Berlin wins the Vienna IV 2012
From March 9 to 11 Debattierklub Wien hosted the Vienna IV for the second time since it’s inception. 50 teams competed in 6 British Parliamentary rounds on Friday and Saturday. The tournament was chief adjudicated by Maja Cimerman, Mark Manson and Michael Shapira. The Semi and Final debates were held in the festive location of […]
Vienna IV – the full story
3 days, 1 goal: debate, debate, debate!
Colgate wins Vienna IV 2011!
The first Vienna IV has taken place: The Winners are Austin Schwartz and Travis Steele from Team Colgate Extra White , who competed on 6th March at the Großer Festsaal of University of Vienna against Teams from Germany, Turkey and Serbia. Congratulation!
Good Morning Africa! World Universities Debating Championships in Botswana 2011
Good morning Africa! Botswana is big. It has about the same size as France but is inhabited by only two million people. In 1985 the life expectancy of the Botswana was well above 60 years. Today, with every fourth person being infected with HIV it has dropped to below 40. It was one of the […]
Red Sea Open: Alles Inklusive Debattieren
“Beautiful hotel accommodation, five minutes from the beach, full board residential, free alcohol”, das klingt vielleicht nach Ferien und Party jedoch nicht unbedingt nach universitären Wortgefechten. Aber wenn solche Zeilen auf der Website eines Debattierturnieres stehen, dann kommt man auch als Debattant recht schnell auf die Idee, dort hinzufahren. Wir kamen zurück mit folgender Erkenntnis: […]
The All-Inclusive Tournament, Red Sea Open (English Version)
Beautiful hotel accommodation, five minutes from the beach, full board residential, free alcohol – sounds good for all-inclusive-party-vacations but for debaters its even more important that it includes a tournament. Furthermore the Red Sea Open brought up a lot of other reasons to go to Eilat, Israel, even though it is damn hot there.
