State Finals Results!

Today's topic was Resolved: The US should ban collective bargaining by public sector labor unions.

Collective bargaining refers to the process in which union representatives (such as the teachers union) negotiate for slaries, benefits, schedules, vacation days, etc. with their emplyoers.  It is currently at the heart of a fierce debate in the state of Wisconsin.  Generally Democrats are against this resolution while Republicans support a ban on collective bargaining.

It was an interesting topic to discuss.  Personally I thought the Con side was favored with stronger moral contentions and strong rebuttals for anything the Pro threw at them.  Still, an economic argument and possible corruption ideas did exist for the Pro.

...And now, the results:


In the Varsity division - Jeremy Wrubel and Petey Menz went 2-1, as did Mark Schwabacher and Jacob Meisel.

In Novice, Ryan Greenberg and Tory Scordato also went 2-1, with Ryan winning 2nd place best speaker in all of novice.

March 5th CDA Tournament Results

Varsity:

3-0 Jeremy Rubel and Petey Menz, 4th Place Team
2-1 Mark Schwabacher and Emily Harris
2nd Best Speaker Jeremy Rubel

Novice:

3-0 Tory Scordato and Ryan Greenberg, 4th Place Team
1st Best Speaker Ryan Greenberg

Congratulations to all of our teams!  Get ready to prep for State Finals on March 26th.

CDA Tournament March 5th

The last qualifying tournament of the year for CDA is taking place on March 5th.  For all of the debaters that have not yet qualified for finals this is the last opportunity to get that 3-0.  All those who want to participate let Jeremy know by Tuesday's meeting.

Hello and Welcome!

I am pleased to welcome you to the new Staples High School Debate Team website!  This is just a test post to figure out the ins and outs of this new website.  So far I have uploaded the Staple Permission slip and CDA Tournament dates (<-- over there) and a list of our officers and a blog archive for future posts ( over here -->)

In the future I plan to update this website with information on other tournaments, weekly posts about what we do in our meetings, details on CDA, and maybe even some quick tips/angry rants about debate technique.

Hope you like the website.  I know it doesn't look like much, but hey, I've never done this before.