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August 2008
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08.31.08The Lincoln-Douglas Debates at 150
PFDebate Blog (0)This year we are celebrating the sesquicentennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The first debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place on August 21, 1958 in Washington Square in Ottawa, Illinois. Between the 150th anniversary of the debates and Lincoln’s 200th birthday in 2009, expect to see a number of Lincoln related books published over the next year. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition was just published by the University of Illinois Press and is touted as “The most complete record ever assembled of the landmark Lincoln-Douglas debates, published on their 150th anniversary.” Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America, published ...
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08.31.08Plano Senior’s First Words?
Victory Briefs Daily (0)PLANO, Tex. — I’d sure love to post the results from the first tournament in the country with which I am familiar: Plano Senior High School’s First Words Tournament. If you have them, please send them my way. ShareThis
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08.30.08Public Forum Debate Changes?
PFDebate Blog (0)The September 2008 issue of The Rostrum has arrived, but it is not yet online. Most of the issue is devoted to photos and official results from the 2008 NFL National Tournament. I scan each issue for information about Public Forum Debate. The only item that I found is from the NFL Executive Council Minutes from the Spring meeting which was held on May 17-18, 2008 in Ripon, WI. Moved by Wycoff, seconded by Ferguson “That a Public Forum Debate committee be reconstituted to evaluate the event protocols such as the coin toss, prep time, ballot, etc for any potential recommendations.” Passed 9-0 Since Public Forum has ...
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08.30.08There And Back Again
Victory Briefs Daily (0)NEW YORK, N.Y. — Michelin Massey — the former assistant coach at Denver East in Colorado and former director of forensics at Christopher Columbus in Florida, Hopkins in Minnesota, and Harvard-Westlake in California — has been active in Lincoln-Douglas debate since 1992. Given both his many years as a preferred judge and his rare resumé as the coach at several geographically disparate debate programs, Massey has a perspective on debate informed by many experiences and concerns. He joined me for an exclusive VBD interview in which he shared his views on a number of current issues in the activity. ...
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