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…

Should T be a Voting Issue? by Jake Nebel

Jake Nebel studies Philosophy at Oxford on a Marshall Scholarship. As a coach, his students have won the TOC, NDCA, Glenbrooks, Bronx, Emory, TFA State, and the Harvard Round Robin. As a debater, he won six octos-bid championships and was top speaker at the…

Drillin’ Like a Villain: How to Get Better At Debate by Danny DeBois

Danny DeBois (Harvard ’18) debated for Harrison High School in New York for 4 years. He won the TOC, NCFL Grand Nationals, Glenbrooks, and the Harvard Invitational (twice). He is now an assistant coach at…

Rebecca Gelfer Wins the Minneapple Round Robin

The Right to Forget a Topic & Other Adventures In Debate Pedagogy by Stephen Babb

What if you just don’t feel like debating the LD topic selected for a given two-month period — or, as may be the case this season, for several two-month periods?

Arjun Tambe Wins the 2014 Damus Hollywood Invitational

Isis Davis-Marks and Adegoke Fakorede Co-Champion Bump

In Plain Sight by Noah Simon

The ‘lone wolf’ and ‘independent debater’ have been the source of quite a lot of controversy in recent memory, from tournament liability to TOC exclusion. However, not many people seem to truly understand what being a lone wolf entails. For most, being a lone wolf means you are…

Michael Bogaty Wins the 2014 Minneapple

Apple Valley, MN — Congratulations to Scarsdale’s Michael Bogaty for winning the 2014…

Pranav Reddy Wins the 2014 Glenbrooks

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