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Chris Kymn Wins The Kandi King Round Robin

Congratulations to Loyola’s Chris Kymn for championing the 2014 Kandi King Round…

VBI Family: Interview with Karlyn Gorski

Register for CDI 2014!

Don’t forget to register for the 2014 Counterpoint Debate Institute! CDI will be held from July 6th-19th at Loyola…

Women in Debate Update: Part II

This series will address the issues that women in debate face, as well as the progress that they have made. It will be split into two parts: part one will encompass background on the issue as well as individual observations and experiences, while part two will cover…

VBI Family: Interview with David McNeil

Has Science Killed Philosophy?

Stephen Hawking recently declared the death of philosophy. Is he right? Has science rendered philosophy obsolete? Should we be looking to science to answer the biggest questions, or are there areas of understanding that science cannot reach that philosophy can? What about…

Answering Common Theory Spikes: Part II

An increasingly popular trend in debate has been the 1AC blitzing of short theory spikes…

Affirmative Debaters Are Sabotaging Themselves

For all the technical training and strategic planning to which we subject ourselves in the name of affirmation, judges are as inclined as ever to negate. No amount of spikes, tricks or presumption arguments have changed that. Nor have RVIs and…

Bennett Eckert Wins TFA State

Congratulations to Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert for championing the 2014 TFA State tournament in Houston, TX. In finals, he defeated Katy Taylor’s Neel Yerneni on a 2–1 decision (*Emerson, Babb, Tripe). Bennett is coached by Aaron Timmons, Neil Conrad, Bekah Boyer, Eric…