Archive forOctober, 2009
Oct
29
“Competitive and Slightly Unhinged”: Why college debaters dominate Washington’s political scene
October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
“Competitive and Slightly Unhinged”: Why college debaters dominate Washington’s political scene By Sophie Gilbert from Washingtonian Magazine, November 2009, pp. 66-67 © 2009 Washingtonian Magazine, Inc.; used by permission. When Politico ran a front-page story about Austan Goolsbee, the headline was DEBATE CHAMP GOES POPULIST FOR OBAMA’S PLAN. The story noted how “silver-tongued” Goolsbee–recently appointed [...]
Oct
28
Congress Research Links
October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
This post contains links to articles over current legislation for DKC middle and high school student congress. We hope it helps. Middle School Legislation HPV Vaccine Cape teens: HPV vaccine made them sick CDC panel OKs use of Cervarix HPV vaccine in girls, Gardasil in boys Teenagers Difficult to Capture for for Vaccinations Baby Sitting [...]
Oct
26
1 in 6 Americans Live in Poverty
October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
From ABC News October 20, 2009 The Census Bureau said today that it estimates 47.4 million Americans are living in poverty, which is 7 million more than the estimate it released earlier this year and translates to one in six Americans. The disparity between the two estimates comes partly from a difference in the definition of poverty. The [...]
Oct
19
Turner High School Tournament Recap
October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Turner High School played host to over 100 DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) competitors from 10 different high schools at the first official DKC tournament of the season. The tournament was held last Thursday, October 15th. Central High School captured first place in overall sweepstakes with a strong showing at levels. Meanwhile, the duo of Alexis Wade [...]
Oct
19
Article: Poverty Moving to the Suburbs
October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
October 19, 2009: The Suburbanization of American Poverty, By Elizabeth Kneebone, Senior Research Analyst with the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings Since December 2007, working families and communities across the country have faced an increasingly difficult economic reality. Growing unemployment and cutbacks in work hours and wages have made it harder and harder for people [...]
Oct
15
Sumner Having Early Success
October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sumner Academy looks to be in for a big year. They have captured nine debate awards at their first three tournaments. Sumner also placed first in total combined sweepstakes point at the Shawnee Mission tournament, defeating several suburban area schools in the process. We will keep you updated on their success throughout the season. Full [...]
Oct
12
DKC Alumni Feautred in Kansas City Kansan
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Kansas City Kansan ran a story about two DEBATE-Kansas City alumni, Ryan Wash (Central) and LaToya Green (Lincoln Prep), who are now debating for Emporia State. The story was provided by Emporia State and begins below. Emporia students, KC natives shine at KCKCC tournament October 12, 2009 In conversations, they finish each other’s sentences. They [...]
Oct
8
Health Care Politics DA Video Blog
October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
DKC has another video blog – as promised – over the Health Care Politics Disadvantage. You can locate the file here if you have the password for our resources page. If you are a DKC student, and are in need of a password, ask your coach. If you are a DKC volunteer and need access to [...]
Oct
7
Ask DKC: Community Schools Questions
October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
We recently received questions from a member school about the community schools affirmative case. We decided to share the questions and our answers in a post everyone can read. This will be a new feature called “Ask DKC”. Students and coaches should submit questions each week and we will select the best for a blog post. [...]
Oct
6
Planet Debate Resources
October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Planet Debate has created a massive index of debate concepts and issues pertaining to the 2009-10 poverty topic. Here is an explanation of the page directly from the Planet Debate wesbsite: 2009 Camp Center In this section of our website, you will find resources to help you prepare for the many arguments that have been produced at [...]
