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28 March 2007

''Macedonia Open 2007'' INVITATION

Dear debate friends,

Macedonian debate association, part of Youth educational forum [YEF] is proud to announce the 5th jubilee of the international debate tournament ’’Macedonia Open 2007’’ and at the same time, delighted to invite you to be a part of this wonderful international debate experience.

Macedonia Open 2007 will be held between May 18th and 20th 2007 in Skopje; the capital of Macedonia.

The participants may choose to take part in the two tournaments offered:

Karl Popper Debate tournament
The KP tournament resolution will be: “The world’s fresh water should be considered common property”; which represents an excellent preparation opportunity for the IDEA Youth forum 2007.

Worlds School Debate Tournament
This tournament will be happening within the frames of the “Spring Day for Europe 2007” initiative;Therefore the resolutions will be under the motto “Youth debating for European issues”

The official language of the both tournaments will be English.
The participation fee for each tournament is 20 EUR per person (same price, debaters & coaches).However if you wish to send more than one team (maximum 3) there is a special discount package available:

If you decide to send two teams; each on different tournament [one on the KP tournament and the other on World’s] the participation for the both coaches will be free (-40eur)

Registration will be open on a first come, first served basis.
The debaters are offered a home stay and the coaches will be accommodated in a hotel in the centre of Skopje.

The deadline for registration is May 1st.

Macedonia Open 2007 director Ana Bojadzievska ana.bojadzievska@gmail.com

Tallinn IV 2007

Here are the results of the Tallinn IV 2007:
Champions: Oxford (Andrew Marshall and Simon Quinn)

The other finalists are:
SSER LMT A (Egle Murauskaite and Aisma Vitina)
Leiden B (Sheila Lynch and Koen van Schie)
Helsinki B (Helena Service and Filip Popovic)

Top Speakers on the Tab (tie): Andrew Marshall and Simon Quinn
Best Speaker in the Final: Simon Quinn
The full tabs can be found at www.tallinniv.org/index_en.htm .

Thanks to everyone -- judges, competitors, organizers, and sponsors -- who helped to make the Tallinn IV a pleasure to coordinate. We hope everyone who came enjoyed the experience as much as we did.

Alex Blenkinsopp
Chief Adjudicator

Uve Poom
Convener

27 March 2007

CUSID 2007-2008 Executive

President: Nick Shkordoff
Executive Director: Alex Amar
Treasurer: Paul-Erik 'Dash' Veel

VP West: Erin Reddekop
VP Central: Kozo Ota
VP East: John Whelan

26 March 2007

ITB AUDC 2007

Hi all

For those who attended our bid presentation in Ateneo, remember when we promised to provide at least 4-star hotels as lodgings? We kept that promise and we're proud to announce that we have secured a 4-star hotel to bunk all the participants. Currently, we are engaging talks with two of the city's best 5-star hotels, hoping that we can provide you with better hospitality without further charges. But if this effort fails, the 4-star hotels remains. Just keep your fingers crossed.

For those who still want to register to register, just visit our website at
www.sef-itb.org. We still have room for more people to rampage this small
city.

And, fear not, not all the food are spicy ^_^


Regards,
Norman

2007 CUSID National Debating Championship

CHAMPIONS: Hart House D - Adrienne Lipsey and Richard Lizius
Finalists: McGill A - Mike Jancik and Jason Rogers

Semi-finalists:
Hart House A - Nick Shkordoff and Paul-Erik 'Dash' Veel
Hart House B - Monica Ferris and Jon Laxer

Quarter-finalists:
UBC A - Teddy Harrison and Ashish Sinha
McGill D - Bryan Badali and Saro Setrakian
Hart House C - John Ashbourne and Alex Levy
McGill C - Vinay Kumar Mysore and Padraic Scanlan

Novice Champions: McGill E - Riva Gold and Sophie MacIntyre
Finalists: Hart House G - Ben Shachter and Josh Xiang

Top Speaker: McGill A -Mike Jancik
2nd: McGill A -Jason Rogers
3rd: Hart House A - Paul-Erik 'Dash' Veel
4th: UBC A - Teddy Harrison
5th: Hart House D - Richard Lizius
6th: Hart House B - Jon Laxer
7th: Hart House B- Monica Ferris
8th: McGill D - Saro Setrakian
9th: Hart House A - Nick Shkordoff
10th: Hart House D - Adrienne Lipsey

Top Novice Speaker: Hart House C - John Ashbourne

Top Public Speaker: McGill - Leon Grek
2nd: McGill - Padraic Scanlan
3rd: Hart House - Ethan Hoddes
4th: Hart House - Michael Beeler
5th: Dalhousie - Spencer Keys

25 March 2007

St Andrews win UL IV

St Andrews (Connie Grieve & Doug Cochran) won the UL IV (or DCUL Open as it was held jointly with DCU).

The other finalists were all Hybrid teams: Derek Doyle & Niall Kennedy, Peter O'Brien & John Moriarty, Niall McGrath & Barry Glynn.

The Best Speaker on the tab was Noel McGrath.
The Best Speaker in the final was Niall Kennedy

The motions were:
Rd1 TTHW not allow the use of sonic youth repellants in public property
Rd2 TTHW not ban unlimited violence between consenting adults
Rd3 TTHW allow religious and political advertisments
Rd4 TTHB the developed World should not hire doctors from Developing Nations
Rd5 TTHB the government should lobby the UK to refuse abortions to Irish Women
Semi: TTH supports the dissolution of the United States
Final TTHB that the state should offer assistance to Homosexuals seeking to be cured.

Final Adjudicators: Diarmuid Early (UCC) Sarah Carew (UL) Colm Flynn (DIT) Luke Ryder (Kings Inn) Paddy Buckley (UL) Lynda Young (UL) Paul Flynn (UCC)

Chung Ang Pre-Asians 2007

Greetings All,

Just a quick heads up so you can book plane tickets accordingly: Chung Ang university, not content with hosting the 14th All-Asians, will also be hosting the 14th All-Asians Pre Asians tournament!

Quick Details
- Dates: 28th and 29th April 2007
- Where: Chung Ang University, Seoul
- I will CA the tournament, and have a posse of exuberant and exciting DCAs
- the N-1 rule will apply
- composite teams will be allowed to participate
- there will be at least 4 prelims and 2 break rounds

It will be a good opportunity to prepare for the Asians, acclimatise to Seoul and work on your resistance to soju. Let me know if you need any help finding a place to stay (if you bring your own bedding, I have place for 3 people in my apartment).

See you all soon!!

Cheers
Logan

All Asian Update

A reminder that the All Asians 2007 registration forms and fees are due by April 1st

For more details please visit http://asians2007.cau.ac.kr/