute.
Irish Times First rounds
The draw for the Irish Times Debating Championships is out. If you are interested yo can find the full draw on the UCC Philosoph website
The motions are:
Heat 1 “This house believes Israeli policy is the major obstacle to peace in the Middle East”
Heat 2 “This house believes that global security demands a McCain victory”
Heat 3 “This House regrets the demise of the Progressive Democrats”
Heat 4 “This house would ban the eating of meat”
Heat 5 “This house would ban recreational air travel”
Heat 6 “This house would refuse to fund the Arts”
Heat 7 “This house would end all private political donations”
Heat 8 “This house believes in retributive justice”
Heat 9 “This house would introduce compulsory community service.”
Heat 10 “This house believes earning a licence should be necessary to vote”
Heat 11 “This house would fund science at all costs”
Heat 12 “This house would jail parents for the crimes of their children”
Heat 13 “This house would no longer pick up the tab for those living unhealthy lives”
Heat 14 “This house believes the time to fund RTE is at an end.”
Heat 15 “This house would join a European Army”
Heat 16 “This house believes the Celtic Tiger took away more than it ever gave”
The motions are:
Heat 1 “This house believes Israeli policy is the major obstacle to peace in the Middle East”
Heat 2 “This house believes that global security demands a McCain victory”
Heat 3 “This House regrets the demise of the Progressive Democrats”
Heat 4 “This house would ban the eating of meat”
Heat 5 “This house would ban recreational air travel”
Heat 6 “This house would refuse to fund the Arts”
Heat 7 “This house would end all private political donations”
Heat 8 “This house believes in retributive justice”
Heat 9 “This house would introduce compulsory community service.”
Heat 10 “This house believes earning a licence should be necessary to vote”
Heat 11 “This house would fund science at all costs”
Heat 12 “This house would jail parents for the crimes of their children”
Heat 13 “This house would no longer pick up the tab for those living unhealthy lives”
Heat 14 “This house believes the time to fund RTE is at an end.”
Heat 15 “This house would join a European Army”
Heat 16 “This house believes the Celtic Tiger took away more than it ever gave”
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