Archive forJuly, 2009

DEBATE-Kansas City has created a virtual debate tub in the students section. The virtual tub is a compilation of links to free debate files for the 2009-10 poverty topic. Over the past couple years summer debate camps have begun posting evidence files for free. DKC has created the virtual debate tub to highlight the number [...]

DEBATE-Kansas City staff and seven students attended a special town hall meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, hosted by the The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. An audience of 120 gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Students Shaniqua Flowers of University Academy and Jared Freeman of Lincoln Prep are pictured outside [...]

DKC is proud to release our first off-case file for the 2009-10 season – the Spending Disadvantage. The file has two versions – one basic and one advanced. The basic version is a good place for novice and second year debaters to start. The advanced version will be better for varsity debaters. However, nobody should [...]

DKC is proud to announce the release of the community schools negative file. In this file you can find evidence to address each major point of the community schools affirmative case. We believe the best evidence is found in the solution section. All DKC debaters should consider this file a starting point and strongly consider [...]