Good Morning Africa! World Universities Debating Championships in Botswana 2011
Good morning Africa! Botswana is big. It has about the same size as France but is inhabited by only two million people. In 1985 the life expectancy of the Botswana was well above 60 years. Today, with every fourth person being infected with HIV it has dropped to below 40. It was one of the […]
3. Wiener Debattierseminar
In den kommenden Semesterferien finden nicht nur die wöchentlichen Debatten wie normal statt, der Debattierklub Wien bietet zudem allen Interessierten am 17. Februar um 16:00 Uhr ein Seminar an. Es richtet sich besonders an Schüler und Studenten in den frühen Semestern und behandelt das Format OPD. Es wird aber auch ein Seminar für Fortgeschrittene des […]
Turnierordnung Euros and Worlds
Im Sommer 2011 finden die nächsten Europameisterschaften im Hochschuldebattieren statt, zur folgenden Jahreswende werden dann die Weltmeisterschaften ausgetragen. Die Europameisterschaften finden vom 07. – 13. August im irischen Galway statt, die Weltmeisterschaften werden vom 27. Dezember bis 4. Januar in der Hauptstadt der Philippinen, Manila, ausgetragen. Die Euros kosten dieses Jahr € 265, die Worlds PhP […]
SOAS IV 2010 – Rosie Halmi about debating in London
The SOAS IV wooed with reduced fees, compelling motions, an excellent pool of judges and its international character. Even if accommodation remains rudimentary and catering was more or less nonexistent, this tournament should not be missed by those seeking valuable debating experience, judging insights or just don’t want to miss an opportunity to stroll along […]
Big Principle: The secret article about Bristol IV
Every time, we send our debaters to foreign tournament, they have explicit order to spy out everything that could help debating in Austria improve. Like liberal governments we usually keep this information secret, but since wikileaks revealed so many Viennese documents, we see ourselves forced to publish this article that otherwise would be leaked anyway. […]
Donuts on the Dance Floor! – Zagreb Open 2010
370 kilometers. That is the distance between Vienna and its little sister Zagreb. However the train there gets passed by heavy trucks on dirty roads, birds and once even a running wild boar. Unfortunately you seem to get charged by the hour, not by kilometer.
