October 29, 2014

Briefs are Out!

We're excited for the new Right to be Forgotten topic and we hope you're excited to jumpstart your topic prep with our 205 page brief.
October 28, 2014

November/December Briefs Released Tomorrow (10/29)!

I am excited to announce that our November/December briefs have been completed, and we will be emailing them out tomorrow. As with our September/October briefs these will […]
October 26, 2014

LD Practices Survey

The purpose of this survey is to help evaluate current communal norms in LD and to distinguish between varying practices beyond a broad approach like "disclosure good" vs. "disclosure bad." What do you think is appropriate?
October 25, 2014

Live Results: Jeng wins Beltway, Gilbert wins Iowa Caucus

Live results for this weekend’s semis-bid Beltway tournament. The battle for Capitol Beltway Fall Classic is underway. Click for out-rounds pairings and results.
October 23, 2014

LD Coaches Poll #2

It's time for LD Coaches Poll #2! You can vote by following this link. Congratulations to last month's Top 25.
October 22, 2014

Util/Trutil with Tom Placido: Planning for the 1AR

Planning for the 1AR Welcome back to our second installment of Util/Trutil. Today’s topic is 1AR strategy when reading a plan. Before I get into the […]
October 20, 2014

Being Forgotten: Kantian Positions

Resolved: The “right to be forgotten” from Internet searches ought to be a civil right. The September/October topic saw an increase in Kantian cases. The position’s […]
October 16, 2014

Live Results: Varun Bhave wins Bronx, Peninsula closes out St. Mark’s

Live results for this weekend's octas-bid tournaments. Congratulations to Varun Bhave, Akhil Jalan and Arjun Tambe!
October 16, 2014

Weekend Preview: St. Marks

Bid Level: Octafinals Date: September 27th-29th Number of Entries: 109 Last Year’s Final: Westwood AG def. Harker PR
October 14, 2014

Weekend Preview: Bronx and Bronx RR (Pods Released)

Bid Level: Octofinals Entries: 195 Date: October 17th to 19th Last Year’s Final: Collegiate AO def Harrison DD Unique Feature: The final and semifinal rounds are named after Bronx Science alumni. […]
October 14, 2014

Util/Trutil with Tom Placido: Conscription CP

This is the first installment of Util/Trutil where Tom Placido provides insight for debating policy in LD. In this edition, Tom talks about the ubiquitous Conscription CP on the 2014 September/October topic about organ procurement.
October 10, 2014

Bhave wins Voices, Branse wins Crestian, Fahey wins St. James

Voices RR Harvard-Westlake (Nick Steele and Cameron Cohen) close out the RR. Congratulations! For results, visit: http://tinyurl.com/VoicesRR Voices Pod 1- Harvard-Westlake CC 8-2 2- JMHS DD […]