http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation A journal of debate adjudication. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:41:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the inaugural issue of Deliberation: The Journal of Adjudication.  As with many such projects, the idea for a journal about adjudicating competitive academic debates began as a discussion between friends.  While working together at a summer debating workshop, Logan Balavijendran and I were talking how frustrating it is ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/12/12/editors-note/ The Round Adjudicator:          Ian Lising (University of La Verne) Tournament:        2008 Oxford Intervarsity Championship (Final Round) Location:              The Oxford Union, Oxford University, England Date:                    November 8, ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/12/12/seeking-consensus/ The Round Adjudicator:        Logandran “Logan” Balavijendran (Chung Ang University, Korea) Tournament:       MMU British Parliamentary Open Location:             Multimedia University, Malaysia Dates:                 December 11, 2005 Motion:               “This house believes that torture is a necessary evil.” Teams:                OP : (4th) G.S.E (Azrul & Azahan) OO: (2nd) MMU 1 (Sumi & Kandahar) CP : (1st) McTate (Tate & ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/12/12/packaging/ The Round Adjudicator:        Erin O’Brien (University of Queensland, Australia) Tournament:       New Zealand BP Open Tournament Location:             Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Dates:                 November 30 – December 1, 2008 Motion:               “This house would abolish all forms of affirmative action" Teams:                OP:  (2nd)  Kathy Errington and Richard D’Ath (Victoria University) OO: (4th)   Rohan Grey and Steph Paton (Sydney University) CP:  ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/12/08/long-diagonal-decision/ The Round Adjudicator:       Neill Harvey-Smith (Debate Chamber) Tournament:      Oxford Inter-Varsity Competition 2008 Location:            Oxford, UK Dates:                 November 7-8, 2008 Motion:               "This House Would Negotiate With Al-Qaeda" Teams:                OP: (3rd) Aliyah Akram and Charlotte Thomas (Cambridge) OO: (1st) Yulia Tell and Elena Zhukova (HSE Moscow) CP: (2nd) Luke Harris and Shane Lyons (UCC Philosophical Society) CO: (4th) Filip Popovic and ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/11/25/back-to-basics/ The Round Adjudicator:         Steven Johnson (University of Alaska, USA) Tournament:        IDEA Youth Forum BP Track Location:              Smolyan, Bulgaria Dates:                  August 2-4, 2008 Motion:                "This house would require law enforcement agents to carry only non-lethal weapons." Teams:                OP:     (4th)     Kristina Aluzaite (Lithuania) ... http://workserver.idebate.org/deliberation/2008/09/15/limiting-proposition-ground-a-case-study/