The pairings for the third practice round are available online. The divisions are named for three of our past camp leaders: Oscar Shine, Tommy Clancy, and Neil Conrad. (The Conrad Division will begin its practice rounds later.) All pairings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.
Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the second set include Advanced Negating with Chris Theis, Answeing Theory with Michelle Deloison-Baum, Argument Interaction with Karlyn Gorski, Aristotelian Naturalism with Marshall Thompson, Crystallizing Messy Rounds with Diana Li, Debating Permissibility with Daniel Imas, Discourse Shapes Reality with Oliver Gappmayer, and Queer Theory [...]
Each day, I profile two students at the Victory Briefs Institute so you, dear reader, can learn about the debaters from across the country who have joined us here at UCLA. (Youll have to forgive my omission yesterday, as it came during the leadup to my birthday!) Name: David Emelianov School: Westwood High School (Texas) [...]
Each day, I profile two students at the Victory Briefs Institute so you, dear reader, can learn about the debaters from across the country who have joined us here at UCLA. Name: Sarah Sachs School: College Preparatory School (California) Class: 2012 Coaches: Lexy Green, Becca Traber, Sasha Arijanto, and Ankur Mandhania NFL Degree: Superior Distinction [...]
After a four-year hiatus, the VBI Students of the Day feature has returned! Each day, I will profile two students at the Victory Briefs Institute so you, dear reader, can learn about the debaters from across the country who have joined us here at UCLA. Name: Nathan Cummings School: Mercer Island High School Class: 2014 [...]
Can other areas of endeavor learn something from athletics? The Schooled in Sports blog at Education Week asks an important question: Can Sports Teach Us Something About Developing Talent? Bill James, the father of the statistical revolution in baseball known as sabermetrics, had a thought-provoking piece published on Slate yesterday that asked, “Why are we [...]