Archive for the 'college debate' Category
Dec
14
First Leg of the DKC City Championship a Success!
December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City held the high school policy debate portion of its annual City Championship December 3th, 2011 on the campus of UMKC. Teams from across the city gathered to debate about the United States space policy. This is the second year DKC has broken the Championship into two parts. The first wave is held exclusively [...]
Oct
26
Article: Urban experiences give debaters unique insight
October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
Urban experiences give debaters unique insight By James S. TyreeThe Norman Transcript Oct. 26, 2011 NORMAN — Dominique Baker attended a high school in his native Kansas City that didn’t have much to brag about, save for one glimmering exception — a case with trophies won by the school’s debate team. Baker said his first thought [...]
Jun
17
DEBATE-Kansas City on Walt Bodine Show
June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City’s Director, Gabe Cook, and Director of Debate at UMKC Matt Vega appeared with Tim Sheaff (Board member National Forensics League) on The Walt Bodine Show Wednesday to discuss debate in general and the National Forensics League’s (NFL) National Tournament being held in Kansas City. More than 5,000 students, coaches, and parents are in town [...]
Apr
19
Paper vs Computer Who Will Win?
April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Here is a link to a New York Times Article about paperless debate. It goes in depth on the subject and should be an interesting read for all policy debaters. What do you think should debate go paperless? Lets explore the issue in the comment section!
Jan
26
DKC Alum Rock UMKC College Debate Tournament
January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City students continue to make waves in college debate. Ryan Wash (formerly of Kansas City Central) and LaToya Green-Williams (formerly of Lincoln Prep) placed second representing Emporia State in the open division at UMKC’s Baby Jo Memorial tournament. Mr. Wash was the second place speaker at the tournament while Ms. Williams-Green was sixth. You can see [...]
Nov
24
Old School Debate About Debate
November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
The videos posted below are from a 1992 series about debate. The panelist rank among the most successful coaches in college debate history. The three videos are rather long and a little dry at times but they are also thoughtful and aggressively fascinating at points. If you watch these videos you are guaranteed to learn [...]
Feb
28
DKC at College Debate Districts
February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City staff, students and former students are on the campus of UMKC for District Three’s National Debate Tournament (NDT) qualifier. One former student, Aaron Thomas, is debating for Kansas City, Kansas Community college and a chance to compete at the NDT. Others are helping UMKC run the tournament or doing research for teammates competing [...]
