Aloha colleagues,
The Hawaii Pacific University Sea Warrior Debate Society hosted the third annual Pan Pacific Championship Debate Tournament, October 16-18 at our Hawaii Loa Campus. Twenty-four debate teams representing 11 universities from Hawaii, the US mainland and Malaysia competed in World style debate for the title of Pan Pacific Champions of debate! Portland State University (Aaron Baker and Lindsay Bing) won the overall Championship title and a team from the University of Hawaii (Ben Siegel and Daniel Hugo) won the title of the overall best team from Hawaii.
This year the tournament featured the following topics:
THW This house would classify crimes motivated by a victim’s homeless status as “hate- crimes”.
THB undocumented immigrants should be eligible for financial aid for higher education.
THB the United Nations should protect the Arctic.
THW increase its support of military efforts in Afghanistan.
THB the International Criminal Court should prosecute war crimes in Gaza.
THW exchange personal privacy for counter terrorism monitoring.
Finals: THB that President Obama should not have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Two teams from the Portland State University (Kelly Welch and Sean Partch; Aaron Baker And Lindsay Bing), one from University of Hawaii, Manoa (Ben Siegel and Daniel Hugo) and a composite team from University of La Vern and Universiti Teknologi Mara (John Martin, Hazwani Zainal) reached the grand final round held at the Kalama Beach House in Kailua, HI.
Before the final round, teams were treated to Hawaiian style BBQ on the beach and a Hula performance. Other institutions represented at the tournament were University of Southern Illinois, Northwest University, California State University San Bernardino, Hawaii Pacific University, Claremont McKenna College, California State University, Fullerton and Rocky Mountain.
The Pan Pacific Championship will be moving to February. See you in Spring 2011 in paradise!
Mahalo,
Rose Helens-Hart
Director of Debate
Hawaii Pacific University
29 October 2009
27 October 2009
Singapore Debate Open 2009
Hi All!
The Singapore Debate Open 2009 is now officially open for registration. Attached is the official invitation letter. We would like to extend our warmest invitation to all to register. The basic details once again are:
Date: 12-13 December, 2009
Venue: NUS Law Campus, Bukit Timah
Debate: BP Style, 4 prelim rounds, Quarters, Semis, Grand Final
Cost: S$50 per team/S$25 per adjudicator/debater
This open invitational tournament promises to be one of the most prestigious and competitive events in the local debate calendar. Over the past two years, the SDO attracted teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, local debaters based in the Ivy and Oxbridge circuit and many notable illustrious members of the debating alumni. This tournament is perfect for exposure to a high level of debating and for training for the upcoming World Universities Debating Championships and the rest of the debate year ahead!
This year we are proud to have 2 very accomplished individuals as our CA and DCA, on top of a very high quality adjudicators' pool.
Ms. Sarala Subramaniam is currently a Senior Legal Associate at Rajah and Tann LLP. An esteemed alumnus of the NUS Debate team, she was the Deputy Chief Adjudicator for the Asian University Debating Championships 2006 held in Manila. In the 2003 Australasian Championships, her team was ranked second on the tab.
Mr. Suthen Thomas is one of the Deputy Chief Adjudicators for this year’s World University Debating Championships (WUDC). Better known as Tate, he is a graduate of Multimedia University in Malaysia. In a debating career spanning seven years, he has reached the Octo Finals of Worlds, the Grand Final of Australs and was the Champion of All-Asians in 2005.
To register, please send an email to singaporedebateopen2009@gmail.com with the following details:
1. Institution name
2. No. of teams with names of team members
3. No. of adjudicators and their names
4. Dietary preferences if any/any other relevant information.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at the above email address should you have any further queries. We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at the Singapore Debate Open 2009.
More details can be found at our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174709185336&index=1).
Please note that registration closes on the 4th of December 2009.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Warmest regards,
NUS Debating Society
The Singapore Debate Open 2009 is now officially open for registration. Attached is the official invitation letter. We would like to extend our warmest invitation to all to register. The basic details once again are:
Date: 12-13 December, 2009
Venue: NUS Law Campus, Bukit Timah
Debate: BP Style, 4 prelim rounds, Quarters, Semis, Grand Final
Cost: S$50 per team/S$25 per adjudicator/debater
This open invitational tournament promises to be one of the most prestigious and competitive events in the local debate calendar. Over the past two years, the SDO attracted teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, local debaters based in the Ivy and Oxbridge circuit and many notable illustrious members of the debating alumni. This tournament is perfect for exposure to a high level of debating and for training for the upcoming World Universities Debating Championships and the rest of the debate year ahead!
This year we are proud to have 2 very accomplished individuals as our CA and DCA, on top of a very high quality adjudicators' pool.
Ms. Sarala Subramaniam is currently a Senior Legal Associate at Rajah and Tann LLP. An esteemed alumnus of the NUS Debate team, she was the Deputy Chief Adjudicator for the Asian University Debating Championships 2006 held in Manila. In the 2003 Australasian Championships, her team was ranked second on the tab.
Mr. Suthen Thomas is one of the Deputy Chief Adjudicators for this year’s World University Debating Championships (WUDC). Better known as Tate, he is a graduate of Multimedia University in Malaysia. In a debating career spanning seven years, he has reached the Octo Finals of Worlds, the Grand Final of Australs and was the Champion of All-Asians in 2005.
To register, please send an email to singaporedebateopen2009@gmail.com with the following details:
1. Institution name
2. No. of teams with names of team members
3. No. of adjudicators and their names
4. Dietary preferences if any/any other relevant information.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at the above email address should you have any further queries. We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at the Singapore Debate Open 2009.
More details can be found at our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174709185336&index=1).
Please note that registration closes on the 4th of December 2009.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Warmest regards,
NUS Debating Society
Botswana Worlds 2011 : Call for DCAs
Dear Global Debate Community,
It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the organising committee of Botswana Worlds 2011 to invite applications for Deputy Chief Adjudicators (DCA) to join our Adjudication Team. We are looking for 2 or 3 individuals who,
There will be two phases, an Application phase and a Public Review phase
a) A Cover Letter (please explain your motivation(s) for applying. Also, please briefly discuss what you think the challenges of being a DCA at Worlds are and why you are up to them).
b) A Detailed Resume (please include commitments until December 2010)
Your application will be processed solely by the adjudication team (James Dray and I) and Convenor (Justice Motlhabani). No one else will view any content related to the entire application process. Candidates will be chosen based on what we believe is the best for Botswana Worlds and the World Universities Debating Championships.
Please send all applications to adjudicationteam@botswanaworlds.com by 12GMT 13th November 2009.
Please feel free to email questions or comments to the same address, or directly to James or myself.
Looking forward to hearing from (some of) you soon!
Cheers
Logandran Balavijendran
Chief Adjudicator
James Dray
Deputy Chief Adjudicator
Botswana Worlds 2011
It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the organising committee of Botswana Worlds 2011 to invite applications for Deputy Chief Adjudicators (DCA) to join our Adjudication Team. We are looking for 2 or 3 individuals who,
- have strong adjudication and debate experience at the international level in the Worlds format (organisational experience is a plus but is not required)
- are actively involved in their debate communities and will be until December 2010
- have time to communicate regularly (by email and skype) with other members of the adjudication team
- can be in Botswana at least one week before Worlds 2011 (19th December 2010)
- work well under pressure, doesn't really need sleep, and has other essential qualities of an exceptional DCA
There will be two phases, an Application phase and a Public Review phase
- Application Phase - this phase begins now and ends on the 13th of November. More information below.
- Review Phase - will run for two weeks soon after the application deadline expires. A list of all applicants will be published and the Worlds debate community will have the opportunity to provide feedback. The objective of the feedback should be to provide further information about the candidate that is relevant to their application or character references. Feedback should be provided directly to the adjudication team and will be treated with utmost discretion and sensitivity. These comments will not be made public (even after worlds) or accessible to the applicants (even if they are successful). Also the number of comments a candidate gets will have no bearing on the chances of their appointment.
a) A Cover Letter (please explain your motivation(s) for applying. Also, please briefly discuss what you think the challenges of being a DCA at Worlds are and why you are up to them).
b) A Detailed Resume (please include commitments until December 2010)
Your application will be processed solely by the adjudication team (James Dray and I) and Convenor (Justice Motlhabani). No one else will view any content related to the entire application process. Candidates will be chosen based on what we believe is the best for Botswana Worlds and the World Universities Debating Championships.
Please send all applications to adjudicationteam@botswanaworlds.com by 12GMT 13th November 2009.
Please feel free to email questions or comments to the same address, or directly to James or myself.
Looking forward to hearing from (some of) you soon!
Cheers
Logandran Balavijendran
Chief Adjudicator
James Dray
Deputy Chief Adjudicator
Botswana Worlds 2011
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