Vienna's International Debating Society
DKWien debaters travelling the planet for debating
The awkward moment when you notice you actually learned something in school. And if it is only painting rudimentary matchstick men. As the author’s camera stayed in France (damn whoever has taken it), the painting classes in elementary school really…
oder wie Wien fast Süddeutscher Meister wurde. Einmal im Jahr treffen sich alle deutschsprachigen Debattierclubs (und Klubs) zu den Regios um herauszufinden, wer in der näheren Umgebung den längsten Atem oder das beste Mundwerk hat. Dieses Jahr ging es für den…
Assume you receive an email on a Monday at about 1am offering you a team slot at a good tournament in the Netherlands, which starts off 4 days later. What would you do? The correct answer is looking up a…
On April 7th and April 8th the Higher School of Economics hosted their annual international tournament in British Parliamentary Style. Chief Adjudicated by Filip Dobranic, along with Mathias Hamann and Eugene Akulich, HSE Open 2012 combined the fun of debating,…
Debaters often side with policies of restricting civil rights, freedom of expression and self-determination. That’s because they believe in whatever they have to believe in order to win the debate. Today, however, it’s up to you to decide what to…
Read about the Vienna IV through the lenses of last year’s convener of the Vienna IV 2011, Leonhard Weese and what he has to say about the challenges of running a tournament. He also reveals how the orgcom turned a…