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Congratulations to graduating senior Brittany Cambre. Originally from Alpharetta GA and the illustrious Chattahoochee High School, Cambre recently completed a 4 year career at UGA. Her senior year was highly successful: Brittany was in the Octafinals of the NDT, recieved the 10th overall First Round At-Large Bid to the NDT, was in the Semifinals of the University of Texas tournament, and reached the Quarterfinals of several other major national…

Please congratulate Willy Zhang, this year's most improved debater in the Georgia Debate Union. Willy, a freshman from Alpharetta, was given the title along with a handsome reward at Wednesday's squad meeting. He earned this distinction by being one of the hardest workers on the team and constantly seeking to contribute and improve. Congrats, Willy! *Not an April Fool's Day joke.

UGA Coaching Staff The Georgia Debate Union had a very strong finish to the 2009-2010 debate season at the National Debate Tournament in Berkeley, CA. UGA CL (Brittany Cambre & Mike Lacy) finished as an Octafinalist and had a 6-2 record in the preliminary rounds, including wins over the University of Texas, the University of Kansas, Wake Forest University, and Trinity University. In addition, they qualified to the tournament as the 10th…

Results for the 2010 Bulldog Debates are now available. Elim results are at the bottom of the documents.   Top Ten Speakers in Open 1. Ellis Allen (Westminster TA) 2. Daniel Taylor (Westminster TA) 3. Rebecca Rothfield (Georgetown Day RS) 4. Anna Dimitrijevic (Carrollton DG) 5. Jack Caporal (Lexington CS) 6. Chetan Hebbale (Johns Creek HD) 7. Megan Cambre (Chattahoochee CR) 8. Adam Kostrinsky (Chattahoochee KR) 9. Jeff Zhang (Chattahoochee…

Notes: 1. Rounds will *START* at 8:00am. All debates will be in Park Hall. True of both Open and Novice. 2. Judges: report to Park Hall and pick up your ballot by **** 7:45 AM ****, or you may be replaced and your school charged for tournament-provided judging. 3. Open will clear to an Octa and Novice will clear to a Quarterfinal. 4. Awards will follow the first elimination debate.   MORNING JUDGES (not alphabetical - sorry): Watson, H.…

UGA graduate assistant coaches Rob Mulholand and John Turner recently squared off in a public debate about nuclear weapons policy. Further information is available here: http://www.redandblack.com/2010/02/23/group-debates-nuclear-issues/

Two University of Georgia teams will now be at the NDT. UGA HL, senior Karen Harrison and freshman Austin Layton, have officially qualified to the 2010 National Debate Tournament, advancing from the tough District Six debate tournament. After two days of competition, HL secured a solid 4-2 record, including wins over Emory and Wake Forest. They will be joining UGA CL (Cambre and Lacy) at the NDT in Oakland, CA in mid-March. Also competing were…

The University of Georgia team of Brittany Cambre and Mike Lacy has been awarded a first round at-large bid to the 2010 National Debate Tournament, to be held in Oakland, CA in March. Recognizing UGA CL as one of the 16 top two-person debate teams in the country, recieving a "first round" is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in policy debate. Voted on by coaches around the country, the bid automatically qualifies the team for…

Two links to Red and Black stories about the upcomming UGA v PETA Debate. http://www.redandblack.com/2010/02/14/debate-is-eating-meat-ethical/ http://www.redandblack.com/2010/02/14/lack-of-debate-from-peta-opposition/   Update: More articles have been written since this post was published. See: http://flagpole.com/Weekly/CityPages/ProsAndConsOfMeat-24Feb10 http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=14294

Ronnie O'Sullivan Photo Credit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/08/08/rocket-for-ronnie-115875-21581620/ The quarterfinals debate that I judged at West Georgia has brought up an interesting theoretical question. Namely, when does an argument have to be explicitly conceded in order for a team to make use of it later? There was a short discussion of this on The 3NR. I expand this discussion and provide a bit more background…