A Weekend with the Irish Debating Family – Cork IV 2013

The days are getting shorter and the pleasant anticipation of Christmas is creeping in. It’s the time of the year when families reunite to celebrate and catch up on what has happened during the year. The remote brothers and sisters fly in or take the train to unite around the table, after a busy year. […]

Cambridge IV 2013 – A Debater’s Pilgrimage

Stansted airport, Monday morning, 3:38am. I spent the night at the airport and the security just drove me away from the more or less good piece of floor where I tried to get to get my second hour of sleep. Looking at the tab of Cambridge IV, I just recognised that Madlen and I actually […]

Vienna Freshers’ 2013 – Touchdown to Debate Life

VIEFRESH Delta Kilo Whiskey One Three has touched down on the runway. Debattierklub Wien’s second edition of Vienna Freshers’, the tournament for new debaters took place on November 8th and 9th at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Vienna. 104 participants from 9 different countries took part, and the final […]

Bright Sunshine over Manchester EUDC 2013

DKWien’s ‘Contingent of Bright Sunshine’ broke a team and an adjudicator at the European University Debate Championships 2013 in Manchester. Hereby the Mission to Break is finally accomplished and DKWien enters the league of institutions that break teams at the Championships. Read below for what this means. The author apologises for all football references in […]

We’ll be back – Stockholm IV 2013

Sweden is definitely to be reckoned with in debating. If SSE breaking 2nd at Vienna IV 2012 should not be evidence enough, Lund graciously won this year’s Jacobs Open in Bremen in April. And now they have proven that they are most apt too in converting their renowned hospitality into a great tournament, the Stockholm […]

Paris: Ham and Cheese. Also, Wine.

Five ambitious debaters, one car, and one destination: Paris! Read Andreas Villarreal’s impressions about the Paris Open 2013. There are moments in a debating career where you’re reminded that debating goes far beyond being in a room and joining three other teams in hamming it up for seven minutes (though it is most definitely a […]