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Comments Are Now Live For Blog Posts

We've launched a threaded comments system that will allow folks to have their own debates about our blog posts. You can not only post comments, but respond to the comments of others. You can post anonymously if you like, or you can enter your name and homepage URL.  Those will display on the site.  If you enter your e-mail when you comment, it will not display on the site but we intend to deploy a notification system that will let you…
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New Bumper Sticker for UGA Debate

Coming a tournament near you! A new bumper sticker for the Georgia Debate Union. Like it?
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Goodbye, Consult Counterplan

For the past 15 years, the consultation counterplan has been a stock component of the negative’s argumentative arsenal. Beginning on the 1993-1994 Commander in Chief topic, teams argued that the Aff plan should be done, but only after a process of prior, binding consultation with a 3rdparty (NATO, Japan, Congress, etc.). The Neg argued that Consult competed based on an exclusion of the immediate and certain…
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UGA Debate Launches Paperless Debate Initiative

New Paperless Initiative Logo Photo Credit: Design by Nick Kinney At the beginning of last summer, the Georgia Debate Union coaching staff made the decision to transition from traditional paper evidence to paperless debate.  There are a variety of reasons to make this change, and it requires enough of a commitment that having clear reasons is important to keep the project on track.  The purpose of this post is to outline our reasons…
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UGA Voted 13th Best School in Debate

Note that there is now a Top 25 Schools list, in addition to the Top 25 Teams list. Team (First Place Votes) – Points Per Eligible Ballot (Previous Position)  1. Emory IW (20) -- 24.65 (3) 2. Michigan State LW (3) -- 23.05 (9) 3. Northwestern FS (1) -- 22.65 (2) 4. California BP -- 22.50 (4) 5. UT Dallas BR -- 21.04 (1) 6. Whitman CS -- 19.35 (7) 7. West Georgia BS -- 18.70 (5) 8. Harvard JP -- 18.54 (6) 9. Kansas KQ -- 15.61 (19) 10.…
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St. Mark's HS Tournament Ad Created

The St. Mark's School of Texas will host the Heart of Texas Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament October 24-25, 2009 in Dallas, Texas. Concurrently, they will be running the College Debate preview, offering representatives from college programs the opportunity to talk with high school seniors about debating in college. Dr. Ed Panetta and Rob Mulholand will be attending the tournament as representatives of UGA. Feel free to find them if you…
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Creating a Highlighting Macro

1. Select some text 2. Click the Down Arrow on the Highlighting Box (its in the Formatting Toolbar – which should be open). Select whichever color you’d like. I recommend Bright Green or Gray for Papered teams (they print the best) and Yellow for Paperless teams (easiest to read from the computer). 3. It should have highlighted the text you previously selected. Press Control+Z to reverse this. The Highlight Button should still be colored with…
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A First Look at Creating Paperless Debate Files

Going paperless changes a lot more about debate than just what materials you bring to the tournament. Almost every facet of the activity—from argument conceptualization to evidence production to in-round execution—will eventually be revamped to harness the advantages and minimize the limitations of purely electronic debating. This post will focus on one of the most important, but often overlooked, building-blocks of debate success: file…
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Athens Banner-Herald Covers Team Success at GSU

UGA Georgia Debate Union: The Georgia Debate Union from the University of Georgia reached the quarterfinals of the National Season Opening Tournament held Sept. 18-21 at Georgia State University in Atlanta. The UGA team of senior Brittany Cambre and sophomore Mike Lacy won five of seven preliminary debates and defeated second-seed Michigan State University in the octafinals to reach the quarterfinals. The team of senior Karen Harrison and…
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UGA CL Named 11th Ranked Team in the Nation!

In the first Coaches' Poll of the 2009 session, the UGA team of Mike Lacy and Brittany Cambre was ranked 11th out of over 200 two-person teams in the country. This is partially a reflection of their strong showing at Georgia State. Good work! Team (First Place Votes) – Points Per Eligible Ballot  1. UT Dallas BR (19) -- 24.86  2. Northwestern FS (3) -- 23.62  3. Emory IW -- 23.33  4. California BP -- 21.14  5. West…
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