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2013 UGA Bulldog Debates - Clearing Teams and Judge List

Pairings and Breakfast in the MLC, second floor atrium at 7:45 am. Pairings will be posted online at 7:30.  Lunch is not provided by the tournament - the Tate Cafe is open and snacks will be available in MLC 101.    Open Teams Clearing Alpharetta High BM (Tucker Boyce & chris Moxley) Caddo Magnet JM (Jay Jain & Calen Martin) Carrollton School of SC (Francis Swanson & Nina Cubero) Chattahoochee AL (Amar Adam &…
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Tournament Results, High School Debate, TOC Bid

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UGA Debate Poised for a Strong Finish to a Successful Season

UGA had a strong first semester, earning the top ranking in the Southeast from the Cross Examination Debate Association. The team would like to thank our debaters, coaches, and alumni for helping to make this possible.  The team is now on the home stretch. Headed to Districts this weekend, the team hopes to qualify a team for the National Debate Tournament for a 24th consecutive season. Also of note, the team is hosting numerous on-campus…
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Tournament Results, Alumni News, Press, Public Debate

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
The Great Debate

The Georgia Debate Union is proud to participate in a perrenial debate. The Great Debate between Booker T. Washington's economic theory and W.E.B. Dubois' education theory will be applied to the contemporary times.  The debate will be held on February 21, 2013 in Demosthenian Hall at 5 pm. We would encourage anyone interested to arrive early as securing seating may be difficult for this exciting event! Downloads Flyer for BTW WED Debate
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Public Debate

GDI Flyer
New GDI Flyer!

Spread the word about the Georgia Debate Institutes!  GDI 2013 has two sessions:  One Week: Public Forum (June 23-29, 2013) $850 Two Week: Policy and Public Forum (June 16-29, 2013) $1700 Debaters who apply and make a deposit by May 1st will receive a $100/week discount! That means One Week Debaters pay only $750 and Two Week Debaters pay only $1500!


Top Ten Speaking Don'ts

Speaker points are subjective measures of speaking ability. They are assigned based on both argumentation and speaking style. Unfortunately, debaters too often rely on their evidence to perform their persuasion for them. Work on your speaking style and avoid these speaking Don'ts in order to improve your speaker points! The Top Ten Speaking Don’ts:  10. Waving hands and arms. Don’t expend all of your energy waving your arms around like…

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UGA Off to a Strong Start

The University of Georgia has successfully opened its season over the past several weeks at major national tournaments held at Georgia State University and the University of Kentucky. At Georgia State, UGA defeated opponents from Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan, Wake Forest University, and numerous others. The squad advanced a team to the elimination debates in both the open and junior varsity divisions, with the junior varsity…

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2013 Bulldog Debates

Friends and Colleagues,               The University of Georgia Debate Union is pleased to invite you to the Fifteenth Annual Bulldog Debates that will be held in Athens, Georgia, on March 1stthrough March 3rd, 2013. We wish to make this year’s Bulldog Debates an enjoyable and educational experience. Last year, our tournament drew 100 teams from three states. We are a TOC Qualifier in…
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Novice Debate, Debate Pedagogy, Georgia Debate Institutes, High School Debate


GA Debate provides Presidential Debate Commentary on HLN

Ed Panetta will be providing real time Twitter commentary to CNN HLN for the first presidential debate.   
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Public Debate

President Reagan
Great Communicator Debates at UGA

On October 13th, the University of Georgia Debate Union will host the Southern regional championship of the Great Communicator Debate Series.  This is a national competition sponsored by the Ronald Reagan Foundation.   The regional tournament will draw students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee.  The student who wins the tournament in Athens will compete in the national finals at the…
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Debate Pedagogy, Public Debate, High School Debate


2012 Bulldog Debates - Elim teams and Judges

Pairings at 7 am, 2nd floor of the MLC. Breakfast provided.    Elim Judges Abelkop, Garret Azimi, Matt Batterman, Bill Basco, Colin Beyer, Tommy Bogert, Eric Chung, Seungwon Davis, Maggie Feinberg, Amy Foretich, Matt Galerstein, Robert Gauis, Osayame Geddes, Eilidh Grellinger, Adam Hart, Andrew Johnson, Ben Keunzel, Ellie Kostrinsky, Adam Layton, Austin Lee, David Levy, Ben Lundeen, Geoff Mehlin, Ben Mitchell, Todd Panday, Anuj…
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Tournament Results, Press, Novice Debate, High School Debate
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