On the Contingent of Burning Ambition: DKWien at WUDC Berlin 2013
Madlen joined DKWien in 2012 and after not even a year of debating she joined the DKWien Mission2Break contingent to Berlin WUDC 2013. Since the Vienna teams narrowly scraped past the break, Mission2Break was renamed into MissionToBreaknight; WUDC Berlin was a blast for everyone who had the pleasure to go there. Read Madlen’s thoughts for more […]
Ready for the Good Times – DKWien on the Road to the World University Debating Championships in Berlin
This short post shall give you a short overview of what is coming up in the next few weeks and explain why some of our members did not get accumulate too many hours of sleep in December. 1 – Worlds University Championships in Berlin start now! This is how you stay up to date. 2 […]
Welcome to the New Age – DKWien Rocks SOAS IV 2012
There is enough to say about SOAS IV 2012 itself. The tournament was outstandingly well organised for a British tournament.That is to say that it would still be considered very badly organised if we were to apply continental European standards. However, there was food and hostel accommodation close to the campus. With 140 teams SOAS […]
SOAS IV 2012 – Halbfinale und Finale für Wien!
London – Der Debattierklub Wien feiert dieses Wochenende gleich zwei Errungenschaften. Am Sonntag den 21. Oktober 2012 redeten sich Jakob Reiter und Mark Etzel als “Vienna Z” bis in das Finale in der Kategorie Englisch als Zweitsprache des SOAS IV 2012. Melanie Sindelar und Stefan Zweiker schafften den Durchbruch als “Vienna X” in das Halbfinale […]
Cold shivers in hot Belgrade – EUDC 2012
This is not a review of the fantastic job the Belgrade EUDC 2012 OrgCom from Open Communication or its Adjudication team did, or about the challenging motions and thrilling debates. It neither is a treatise of the gratitude and sympathy I feel towards my team partner. It is a very personal account of what cold […]
Two Slices Of Great British Summer: The Imperial IV and The SOAS Open
Is this about the Olympics? Sure not. Maybe about this is about the weather? No, otherwise we wouldn’t use the word “great”. So maybe this article is about debating again? Yep. A couple of DKWien athletes headed to London for the Imperial IV and the SOAS Open. They had a look on how Londoners prep […]
