Süddeutsche Meisterschaft im Hochschuldebattieren 2012
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 süddeutschen Sprachraum (ja, wenn man sich mit der Definition weit aus dem Fenster lehnt, zählt […]
Debates, Trains, Bicycles – Dutch Open 2012
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 flight of course. At least for Melanie Sindelar and Stefan Zweiker who confirmed the slot […]
Debating in Moscow at the HSE OPEN 2012: Cold from the Outside, Warm on the Inside
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, with plenty of workshops and an insight into Proctor & Gamble’s recruitment philosophy. Christoph and Rosie […]
VIV12 in numbers – 7 squirrels walk into 3 bars and…
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 believe or not. VIV12 OrgCom set its gray matter working to provide you with loads […]
Early birds – Vienna IV 2012
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 draconian punctuality into a real treat for the participants.
Budapest Open 2012
The Budapest Open from the 1. to the 4. March, 2013 was (almost) the first official British parliamentary debate tournament taking place in Hungary. As a cooperation between students and debate societies from the Central European University and Corvinus University of Budapest it attracted total of 48 teams debated in 4 preliminary rounds to break […]
