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The HWS RR was started in 2007 by the HWS Debate Team, with the intent of designing an annual tournament of champions for BP debate. While the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) had already long been established at the time, its open nature meant allowing a significant variation in skill among teams. [13]
Youngstown East High School won the first state tournament, beating Marietta High School. [1] In 1928, the number of member schools in the Debating League grew to 67 schools, with Hicksville High School winning the state tournament over Ravenna High School. [1] In 1935, Donald Riley became the director of the League, 88 schools in number at ...
There is no single unified national championship in college debate; the National Debate Tournament (NDT), the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) and the American Debate Association (ADA) all host national tournaments. There are also Junior Varsity and Novice national championship tournaments, as well as a national title for community ...
The Rex Copeland award, presented on the eve of the NDT, goes to the team with the best season-long performance, ranked #1 among the 16 teams with automatic bids to the tournament. [2] Rex Copeland, a debater at Samford University, was murdered by his debate coach, William Slagle, in 1989. [3]
Tournament of Champions is a national high school debate tournament held at the University of Kentucky every year in late April. To qualify, debaters need at least two bids or automatically qualify by placing high enough at last year's Tournament of Champions. [1]
The debate between the candidates vying to represent Ohio's 1st Congressional District will be held at the Schiff Family Conference Center at the Xavier Cintas Center, 1624 Herald Avenue. Doors ...
Lincoln–Douglas debate format; List of National Debate Tournament winners; ... National Debate Tournament; North American Debating Championship; T.
Policy Debate – Two-person, switch-side, cross-examination debate, with five minutes of preparation time per team, on the national topic. Public Forum Debate – A team event that advocates or rejects a position posed by the resolution. The focus of the debate is a clash of ideas in a persuasive manner that can be understood by a "lay" judge.