7 December 2007
Cork IV results
Novice Winners: St Andrews (Claire Murran & James Beadle)
Best Speaker on Tab: Will Jones
Best Speaker in the Final: Ross Kelly
Motions:
Round 1: TTHW not allow people to sue for those who attempt a “Good Samaritan” rescue
Round 2: TTHW Invade Zimababwe
Round 3: TTHW not punish domestic persons who bribe officials abroad
Round 4: TTHW conduct medical experiments on prisoners
Round 5: TTHW allow people to contract out of health and safety conditions
Novice Final: TTHW allow children to sue mothers for maltreatment during pregnancy
Semi: TTHBT the State should have no role in marriage
Final: TTHW allow judges to order the branding of criminals.
Final Option 1: TTHW allow torture to animals, no matter how cute, for entertainment.
Final Option 2: TTHBT rich countries should not give money to poor countries
More info plus the tab can be found here
The Great Debaters
Irish championships update
Motions and the draw for the next rounds should be announced in early January.
And if you think the Irish way of running a championship for a couple of hundred teams over 7 months and with up to 10 teams in a debate in the first round and then a mix of teams and individuals in the later rounds is complicated just remember next year you get to experience it for yourself at World Masters in Cork.
For more info please see here
Irish Mace Semi Finalists
UL Deb Union Oisin and Eamon
UL Deb Union Maurice and Adrian
UCD Law Eoin and Shane
UCD Law Áine and Ian
UCD Law Ross and Maguerite
UCD L&H James and Susan
UCD L&H Eamon and Mark
UCD L&H Conor and Michael
UCD L&H Dave and Michael
UCD L&H Ian and Stephen
UCC Philosoph Luke and Alanna
UCC Philosoph Derek and Tiernan
UCC Law Tadhg and Chris
UCC Law Ger and Marcus
TCD Phil Ruth and Ed
TCD Phil Alex and Dave
TCD Phil Emma and Sinead
TCD Phil Brian and Jonathan
TCD Phil Brendan and Joe
TCD Phil Ciara and Sheila
TCD Hist Daniel and Emma
TCD Hist Anne and Jamie
TCD Hist Joesephine and Shane
NUIG Lit&Deb Ronan and Nuala
NUIG Lit&Deb Dan and Julie
NUIG Lit&Deb Conor and Cornelia
NUIG Lit&Deb Zoe and Áine
King's Inns Elizabeth and Rory
King's Inns Barry and Seán
King's Inns Alison and Dave
King's Inns Luke and Brendan
DCU Deb Soc Ken and Greg
Irish Times Team Semi Finalists:
TCD Hist: Kissane & Kenny
UCD Law: Ó hUigínn & O'Connell
UCC Philosoph: Doyle & Ward
UCC Philosoph: Haverty & Frennet
TCD Hist: Fenlon & Breathnach
UCD L&H: Pigeon & McAndrew
TCD Law: O'Mahony & Thuillier
UCD Law: McGuire & Carter
TCD Phil: Gaffney & Lyden
King's Inns: Bruen & Thuillier
UCC Philosoph: Stanley & Sadlier
UCD Law: Cranley & Martin
TCD Hist: Gallagher & Mulligan
UCD L&H: Kinsella & Mountjoy
TCD Hist: Curry & Farragher
UCD Law: Hartigan & Hastings
Irish Times Individual Semifinalists
NUIG Lit & Deb: Dan Colley
UCD Law: Steven Byrne
NUIG Lit & Deb: James Hope
UCD L&H: Stephen Boyle
UCC Philosoph: Conor O'Brien
TCD Phil: Alex Grey
King's Inns: Luke Ryder
DCU: Greg Bowler
UCC Law: Aengus O'Corráin
TCD Hist: Niall Sherry
TCD Hist: Anne Byrne
King's Inns: Shaun Smith
UCD Law: Ciaran Ahern
TCD Phil: Jonathan Wyse
IPLS Belfast: Conor Houston
SADSI: Brian Harley
TCD Hist Niall Sherry
TCD Hist Anne Byrne
UCD Law Shaun Smith
UCD Law Ciaran Ahern
UCD Law Steven Byrne
6 December 2007
IDEA's Fizz For CIMB WUPID 2007
Intro Page: http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/CIMB_Group_World_Universities_Peace_Invitational_Debate
Category Page: http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Category:Peace_Tournament
Alex Dukalskis
IDEA Program Coordinator
adukalskis@idebate.orgwww.idebate.org
phone from Korea: 02.2648.7611
phone from outside Korea: (+82) 2.2648.7611
AUDC 2008 Website
Contact: ask@iiuaudc.com
Convener: yem@iiuaudc.com
Registration: rego@iiuaudc.com
5 December 2007
Transporation Services for WUDC 2008
The transportation team is only providing transportation services from December26th, 2007 till January 5th, 2008. If you are coming early or leaving late, youmust arrange your own transportation. Of course the team will always be here toassist. Please do not forget to fill in all your arrival and departure datesfrom Bangkok. If you do not put the information in the system, we will nothave airport pick up and drop off service for you.
Please email our transportation director at jim@assumptionworlds.com
Please contact him asap.
kind regards,
Tarique
Japan 13th JPDU Debate Championship 2007
Japan Parliamentary Debate Union-JPDU Debate Championships 2007
Team results:
1st Prize ICU J
Tomohisa Ishikawa / Satomi Hemmi
2nd Prize Tsuda A
Kana Sato / Hiroko Tachibana
3rd Prize Titech A
Hiroyuki Hirano / Masayoshi Yoshikawa
3rd Prize ICU B
Toshiaki Ikehara / Nami Maezaki
Quarter Finalists
ICU D
KDS A
ICU A
UK A
Motions:
Round 1: THBT nations engaging in human rights abuses should not host the Olympics.
Round 2: THW support affirmative action for women-only corporations.
Round 3: THW give citizens the right to vote against a candidate in an election.
Round 4: THW prosecute copyright infringers without formal complaints from copyright holders.
Round 5: THBT the WTO should allow the use of safeguards to prevent cruelty toward animals.
Oct Final: THBT permanent members of the UN Security Council should dismantle their nuclear arsenals.
Quarter Final: THW lagalize marijuana for pleasure.
Semi Final: THBT English should be the single official language in the United States.
Grand Final: THBT parents should have the right to choose the sex of their babies.
Source: http://www.jpdu.org/works/tournaments/13thjpdut2007.html
4 December 2007
AUDC invite-pack and website ready
Hi guys,
1. The website is ready. All the information should be there. If the website does not contain adequate info, please contact us and we will try to furnish such information. Website is http://www.iiuaudc.com/
2. The invitation package for the 4th International Islamic University Malaysia's Asian Universities Debating Championship 2008 (IIU AUDC'08) is ready. For institutions that wish to receive the invite-pack, please inform us by Dec 8th 2007 so we can snail mail it to you.
What's inside the package? Invitation letter, schedule, hotel info, letters for your VC's/Student affairs head, CD's of debates, etc.
Please email us the corresponding address, name of the person in charge (PIC), phone number (with IDD codes), and email of the PIC.
Our contact info:
Inquiries: ask@iiuaudc.com
Registration issues: rego@iiuaudc.com
General questions: iiu.audc@gmail.com
Website: http://www.iiuaudc.com/
Convener: yem@iiuaudc.com
Chief Adjudicator: latif@iiu.edu.my
Please categorize your queries and send them to the respective emails. That way, we can better monitor your response.
Truly,
Miss Asmaa' AlJuned & Miss Michelle Usman
Liaison Officers
IIU AUDC '08
See you then!
3 December 2007
Ben-Gurion Open Results
Winners:
IDC B – Lior Hadas & Era Segev
Finalists:
MIXED M&A – Michal Halbershtam & Avihu Tamir
IDC C – Gili Arazi Cohen & Uri Feldman
IDC E – Ruty Koren & Dalit Yakobovich
Best Speaker: Michal Halbershtam (MIXED M&A)
CA: Rinat Gershfeld
See Smooth Tournament for the full Tab (preliminaries) of this debating tournament.
Victoria win NZ BP Champs
Winners: Victoria University of Wellington A (Christopher Bishop & Gareth Richards)
Runners-up: Auckland University A (Jordan Ward and James Little), Monash/Melbourne (Victor Finkel and Nicole Lynch), Victoria University of Wellington C (Polly Higbee and Clodagh O'Connor-McKenna)
Semi finalists were Macquarie University, Sydney University, Victoria D and Victoria E.
Top five speakers:
1. Gareth Richards (Victoria)
2. Christopher Bishop (Victoria)
3. Nicole Lynch (Melbourne)
4. Victor Finkel (Monash)
5. Jordan Ward (Auckland)
Topics:
1. This House would force single parents receiving welfare to seek work
2. This House would use quotas to desegregrate Northern Ireland religious schools
3. This House believes the 1st World should prohibit the immigration of doctors and nurses from the Third World
4. This House would allow juries to decide on sentences
5. This House would build power stations in ex-Soviet states to reduce their dependence on Russia
6. This House would ban the broadcast and dissemination of terrorist videos
Semi: This House would immediately establish a Palestinian state in the Fatah-controlled West Bank
Final: This House believes Amnesty International should campaign for abortion rights
2 December 2007
Registration details at WUDC 2008
We are having a very difficult time finalizing our logistics because there are more than 300 people whom we do not have any details about at all. We do not know when they are coming, what is their dietary needs etc. We have around 500 people whose information is incomplete. We urge all of the participants to take this request very seriously. It is badly affecting our preparation for the event. We need all this information to ensure 100% that the event runs smoothly.We are providing excellent services for all participants such as airport pickups, variety of meals based on dietary needs, express visa service at the airport and accommodations.
We have made the system as easy as we could to use. Now I understand it is not perfect. Some may not have experience filling in a dynamic online form. If youneed any assistance please contact our communications director Mr. Rish , hisemail is rish@assumptionworlds.com. You can also contact our Internal CA Mr.Ravi at ravi@assumptionworlds.com for any matters relating to teams or adjudicators.
If by December 10 we do not have the complete details filled up. We apologize for any inconvenience you face during the tournament. If you want airport pickup, if you want food according to your dietary needs, if you want to go throughthe "fast track" immigration counter, if you want the right accommodation,please fill up all details.
kind regards,
Tarique
Visa express land at airport for WUDC 2008
We are pleased to announce that we have set up a visa fast track lane for all WUDC participants with the immigration department in Thailand. All WUDC participants must make sure to log on to our online system and put in their full names and passport details and all travel information asap. We must submit a list to the immigration department asap. If you do not provide us with this information you will not receive these excellent services. There is no cost for these services. It is to your benefit to give us all your travel details and personal details asap.
kind regards,
Tarique
Early and Late Accommodation at WORLDS 2008
If you wish to make any special accommodation arrangements for arriving early or late. Please contact our accommodation team at ken@assumptionworlds.com and please also contact Miss Luck. Her email phone number is 668-67773362 for any urgent matters. Miss Luck can help you with all your accommodation needs.
Please make sure you fill up all your accommodation details on our online registration system asap. If you do not do that, you will not have a bed to sleep on when you arrive. We must book all the rooms in advance based exactly on registered delegates. This is a very serious matter, we cannot help you if you do not complete your registration details now.
kind regards,
Tarique