Archive forMarch, 2009
Mar
28
NPR: “The Culture of Poverty”
March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
National Public Radio’s (NPR) Talk of the Nation ran a 30 minute segment called “The Culutre of Poverty“. With the policy debate season over for many debaters, it is never to early to look ahead at next year’s topic, poverty. From the NPR wesbsite: March 23, 2009 · Scholar and author Sudhir Venkatesh and sociology professor William [...]
Mar
12
Becoming a Better Speaker in Policy Debate
March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Watch the video to learn basic tips for becoming a better speaker in policy debate. The tips are meant for community judge style policy debate where rhetorical skills have greater importance. You will learn two exercises for becoming a better speaker: “Make it Sound Beautiful” and “Sum it Up So What”. The tips and exercises [...]
Mar
12
The Thirteen American Arguments
March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Howard Fineman, Newsweek writer, has written a new book with obvious relevance to the debate world: The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country. According to a review in Washingtonian.com part of Fineman’s point is that Americans need more debate to reoslve important issues: “Constant debate over what America stands for is [...]
Mar
12
DKC Student Speaks to the Star
March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Taylor Brown, a junior debater at Paseo, was interviewed recently by The Kansas City Star. Read a clip from the story below and click the link to read the full article. “Taylor Brown is intelligent enough to know one thing for certain — she is not educated to a level that will allow her to [...]
Mar
10
Want to win more debates? One way to improve is learning to flow, which means taking precise notes of all the arguments in a debate round through a grid. Flowing can be the difference between a loss and a W. If you want to gain an edge on the competition then watch this video to [...]
Mar
10
Attention Students: Win Prizes
March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
If you complete the DEBATE-KC student survey you will be eligible to win one of five prizes: A Great Debaters DVD or poster signed by star Nate Parker (center of picture), a DKC hoodie, a DKC t-shirt or a DKC badge. Click on dkcgear to see the hoodies, t-shirt and badge. DKC Gear is also available to anyone who wishes to purchase [...]
Mar
5
Beginner Tips on the Negative
March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
New debaters are often intimidated by debating on the negative. Isaac shares some tips and advice on how to alleviate this fear and become a great negative debater.
Mar
5
E-Roos Covers UMKC-DKC Connection in Tolson Video
March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
UMKC’S online alumni news publication, E-Roos, released a story about the Fox Sports “Americans in Focus” piece on Melvin B. Tolson that featured three DKC alumni currently debating for UMKC along with DKC Director Gabe Cook. See the e-roos story below: The Video (click here) is about Melvin B. Tolson, a Kansas City native, who [...]
Mar
4
Middle School Policy Debate Begins at Coronado
March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City added policy debate to the middle school debate program for the very first time last night. On Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 Coronado Middle School hosted approximately 150 students to compete in student congress and policy debate. Fourteen policy debate teams competed from five schools, and high school debaters from Central and University Academy [...]
Mar
4
Melvin B. Tolson Senior Award
March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Attention DKC Seniors: You can now apply for the Melvin B. Tolson Senior Award. The award will honor one DKC senior for embodying the spirit of the Melvin B. Tolson. Your name will be engraved on a Tolson plaque with previous winners and you will receive an award to take home. Last year the award [...]
