I just got back from the Grapevine HS tournament and the LD world was in quite a a stir. Apparently during the tournament the coaches from around the area met to discuss what the "norms" covering disclosure should be.
my name is julian gagnon. im a debate coach at edgemont hs in scarsdale ny. i just finished reading lost in space a few minutes ago and have some questions.
It was a little funny to me that my first debate of the season was cap bad. I've been spending some time at a book store run by the Revolutionary Capitalist Party. I'm not a party member, and they have a lot of Leftist authors introduce their books at the store.
The Greenhill tournament finished yesterday, after a long three days of competition and two days of the round robin before it. An interesting start to the year to say the least.
1) can you tell me a little bit about the history of the New School, how it was formed, the University in Exile, etc? Is it true that Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss attended/taught at the University?
Today I’ll be covering the second article in the Project debate section, “Personalizing debate: diversity and tolerance in the debate community” by Dr. Joseph Zompetti (Contemporary Argumentation and Debate; Sept 2004; Vol 25). Dr. Zompetti is a good friend of mine and I’ve been looking forward to writing this review for the past week.
