More rounds from Kopel

Posted on May 3, 2013

Quarters (Syracuse v. BU) is new

Semifinals

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li)

As a recent college graduate, should one be a Stoic or an Epicurean? Opp chose Epicurean.

Quarterfinals

Octofinals

Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini) def. BU Sonic and Tails (Alison Kennedy & Maddie Powell)

Would the institution of marriage be improved if spouses could not lie to each other? Opp said, "Yes".

More rounds from Trinh

Posted on May 3, 2013

Thanks!

Quarterfinals

Yale CT (Robert Colonel & David Trinh) def. Yale KM (Michael Magdzik & Ben Kornfeld)

Abolish the NEA

New Rounds from Trinh

Posted on May 3, 2013

Octas (Queens v. Yale) is new.

Semifinals

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Stanford MC (Anish Mitra & Alex Campbell)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

MIT A (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson) def. UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

Quarterfinals

UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate) def. BU CT (Alex Taubes & Garron Chiu)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

Nationals, 2013

Posted on April 28, 2013

While some rounds are still trickling in, the vast majority of Nats recordings that will likely go up are now available here. Thank you so much to everyone who helped record rounds, and particularly to Beth, without whom many of these recordings would not exist. - Zach

Finals

(Redacted ??? & Redacted ???) def. (Redacted ??? & Redacted ???)

PRIVATE

Semifinals

Syracuse A (David Kopel & Samm Costello) def. Yale CK (Robert Colonel & Ben Kornfeld)

The United States should adopt a consumption tax to replace the income tax.

Quarterfinals

(Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted) def. (Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted)

PRIVATE

Syracuse A (David Kopel & Samm Costello) def. Brown A (Jean McCabe & Alex Mechanick)

Opp choice: In a deterministic world, should criminal sentencing consider retribution? Opp said no.

Octofinals

(Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted) def. (Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted)

PRIVATE

Round 6

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Hopkins GG (Jacob Grunberger & Cary Glynn)

As a young Marxist in Germany, should you try to join a revolutionary or moderate Marxist party in Germany?

NYU A (Shomik Ghosh & Dan Ehrlich) def. George Washington A (Jordan Dale & Dan Cobos)

Amnesty International should eliminate its blanket ban on defending or aiding prisoners who have been accused of violent crimes.

Round 5

Yale LZ (Diana Li & Joanna Zheng) , Hopkins GG (Cary Glynn & Jacob Grunberger)

OC: Should insider trading be banned? Opp chose to ban it.

Round 3

(Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted) def. (Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted)

PRIVATE

Rutgers BN (Ashley Novak & Chris Bergman) def. Bates DD (Unknown Unknown & Unknown Unknown)

Countries should declare the pope persona non grata.

Some older rounds...

Posted on April 28, 2013

Thanks Keith!

Quarterfinals

Brandeis BP (Keith Barry & Michael Perloff) def. Brandeis FW (Rich Weisbach & Brendan Fradkin)

The Indian government should hold a referendum regarding the independence of region of Kashmir, with a few caveats.

Brandeis 2013 Semis: Chicago A v Yale BB

Posted on April 28, 2013

... and Brandeis...

Semifinals

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li)

As a recent college graduate, should one be a Stoic or an Epicurean? Opp chose Epicurean.

Quarterfinals

Octofinals

Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini) def. BU Sonic and Tails (Alison Kennedy & Maddie Powell)

Would the institution of marriage be improved if spouses could not lie to each other? Opp said, "Yes".

Rounds from Chicago

Posted on April 28, 2013

Here's a few from Chicago - Zach

Finals

Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self) def. Harvard SZ (Ben Sprung-Keyser & Josh Zoffer)

Opposition parties should not boycott elections in developing or transitional countries.

Quarterfinals

Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self) def. Brandeis AW (David Altman & Russell Leibowitz)

Opp choice, is a bipolar or multipolar world more stable?

Syracuse A (David Kopel & Seth Elder) def. Brandeis MS (Sarah Margulies & Veronica Saltzman)

Caveating that determinism is true, should we pursue retribution? Opp said yes.

New Rounds Coming

Posted on April 22, 2013

A lot of new rounds are on their way! Expect quite a few over the next two weeks...

Finals

Yale BS (Mike Barton & Becca Steinberg) def. Hopkins CI (David Israel & Sam Chirtel)

OC: Was it ethical for an HIV positive doctor treating children with AIDS to use an experimental treatment with unknown risks?

Quarterfinals

NYU / Syracuse Hybrid (David Kopel & Shomik Ghosh) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & David Mok-Lamme)

Potential welfare recipients ought not be drug tested and excluded if they fail.

AU/Swat Hybrid (Kurt Girard & Jenny Koch) def. Yale Anti-Patriarchy (Zach Bakal & Anirudh Sivaram)

THBT the Olympics should be abolished.

Lots of rounds have been recovered!

Posted on March 14, 2013

Rounds that have been newly added: MIT 2007 Finals: http://www.parlidebate.com/recordings.php?id=366 BU 2007 Quarterfinals: http://www.parlidebate.com/recordings.php?id=365 A great number of broken GoogleVideo/Youtube links have been fixed as well. For a full list, see the Videos section of the APDAforum.

Middlebury

Posted on March 9, 2013

Semis is up. ~Eric

Semifinals

Brandeis/BU Hybrid (Keith Barry & Maddie Powell) def. Hydrophobic Octangles A (Reid Bagwell & Eric Brooks)

Given that you are planning on having a child, you should adopt.

NorthAms Rounds!

Posted on February 7, 2013

Some of these are starting to go up. Expect more soon!

Quarterfinals

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

THW disregard civilian casualties and institutions when targeting combatants who have intentionally placed themselves in densely populated areas.

Octofinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Chicago HM (Jon Haderlein & Tinley Melvin)

Given a machine which perfectly diagnoses mental illness, THW require all citizens to be tested with it.

GW II Videos

Posted on January 21, 2013

Thanks to Rich Weisbach for recording!

Quarterfinals

Octofinals

Brandeis AW (Rich Weisbach & Shira Almeleh) def. Rutgers LM (Quinn Maingi & Arbi Llaveshi)

OC: Should a competitor in the hunger games should lie down and refuse to play as protest?

West Point Videos!

Posted on January 11, 2013

West Point semis and finals are up!

Finals

Semifinals

Yale BZ (Zach Bakal & Joanna Zheng) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & David Mok-Lamme)

The average American college student should be a vegetarian.

Hopkins

Posted on November 15, 2012

It's up

Brown

Posted on November 1, 2012

Finals is up (Corrected and working as of 12/8/12)

Finals

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

The average college graduate should donate 25% of his income to charity each year

Demonstrations

Posted on October 2, 2012

Demo from BU Novice is up!

Demonstration

Brown/Yale Hybrid (Mike Barton & Sam Sanders) , Brandeis A (Keith Barry & Andrew Husick)

Punish spelunkers who kill one of their own to survive? Opp said no.

NU/Columbia Hybrid (Reid Bagwell & Ashley Woods) , W&M A (Matthew Herdman & Alena Stern)

You live in two lives, waking in one when falling asleep in the other. Given a one-time chance, Opp Choice: Wake up? Opp said yes.

Pitt

Posted on September 27, 2012

Finals is up

Finals

APDA Mini Cup

Posted on September 25, 2012

Another video is up from the APDA Mini Cup. Thanks to Rich for the recording. ~Eric

Finals

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton)

Should ethics rely on human nature to prescribe actions?

Round 3

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Harvard Affables (Andrew Laing & Allen Ewalt)

Don't deport the Roma.

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Rewrite the constitution every 30 years.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

The US shouldn't use PMCs.

Round 2

Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton) def. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy)

You're God. Should you reveal yourself to humans and give them guidance on actions, or should you remain invisible?

George Washington A (Mike Buckwald & Sean Robinson) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Abolish Voluntary Manslaughter.

Round 1

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

Should a non-violent democratic group support a military dictator in his grab for power?

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Cormac Early) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Use caning as a punishment for minor crimes.

Hopkins Demo up!

Posted on September 24, 2012

Demo round from Hopkins 2012.

Demonstration

Brown/Yale Hybrid (Mike Barton & Sam Sanders) , Brandeis A (Keith Barry & Andrew Husick)

Punish spelunkers who kill one of their own to survive? Opp said no.

NU/Columbia Hybrid (Reid Bagwell & Ashley Woods) , W&M A (Matthew Herdman & Alena Stern)

You live in two lives, waking in one when falling asleep in the other. Given a one-time chance, Opp Choice: Wake up? Opp said yes.

Harvard

Posted on August 7, 2012

More rounds from Harvard are up

Octofinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Northeastern/Bates (Grace Rosinski & Cat Djang)

THW stop the policy of outing anti-gay politicians

Bates 2012

Posted on August 2, 2012

Bates quarters and semis!

Semifinals

Yale CC (Nick Cugini & Stacey Chen) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

Grant collective bargaining rights to public sector unions

Quarterfinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Yale BB (Mike Barton & Eric Brooks)

Abolish executive pardons

New Round Up!

Posted on July 28, 2012

This is a demo round at Maryland from 2010. Thanks to Liam for the recording.

Demonstration

Brandeis/Hopkins Hybrid (Joel Todoroff & Mike Childers) , Maryland/Stanford Hybrid (Mike Baer & Liam O'Reilly)

The U.S. government should withdraw support from the Kuwaiti military until it solves the insurrection in its ranks resulting from a backlash against women soldiers.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Kyle Bean) , Yale/Northeastern Hybrid (Will Crocker & Grant May)

Clockwork Orange. Let criminals opt-in?

APDA Summer rounds up!

Posted on June 27, 2012

Some outrounds from APDA Summer are up. More rounds coming shortly. Love, Denise and Brooks

Finals

I Am The Judge (Robert Glunt & David Kimel) def. Northeastern/Tufts Hybrid (Will Crocker & Pat Andriola)

Should TFA place teachers into charter schools? Opp chose No.

Semifinals

Northeastern/Tufts Hybrid (Pat Andriola & Will Crocker) def. Mean Girls (Liam O'Reilly & Reid Bagwell)

The US should not retrofit ICBMs with conventional warheads

I Am The Judge (Robert Glunt & David Kimel) def. House Bluth A (Matthew Herdman & Ali Boyle)

Should the spirit of Karl Marx condemn the new Russian government under Lenin in 1917? Opp chose No.

Tufts

Posted on May 8, 2012

Quarters is up!

Quarterfinals

Bates ES (Colin Etnire & Ben Smith) def. BU/NU Josh's Left Kidney (Alison Kennedy & Ashley Woods)

Allow people to proxy their votes to other individuals

Princeton

Posted on May 5, 2012

And another Princeton octos recording

Quarterfinals

Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery) def. GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker)

THBT the EU would be better off as a single, federal country

Octofinals

GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

This house would require increased labor and environmental standards as a condition of trade agreements with poor countries

Boston University

Posted on May 5, 2012

Quarters is now up, as well

Semifinals

(Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted) def. (Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted)

PRIVATE

Quarterfinals

Columbia BM (Alex McHale & Reid Bagwell) def. Columbia EJ (Joseph Eddy & Rohan Jotwani)

D.C. v Heller was wrongly decided

GW II

Posted on April 25, 2012

The round that decided TOTY is up

Finals

Harvard LK (Coulter King & Alex Loomis) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Bomb Iran if it would delay nukes? Opp said no

Northeastern

Posted on April 25, 2012

Quarters is up. It's a tight call, so show your novices!

Finals

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Dartmouth AJ (Mark Andriola & Ashneil Jain)

Obama should release al-awlaki assassination memo

Quarterfinals

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Brandeis FK (Mia Katan & Brendan Fradkin)

Repeal sophisticated investor laws. TIGHT/SPEC CALL

NYU

Posted on April 25, 2012

Semis is up! (If anyone has another copy of this round, let me know as this one has a piece missing)

Finals

AU A (James Schmitt & Stephen Hayes) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Prosecutors should be required to serve terms as public defenders.

Round 4

Nationals

Posted on April 23, 2012

Send in more rounds!

Finals

Harvard LK (Coulter King & Alex Loomis) def. Yale CF (Kate Falkenstien & Nick Cugini)

Replace the exclusionary rule with a tort system

Semifinals

Yale CF (Nick Cugini & Kate Falkenstien) def. Yale BK (Ben Kornfeld & Nate Blevins)

Should liberal democracies ban a pill that prevents children from being born gay? Opp said yes

Quarterfinals

Yale CF (Kate Falkenstien & Nick Cugini) def. Swarthmore DW (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

Do not evict drug criminals from public housing projects

Round 1

Northeastern A (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz) def. Brandeis AP (Michael Perloff & Shira Almeleh)

You are a serf in the middle ages. Kill a dragon for love

Fordham

Posted on April 23, 2012

Quarters!

Quarterfinals

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Eric Brooks) def. Syracuse/Smith (David Kopel & Catherine Dowie)

Given a different interpretation of the temptations, Jesus should have accepted the devil's offer

Cornell

Posted on April 23, 2012

Semis is up!

Princeton

Posted on April 19, 2012

Quarters!

Quarterfinals

Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery) def. GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker)

THBT the EU would be better off as a single, federal country

Octofinals

GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

This house would require increased labor and environmental standards as a condition of trade agreements with poor countries

Chicago

Posted on April 4, 2012

All kinds of fun stuff from Chicago

BU Semis

Posted on March 25, 2012

Semifinals is up! Send in more rounds

Semifinals

(Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted) def. (Redacted Redacted & Redacted Redacted)

PRIVATE

Quarterfinals

Columbia BM (Alex McHale & Reid Bagwell) def. Columbia EJ (Joseph Eddy & Rohan Jotwani)

D.C. v Heller was wrongly decided

UConn

Posted on March 12, 2012

Let's try this again

Semifinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Brown/BU (Maddie Powell & Lydia Halpern)

Ban Presidential Pardons

Northams

Posted on March 11, 2012

Quarterfinals is up

UMBC

Posted on February 27, 2012

Finals is up

Finals

AU SB (James Schmitt & Tula Biederman) def. Rutgers Well, This Is Awkward (Ashley Novak & Chris Bergman)

Would a world where everyone mildly liked each other be preferable to love and hate? Opp chose yes

Dartmouth Semifinals

Posted on February 15, 2012

Semis is up

Semifinals

Bryn Mawr

Posted on February 7, 2012

Round up from this weekend!

Quarterfinals

Rutgers Old Man and the Sea (Stephen Yellin & Kyle Bomeisl) def. Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self)

Get rid of reservations and give every resident 1 million dollars

Clark

Posted on January 10, 2012

Clark audio files are up! You may have to download them.

Finals

Princeton/Brandeis (Joel Todoroff & Zayn Siddique) def. BU LT (Rocky Lotito & Alex Taubes)

Everyone in the world should get a vote for president of the United States.

Semifinals

BU LT (Rocky Lotito & Alex Taubes) def. BU/Fordham (Jake Campbell & Greg Padin)

Australian aboriginees should be allowed to practice their own system of punishments.

West Point Rounds

Posted on November 29, 2011

Partial octos is up!

Octofinals

Harvard/Columbia (Reid Bagwell & Wes Hopkin) def. Brandeis/Columbia (Rich Weisbach & Ilana Rice)

Remove "and unusual" from the 8th Amendment

NU Pro-Ams

Posted on November 6, 2011

Rounds going up!

Finals

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Dartmouth AJ (Mark Andriola & Ashneil Jain)

Obama should release al-awlaki assassination memo

Quarterfinals

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Brandeis FK (Mia Katan & Brendan Fradkin)

Repeal sophisticated investor laws. TIGHT/SPEC CALL

Penn

Posted on October 31, 2011

Rounds are now up from Penn

Demo Rounds

Posted on October 24, 2011

Hopkins is up!

Demonstration

Demo A (Storey Clayton & Michelle Groce) , Demo B (Alex Taubes & Andrew Husick)

You're Kruschev during the Taiwanese Straights Crisis. Do you threaten to nuke the US?

Syracuse

Posted on October 24, 2011

Rounds are up! Thanks to Syracuse for taking charge of getting outrounds recorded!

Finals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Hopkins QC (Omar Qureshi & Sam Chirtel)

You are a member of the 1%. Join the Occupy movement.

Semifinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. PC/Smith (Catherine Dowie & Diana Castillo)

You have an obligations not to turn in a forensic scientist who is hunting down and killing serial killers. (Dexter)

Hopkins QC (Omar Qureshi & Sam Chirtel) def. Northeastern QR (Grace Rosinski & Haden Quinlan)

You are the leader of an autocratic, communist nation. Should you accept conditional aid from the UN? Opp said yes.

Quarterfinals

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. UCanada A (Tamara Brown & Patrick Noland)

The Power Rangers should have a male character wear the pink costume.

Columbia

Posted on October 3, 2011

Columbia finals is up

APDA Summer

Posted on June 27, 2011

Round 3 is up. Send more rounds to ashl3ywoods at gmail dot com

Semifinals

Time Desk (Dan Blynn & Rocky Lotito) def. Red Dawn A (David Reiss & Storey Clayton)

The government should use a lottery to harvest organs from the healthy to give to those in need.

Columbia Sith Lords (Robert Glunt & Reid Bagwell) def. BU Dinos (Nick Mindicino & Jonathan Marcus)

In a world where superheroes exist, require them to register their identities and powers with the US government.

Round 4

Red Dawn A (Storey Clayton & David Reiss) def. Columbia Diddy and J-Mo (David Yin & Josh Morrison)

Opp choice: Would you get rid of religion?

Round 3

Round 2

Columbia/Penn Hybrid (Alexa Semonche & Connie Hua) def. Columbia Diddy and J-Mo (David Yin & Josh Morrison)

Abolish laws against price gouging

Red Dawn A (Storey Clayton & David Reiss) def. Swanson (Greg Padin & Ryne Duchmann)

The government should not accredit for-profit universities

Round 1

Red Dawn A (David Reiss & Storey Clayton) def. Brown/Penn Sanders Take APDA (Sam Sanders & Beryl Sanders)

If the US is attacked by the USSR, ought it retaliate in kind with full knowledge that the US will be wiped out regardless?

Amherst

Posted on May 1, 2011

Finals is up

Finals

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Alison Kennedy) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

King Henry VIII divorce? Opp said no

GW II

Posted on April 27, 2011

Rounds up

Semifinals

BU KT (Alex Taubes & Alison Kennedy) def. Hopkins GQ (Omar Qureshi & Cary Glynn)

Opp choice: Join MLK or Malcolm X? Opp picked MLK

Nationals

Posted on April 27, 2011

Videos are being put up. Send more to ashl3ywoods@gmail.com

Finals

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery)

Legalize all drugs

Semifinals

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Roe v Wade was wrongly decided

Quarterfinals

Yale CD (Andrew Connery & Max Dovala) def. Brandeis FH (Brendan Fradkin & Andrew Husick)

Allow graduate students to unionize

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Stanford A (Andrew Suciu & Benjamin DeStein)

The US should suspend aid to Israel until progress is made in withdrawing illegal settlements from the West Bank.

Octofinals

Yale AC (Nick Cugini & Sabrina Ali) def. Rutgers A (David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl)

Presidential Term Limit: One term, 6 years

Round 6

Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel) def. Rutgers A (David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl)

Opp Choice: Omniscience or Omnipotence

Dartmouth

Posted on April 26, 2011

Rounds are online

Stanford Quarters

Posted on April 25, 2011

Stanford quarterfinals is online

Finals

LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen) def. Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey)

Brutus: Kill Caesar? Opp said no.

Quarterfinals

Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey) def. NU RIP Mac Dre (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz)

India should not have made ladies only subway cars.

Chicago

Posted on April 12, 2011

Finals is up

Finals

Stanford frid-A (Benjamin DeStein & Andrew Suciu) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

Do you grant King Henry VIII his divorce? Opp said yes.

Yale IV

Posted on March 20, 2011

Quarters is now online

Quarterfinals

MIT/BU (Alex Taubes & Peter McKee) def. LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen), Carleton A (Simon Cameron & Redacted ???) and LMU RR (Emily Ravenscroft & JJ Rodriguez)

This House supports fiscal austerity measures.

Stanford Finals

Posted on March 13, 2011

Stanford finals is now online

Finals

LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen) def. Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey)

Brutus: Kill Caesar? Opp said no.

Quarterfinals

Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey) def. NU RIP Mac Dre (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz)

India should not have made ladies only subway cars.

Northams

Posted on March 13, 2011

Octofinals are up

Octofinals

Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel) def. McGill (Megan Van den Hof & Wudi Wu)

THW pay parents for taking care of their children

Rutgers!

Posted on March 2, 2011

Finals! ~Ashley

Finals

Hopkins The Wrong Side of Paradise (Omar Qureshi & Kithmina Hewage) def. Maryland Alpacas on a Train (Mary Yanik & Matt Katz)

Write in the style of Faulkner or Tolstoy? Opp chose Faulkner

Tufts

Posted on February 15, 2011

Tufts Quarters is now up - Ashley

Quarterfinals

Yale CT (Robert Colonel & David Trinh) def. Yale KM (Michael Magdzik & Ben Kornfeld)

Abolish the NEA

PC

Posted on February 8, 2011

Quarters, semis and finals are up - Ashley

Semifinals

"Yale AC" (Colin Etnire & Cat Djang) def. Brown SR (Sam Sanders & Joe Rosner)

Free Prometheus? Opp said no.

Quarterfinals

"Yale AC" (Colin Etnire & Cat Djang) def. Columbia/Smith "Kamikaze Mission A" (Reid Bagwell & Emilia Bates)

Require financial institutions to provide service regardless of content

Northeastern

Posted on February 8, 2011

More rounds! -Ashley

Fordham Finals

Posted on February 8, 2011

Fordham Finals is now up -Ashley

Finals

Yale AC (Nick Cugini & Sabrina Ali) def. BU OG (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer)

Refugee Quota

Demo Round

Posted on November 22, 2010

The demo round from Fordham 2010 is now online.

Demonstration

Brandeis/Hopkins Hybrid (Joel Todoroff & Mike Childers) , Maryland/Stanford Hybrid (Mike Baer & Liam O'Reilly)

The U.S. government should withdraw support from the Kuwaiti military until it solves the insurrection in its ranks resulting from a backlash against women soldiers.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Kyle Bean) , Yale/Northeastern Hybrid (Will Crocker & Grant May)

Clockwork Orange. Let criminals opt-in?

APDA Mini-Cup 2010

Posted on November 10, 2010

Here are the first two videos. More will be coming online in the days to come.

Finals

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton)

Should ethics rely on human nature to prescribe actions?

Round 3

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Harvard Affables (Andrew Laing & Allen Ewalt)

Don't deport the Roma.

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Rewrite the constitution every 30 years.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

The US shouldn't use PMCs.

Round 2

Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton) def. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy)

You're God. Should you reveal yourself to humans and give them guidance on actions, or should you remain invisible?

George Washington A (Mike Buckwald & Sean Robinson) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Abolish Voluntary Manslaughter.

Round 1

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

Should a non-violent democratic group support a military dictator in his grab for power?

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Cormac Early) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Use caning as a punishment for minor crimes.

Swarthmore Nationals

Posted on May 2, 2010

Thanks to everyone who video-taped and edited these rounds!

Semifinals

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Amherst LZ (Lily Lamboy & Nic Zhou)

In 2005, Egypt should not have imposed a ban on all religious parties taking part in elections.

Quarterfinals

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Brandeis GS (Evan Green-Lowe & Jackie Saffir)

China should provide each individual with a tradable baby permit. The birth of a child requires two permits.

Sample Flows

Posted on March 22, 2010

A few sample flows have been added to the site. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to Pam Brown for organizing the project.

Northams!

Posted on February 15, 2010

Thanks to Alex Amar & Mitchell Gerskup for recording.

Semifinals

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Stanford MC (Anish Mitra & Alex Campbell)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

MIT A (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson) def. UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

Quarterfinals

UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate) def. BU CT (Alex Taubes & Garron Chiu)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

Novice Demo and Workshops

Posted on January 25, 2010

Some new material. More to come as soon as I can convert more content on Vimeo.

Demonstration

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Mike Baer) , Stanford A (Mike Baer & Mike Baer)

Michael Baer Novice Workshop

Brandeis A (Storey Clayton & Storey Clayton) , Brandeis A (Storey Clayton & Storey Clayton)

Storey Clayton Novice Workshop

Stanford 2002: 8 Full Rounds

Posted on June 10, 2009

From the wayback machine, here come some rounds that I've had on VHS for seven years and finally gotten converted. Because of Vimeo's limits, it's going to be a round a week, but I'm starting with the most interesting rounds (or at least latest) and working backwards. UPDATE (6/17): Now with Semis! UPDATE (6/23): Now with Quarters! UPDATE (9/16): Now with all 8 rounds, #1 through Finals! -Storey Clayton

Finals

Princeton/Yale (Lauren Cusick & Joe Ross) def. Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton)

At the end of apartheid, when the TRC was being implemented, South Africa should have emptied its prisons.

Semifinals

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Minnesota BC (Zach Coelius & Ryan Black)

Should Peter Pan save Captain Hook from the crocodile? Opp said no.

Quarterfinals

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Chicago HR (Andrea Haney & Tom Ross)

Should an average straight female college student take a pill to become a lesbian? Opp said no.

Round 5

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Chicago HR (Andrea Haney & Tom Ross)

All Native Americans born on a reservation should receive $1,000,000 in reparations from the US government.

Round 4

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Yale CL (Matt Longo & Jay Cox)

Who should be Time Man of the Century? Opp chose Stalin, Gov chose Lenin.

Round 3

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Denver LM (Karen Mah & Matt Lira)

Should you give back a wallet full of cash dropped by a corrupt Enron executive? Opp chose not to give it back, then counter-cased with turning it in to the police.

Round 2

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Pacific MB (Andrea Borcea & Alfredo Mendez)

Should a breakaway republic use chemical weapons taken from a superpower in their war for freedom against that power? Opp said yes.

Round 1

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Hopkins ST (Chris Tallent & Dave Silverstone)

In the movie "Dr. Strangelove", the President should attack the Soviet Union with a full nuclear strike once the bombers get past their failsafe points.

Princeton 2009

Posted on May 17, 2009

Thanks to Ashley Woods and Alex Taubes for recording, and to Will Crocker for uploading.

Octofinals

NEU/Maryland (Will Crocker & Liam O'Reilly) def. W&M A (Lauren Bateman & Ben Strahs)

This House believes Asia is the problem

Cambridge A (KenDoug Cochran & Giles Robertson) def. BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito)

This House believes Asia is the problem

Swarthmore 2009

Posted on May 17, 2009

Thanks, Taubes.

Nats '09

Posted on May 17, 2009

Thanks to Will Crocker for uploading everything, and everyone for helping to record.

Semifinals

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Harvard BB (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard)

Lift the Uranium Mining Moratorium in Virginia.

Quarterfinals

W&M BS (Ben Strahs & Lauren Bateman) def. BU LT (Rocky Lotito & Alex Taubes)

Police shouldn't be able to lie during interrogations.

Octofinals

W&M BS (Lauren Bateman & Ben Strahs) def. BU CC (Jake Campbell & Ryan Cross)

"Sexting" should be legal.

Amherst 2009 Quarters

Posted on April 28, 2009

Thanks, Taubes.

Quarterfinals

BU Champagne Pong (Alex Taubes & Ryan Menezes) def. UChicago Undefeatable Novices (Adam Anderson & Ben Field)

The President should lift the Executive Order prohibiting assassinations of foreign leaders.

Survey Results

Posted on April 5, 2009

Unless I messed up the code, the first part of the "Best of" results will be visible at

http://www.parlidebate.com/bestofapda.php

starting tonight at 5pm Eastern. A new piece of the results will be posted each day at 5pm, until the results for every category have been released. The schedule is as follows:

Sunday, April 5: Best PMCs

Monday, April 6: Best LOCs

Tuesday, April 7: Best MGs

Wednesday, April 8: Best MOs

Thursday, April 9: Best LORs

Friday, April 10: Best PMRs

Saturday, April 11: Best Rounds

I will not be near my computer tonight at 5pm, but will adjust the results to reflect any submissions made before that time.

Last Call for "Best APDA Rounds" Submissions

Posted on April 1, 2009

Thanks to everyone that has submitted the "Best APDA Rounds" form. Sometime this Sunday I will post a summary of the responses. So if you want to chime in, please do so before Sunday evening. Thanks!

Best APDA Rounds on this Site

Posted on March 1, 2009

Hey everyone,

I think it would be really helpful to highlight some of the best APDA rounds and best individual speeches available on parlidebate.com. I have set up a form so that people can anonymously suggest recordings:

http://parlidebate.wufoo.com/forms/parlidebate-round-evaluation-form/

Please fill in as much or as little information as you'd like. I want to update the novice section of the website, and I think being able to say "this is one example of what a good MG looks like" will be useful for new teams and new debaters.

It will also be interesting to see what the league, or at least the subset of the league that responds, thinks good debate looks like.

Thanks, Matt

Nationals 2008

Posted on April 23, 2008

Most of the rounds from nationals haven't been converted and / or consented to. But check back here frequently - I'll post rounds as they become available.

Finals

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Anish Mitra) def. Princeton A (Jason Sheltzer & Dave Kwasniewski)

Should an evolutionary biologist debate an advocate of intelligent design? Opp said yes.

Semifinals

Princeton A (Dave Kwasniewski & Jason Sheltzer) def. Chicago A (Bridget Fahey & Steph Bell)

Don't exclude immigrants on the basis of homophobia.

Round 6

Harvard BB (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard) def. Stanford B (Rich Boltizar & Andrew Suciu)

Is hate crime legislation consistent with the spirit of the US? Opp said yes.

Fordham A (Matt Spotts & Frank Marsico) def. Brandeis Blyvitz (Rebecca Sivitz & Dan Blynn)

Rebel even though you know you'll die and your rebellion will fail?

Round 5

Bates JM (Brendan Jarboe & Matt Marienthal) def. Dartmouth WH (Andrew Wansley & Joe Huston)

Court-appointed non-adversarial experts

Round 2

Bates JM (Brendan Jarboe & Matt Marienthal) def. Stanford B (Andrew Suciu & Rich Boltizar)

Repeal the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Anish Mitra) def. Vassar A (Jenny Wasson & Meg Dallett)

Youngstown v. Sawyer was wrongly decided.

Williams 2008

Posted on April 9, 2008

Thanks, Ryan Menezes.

Semifinals

BU Yo Quiero Taco Bell (Rocky Lotito & Ryan Cross) def. Harvard Hatfields (Anthony Carlson & Andrew Laing)

As an English teacher, base your curriculum on classic or contemporary literature? Opp chose classic literature.

Quarterfinals

BU Yo Quiero Taco Bell (Rocky Lotito & Ryan Cross) def. Wesleyan HS (Mytheos Holt & Bradley Spahn)

As a college student, do you follow Marxism or Objectivism? Opp chose Objectivism.

A few updates

Posted on March 22, 2008

2 rounds from Worlds, 2 rounds from Northams and 3 rounds from McGill have been added. Thanks to Alex Amar for being awesome.

Providence College

Posted on March 18, 2008

Thanks to Ryan Menezes, one round from PC is now available. (Another might be coming later).

Quarterfinals

BU Scranton Branch (Jake Campbell & Alex Taubes) def. Brown / Amherst EJ Harris for APDA Pope (Jen Tarr & Mason Bradbury)

You are England in 1861. The Confederacy asks for military aid in fighting the North. Do you give it? Opp chose no.

New York University 2008

Posted on February 4, 2008

The final round and one semifinal round from the 2008 NYU tournament are now online thanks to Trevor Gleason.

Semifinals

Dartmouth 2008

Posted on January 17, 2008

Thanks entirely to Frank Marsico and Rob Silverblatt, we have three recordings from the first APDA tournament of the new year.

Fordham 2007

Posted on January 17, 2008

After multiple failed attempts to convert the video, one semifinal round from Fordham is finally available.

Semifinals

Brandeis / Wesleyan TH (Abigail Hinchcliff & Joel Todoroff) def. W&M A (Andy Hill & Ben Strahs)

Should Grendel destroy humanity? Opp said no.

Harvard 2007 Outrounds

Posted on November 1, 2007

We finally have two long overdue recordings from the Harvard tournament. An octofinal and a quarterfinal round are available below.

Quarterfinals

Octofinals

Stanford A (Anish Mitra & Mike Baer) def. Yale HK (Lauren Hallet & Dave Kasten)

Immediately after the invasion of Iraq, should Paul Bremer have disbanded the Iraqi army?

Vassar Finals

Posted on October 15, 2007

An audio recording of the final round of the 2007 Vassar tournament is now available. On a 4-3 decision, gov won that gang membership should not be criminalized.

Finals

Brandeis Blyvitz (Rebecca Sivitz & Dan Blynn) def. Columbia A (David Yin & Matt Scarola)

Criminalize gang membership? Opp said yes.

2007 NorthAms Final

Posted on September 26, 2007

Thanks to Adam Goldstein and Matthew Wansley, the final round of the 2007 North American Championship is now available. For those of you who missed the other rounds when they were first added to the site, they're linked to below.

Finals

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. UBC A (Teddy Harrison & Ashish Sinha)

THBT child soldiers who defect from rebel armies should be allowed to serve in government armies

Semifinals

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. Yale CP (Adam Chilton & Rosa Po)

The media has a right to televise court proceedings.

Quarterfinals

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. Stanford MS (Faris Mohiuddin & Ray Seilie)

Fathers who request an abortion should not have to pay child support.

Smith 2007

Posted on September 24, 2007

The 2007 Smith tournament ended on a 7-4 decision in favor of Hopkins BC - Chris Baia and Mike Childers. One audio recording from the tournament is currently available. Check back later in the week for (possible) new additions.

Semifinals

Welcome to the New ParliDebate.com

Posted on July 15, 2007

The site has undergone a major overhaul, but it's nowhere near completed. Unforseen inputs will break scripts, untested browsers will stumble across design quirks and hastily copied round information will be inaccurate or incomplete. If you find an error or have missing information please let me know. I'd like to improve the site as much as possible, but Gloria and I won't be able to do it alone.

Minor Improvements

There are some minor changes to the site worth a brief mention. The old design broke as soon as text was resized, but the new one expands to accomodate larger text. The old design also used multiple table entries for the same round. E.g., Video 1/2, 2/2 and the audio from nats finals 2007 all had their own place on the Nationals' tournament table. (A table whose font was way too small). Now everything is grouped together for easy access.

Advanced Search

The previous search solution - a google search of site:parlidebate.com - left much to be desired. On the right side of the page underneath the Google-powered "Basic Search" box, you should find a much better way to find rounds on the site.

Feeds that Work

We tried feeds earlier - it sucked. Our hosting company offers this "type stuff here and make a feed" option, and neither of us felt like re-entering data just so the feeds' three subscribers found new rounds 5-10 minutes earlier than they would have otherwise. But now everything is database driven, and the *5* different feeds will be updated automatically. Which reminds me...

Everything is Database Driven

Rounds can now be entered with about a minute of effort. And with the custom-built content management system, non-techy people can do entering and editing using only a browser. This is the bigest structural change to the site, and since it will make it easier to maintain in the future, I think it's the most important.

New Content

There are tons of new recordings spread across the non-APDA sections of the site. Alex Amar contributed CUSID rounds, Alex Blenkinsopp sent in BP DVDs and Jason Steck and Danny Cantrell offered up their NPDA recordings. And while APDA might have to wait a little while for new debate rounds, hopefully the new APDA sections of the site will point people towards information they wouldn't have found otherwise. Speaking of new sections, I'll develop a dino directory if enough people express interest. The same is true for any other features you can think up, so start suggesting.

I think that's pretty much everything. I hope you like the new functionality, but would love to hear from you if you don't.

All the best, Matt