Current Debate Topics
  • Policy Debate

    Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
  • Lincoln Douglas, Sept-Oct.

    Resolved: States ought not possess nuclear weapons.

  • Public Forum, September

    Resolved: Allowing deep water offshore oil drilling is in the best interest of the United States.

2010 Workshop and Fall Meeting Print E-mail

The WDCA is proud to announce the 2010 Workshop and Fall Meeting.

The Workshop and Fall meeting are scheduled for Saturday, September 11th at West Bend East High School. (1305 East Decorah Road / West Bend, WI 53095-4399).

The invitation, along with a schedule and registration form can be viewed here.

President-Elect and West Bend Coach Doris Sexton has developed a rigorous workshop schedule for debaters of all levels. The fall meeting is scheduled to take place during the workshop. We have carefully scheduled events to ensure that all coaches can attend the meeting, while their students continue participating in workshop events. This should be a great opportunity for your students, so please consider attending. If you have questions regarding the workshop, please contact Doris.

Are you a new debate coach? If so, then you should attend this meeting to meet colleagues and to take advantage of the the resources the organization has to offer. Two items that will be available at the meeting include: the 2010 Novice Policy Debate Evidence Packet in CD format and the new, revised Judging Handbook. Other items regarding the Fall Meeting will be posted to the WDCA website, as they are made available.

Effective for the 2010 Debate Season, tournament hosts must be present at the Fall Meeting to verify that they are planning to host their event and have secured their building for their planned weekend. If a school does not send a representative to the meeting, they will not have an official WDCA sanctioned tournament. An email saying you plan to host is not acceptable. Some one must represent your school at the meeting.

 
2010-11 WDCA Tentative Calendar Print E-mail
The following is the 2010-11 WDCA Calendar that was developed at the meeting. The calendar is not final until the fall meeting. Additionally, we are going to require that all perspective hosts send a representative to the fall meeting.

September
18: Milwaukee Debate League
24/25:Rufus King

October
9: James Madison Memorial
9: Milwaukee Debate League
15/16: Sheboygan North
15/16: Mukwonago
22/23: La Crosse
22/23: Cedarburg

November
12/13: Waukesha South
19/20: Sheboygan South
20: Milwaukee Debate League

December
3-4: Alexandra Hoecherl Challenge @ Appleton East
3/4: Nicolet
11-12: Wisconsin State Debate Tournament @ Ripon College
18: Milwaukee Debate Legue
 
State Tournament Results Print E-mail

286 competitors from 29 schools qualified for the 2009-1010 Wisconsin Debate Tournament held at South Milwaukee HS this weekend. At the end of competition WFD is pleased to congratulate our Wisconsin State Champions.

Middle School Policy:
MacDowell Montessori Keenan Gibson, Khahil Davis, Donovan Green, Tom Lowe

Novice Policy:
Rufus King Aliye Kidwell, Marvin Stokes-Beamon, Lonnie Anderson, Akebia Juett

Lincoln Douglas:
James Madison Memorial Co-Champions Brendan Caldwell & Arjun Seshadri

Varsity Policy – Four Person:
West Bend Taylor Marx, Emma Hill, Rachel Williams, Matt Holcomb

Public Forum:
James Madison Memorial Lingran Kong & Valerie Shen

Varsity Policy – Two Person:
Nicolet Abby Loxton & Jason Schwartz

Also honored:
Coach of the Year:
Bill Batterman
Marquette University HS

WDCA Scholarship Winners:
Valerie Shen
James Madison Memorial
Jason Schwartz Nicolet

The complete icon WSDT Results 2009 (387.22 kB) packet is available.
 

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Policy Debate

In Policy Debate, students work in pairs (teams) to address the season’s topic, either from the affirmative side (to propose a plan to solve a problem with the topic), or the negative side (to prove how the affirmative’s plan is flawed).  Arguments are highly-structured (with specific speeches and cross-examination periods for each debater), and based on credible, factual evidence.  Read
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Lincoln-Douglas

Lincoln Douglas debate centers on a proposition of value, which concerns itself with what ought to be instead of what is.  Values are ideals held by individuals, societies, governments, etc. Neither side is permitted to offer a plan (a formalized, comprehensive proposal for implementation); rather, they should offer reasoning to support a general principle.  Read
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Public Forum

Public Forum Debate is a team event that advocates or rejects a position posed by the monthly resolution topic. The clash of ideas must be communicated in a manner persuasive to the non-specialist or “citizen judge”, i.e. a member of the American jury.   Read
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