WUDC 2013 Berlin DCAs announced

The Deputy Chief Adjudicators for Berlin Worlds in 2013 will Victor Finkel, Isabelle Fischer (former Loewe) and James Kilcup, Jens Fischer will be the Tabmaster.

Berlin Worlds Adjudication Core complete‏

With the feedback stage of the appointment process for WUDC Berlin Deputy Chief Adjudicator behind us, our Chief Adjudicators Douglas Cochran and Sharmila Parmanand have now made their choices.

The DCAs will be announced along with the Tabmaster tomorrow (Dec 8th) at 3 p.m. Berlin time on our weblog
http://berlinworlds.blogspot.com/.

Kind regards from Berlin,
Manuel Adams

Finnish National Debating Championship

Jenni Juvonen and Leo Silvennoinen from the University of Tampere won the Finnish National Debating Championship.  

The tournament was organised by Aalto Debating Society and Helsinki Debating Society with the final being held in the Helsinki City Hall.

For more details visit their facebook page

Monash B win Melbourne Mini

Monash B (Amit Golder and Kiran Iyer) won the recent Melbourne Mini. They also topped the team tab and Amit Golder was also best speaker.

For more details visit here

Motions:

Round 1: THW sell uranium to India
Round 2: THBT Facebook should remove pages that joke about rape
Round 3: THW take drastic action against Syria
Round 4: THW break up companies deemed too big to fail
Round 5: THBT marriage licenses should have to be renewed periodically
Round 6: THW ban all blood sports involving animals
Semi-finals: THW allow healthcare providers to opt out of an abortion at any stage, including before or after care
Grand Final: THBT the US should support Palestine's bid for statehood

TCD Hist dominate Cork IV

The TCD Hist team of Ian Curran and Adam Noonan have won the 2011 Cork IV. 

In the final they defeated TCD Phil (Rosalind ni Shuilleabhain & Fletch Williams) TCD Phil (Ricky McCormack & Dave Byrne) and TCD Hist (John Engle and Andrew Linn).

John Engle (TCD Hist) and Sally Rooney (TCD Hist) topped the speaker tab.  John Prasifka and Michael Coleman (you guessed it TCD Hist) won the novice competition.

The Invitational (held the night before the IV proper was won by TCD Hist (Sally Rooney and John Engle)

The full tab can be found here (in case you want to check that other colleges actually took part)

Motions: (wordings may not be exact)
Final: That this house would ban all former combatants from any military conflict from ever serving in elected office
Semi: That This House Believes That The State Should Ensure That Each Citizen Is Paid a National Salary to Ensure That Their Income is Exactly Equal Regardless of Whether They are Employed or not or of Their Occupation
Novice Final: That This House Believes That The State Should Have No Role in the Recognition of Marriage!

St. John's University Seeks Debate Graduate

Dear Friends,

Beginning in Fall 2012, the St. John's University Debate Society in Queens, NY, has a graduate assistant position available to people interested in graduate study and teaching the art of Worlds-style debating.

Candidates for this position must demonstrate a record of success in either the worlds format or some equivalent debating format on the national or international level, and must apply and be accepted to one of St. John's University's many graduate study programs. Candidates will also be interviewed via phone/Skype.

The assistantship provides 12 credits of graduate-level coursework per semester and a $6,000 stipend per academic year. 

Interested persons should examine the University's offerings of masters and doctoral programs. This assistantship will cover all academic programs that matriculate toward a Master's degree or Doctoral degree in any University department, but preference is given to those candidates who wish to study in St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The list of all available degree programs can be found here: http://www.stjohns.edu/admission/graduate/programs

Applicants should contact the program of interest to determine application requirements and deadlines. After applying, candidates should email the Director of Debate, Steve Llano, Ph.D. (llanos@stjohns.edu) and let him know what program you have applied for and your "x number" which will be assigned upon application, as well as letter of application and a debate CV.

The St. John's University Debate Society was founded in 2007 and competes nationally and internationally in Worlds/British Parliamentary debating. The campus is located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City and is easily accessible via mass transit from Manhattan. The Debate Society, an academic program housed in the Department of Rhetoric, Communication and Theater at the University, is an open club where pedagogy in argumentation is prioritized.

Graduate Assistants will be responsible for the following:

- Attend all STJ Debate Society meetings (2 per week)

- Schedule appointments with debaters to work on tutorials in speaking, research, or other subjects of interest.

- Schedule and judge practice debates weekly.

- Travel with the team to tournaments on some weekends - we usually have a travel schedule of up to 15 competitions per year.

- Assist with planning, paperwork, and other bureaucratic aspects of the STJ Debate society, including discussions of long term planning.

- Assist students as needed with community outreach work such as public debates and school workshops, as well as development events.

The assistantship is a 18-20 hour per week commitment, and candidates could find other employment if they wish to supplement the assistantship.

All materials must be submitted by February 1^st, 2012, but many degree programs have an earlier deadline, so candidates are advised to study the guidelines for the degree of interest carefully.

For any and all questions regarding this position, please email Dr. Steve Llano (llanos@stjohns.edu)

North East Asian Open 2011

Chungang University won the 2011 North East Asian Open held in Taiwan.  In the final they defeated Multimedia University Melaka 1, The University of Hong Kong 1 and Korea University 2.  Lee Tang Yin Krystal (UU1) was the top speaker on the tab.  Tsinghua University 1 won the EFL competition.

For more results and the tab visit here.

Kyunghee University in Korea will host the 2012 competition.

Motions
- R1: The Middle East THBT Israel should preemptively strike against Iranian Nuclear facilities.
-R2: Politics THW allow individuals to sell their votes for financial compensation.
-R3: Economics THW end all fiscal austerity measures and increase government spending.
-R4: Taiwan THBT Taiwanese government should abandon all efforts towards formal independence.
-R5: Ethics THW legalize polygamy.
-Pre QF: Religion THBT equal opportunity legislation should extend to religious institutions.
-QF: Justice THW try the Syrian dictator, Al-Assad.
-SF: International Obligations THBT all countries must ratify binding targets in any international agreement on climate change.
-GF: International Law THBT international law should recognize the right of each state to unilaterally undertake humanitarian intervention.
-EFL SF: Development THBT all government contracts should buy locally manufactured goods and services.
-EFL GF: Environment THW impose a maximum cap on the usage of water