Rebecca Kuang wins the 2013 Tournament of Champions

What’s in Your Debate Bag?

Backpack, Backpack: What’s in Your Debate Bag?
By: Kyle Allen-Niesen & Cory Wynn

Where the Argument Leads by Jake Nebel

I try to judge debates fairly. This means that I don’t decide who wins or loses based on…

Bennett Eckert Wins NDCA Nationals and the Dukes and Bailey Cup

Orlando, FL — Congratulations to Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert for winning the 2016 NDCA National Tournament! In the Final round Bennett defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Cameron Cohen on a 3–0 decision (Alston, Mahoney, Simon)…

Demo: Kuang vs. Tartakovsky

LOS ANGELES, Cali. — Victory Briefs 2012 — — Session One campers were treated to a face-off between two of the…

Bennett Eckert Wins the 2016 NSDA National Tournament

Congratulations to Bennett Eckert of The Greenhill School (TX) and his coach Aaron Timmons for winning the 2016 NSDA National Tournament in LD. Bennett defeated Millard North’s Priya Kukreja on an 8–7 decision. Congratulations to both…

The Hell 1AR: How to Win Rounds You Shouldn’t Have by Akhil Jalan

The 1AR, as we all know, is no picnic. Devastating 1NC time skew and the ability to collapse to one under-covered issue in the 6-minute 2NR means that the 1AR is usually daunting, and many difficult rounds are lost…

Lawrence Zhou is NSDA National Champion

Congratulations to Lawrence Zhou of Bartlesville HS (OK) and his coach Linda Shipley for winning the 2014 NSDA National Tournament in LD. Lawrence is the 10th VBI alumnus to win Nationals in the past 11 years.

Meet Your VBI Staff!

Here’s Stephanie Franklin (on left) putting in some one-on-one time. Continue to meet some more of our instructors…