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 […]
Vienna Freshers’ – The Freshest Tournament Ever!

So don’t be scared – dare the jump! The weekend of 10th & 11th of November beginners, starters and basically anyone who has been debating for less then a year, will be given an easy start into the fabulous world of debating and it’s debating tournaments. Speeches will be of 5 min speaker length and teams […]
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 […]