Congratulations to the McGill contingent who attended the Seagrams tournament this weekend on an excellent showing! Cole and Denizhan reached semi-finals, Sarah was the 6th overall speaker, and Colleen was the third overall novice speaker! Ezra, Jonti, Milton and Colleen reached the Public Speaking Finals, with Colleen receiving an honorable mention and Ezra being crowned [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsOver Winter Break, The McGill Debating Union send three teams and two judges to the World University Debating Championships in Berlin, Germany. Sarah Balakrishnan and Emma O’ Rourke-Friel made it to double half-octos, Howard Cohen reached the public speaking finals, and Bryce Balcom and Sean Stefanik broke as judges. A big congratulations to everyone for [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsCongratulations to ‘Only Time,’ Cole and Sarah, the inaugural Champions of the Lev Bukhman Invitational! Results from Novice In-House: Champions: StrawMANVIS: Denizhan and Milton Finalists: Université de McGill: Ahmad and Jason B for Billions: Shak and Tim Leaf on the Wind: Colleen and Caleb Top Speakers: 5. Shak and Colleen 4. Jason 2. Milton and [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsCongratulations to ‘Only Time,’ Cole and Sarah, for becoming the inaugural Lev Bukhman Invitational Champions! A big congratulations is also in order for ‘Ralph,’ Bryce and Emma, for making it to the finals, and all the other teams that competed in the tournament! Lev Bukhman IV Champions Only Time — Cole Bricker & Sarah Balakrishnan [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsCongratulations to everyone from McGill on their success at Guindon this weekend! Cole and Lewis made finals, and Cole placed as the 7th overall speaker! Daniel Milton made the novice-finals! MDU Alumni Alex Amar and Sean Husband were semi-finalists and placed as 8th and 10th speaker, respectively! Tomorrow will be the first semi-final of the [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsSchedule for the Semi-Finals November 12, 2012 – Ralph (Bryce and Emma) on Government against Romney Style (Mike and Ben) on Opposition. The topic will be Economics. November 19, 2012 – Only Time (Sarah and Cole) on Government against Leonard Cohen and the Smiths (Howie and Roger) on Opposition. The topic will be International Relations.
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsMcGill crushed it at the Chancellor’s Cup this weekend! Big congrats to Sarah and Emma, as well as Cole and Murphy for reaching the semi-finals. Also, congratulations to Sarah for finishing tied as the 10th overall speaker! Come check out the last quarter-final of the Lev Bukhman Invitational tomorrow evening at 6 PM. ‘World Wide [...]
Read More» Posted by Lewis | 0 commentsCongratulations to Sophia and Diane, who directed McGill’s High School tournament this past weekend! Thanks to everyone who came to run, judge, or otherwise help out over the weekend. The team and speaker tabs can be found under the “tournaments” tab of our website. Congratulations are also in order for Mike Ross and Ben Reedjik, [...]
Read More» Posted by Emma | 0 commentsA heartfelt thank-you to everyone who came out this weekend to help with the 53rd annual McGill High School Debating Championships, and congratulations to all the competitors! Without further ado, here are the results from the tournament: Champions White Oaks A — Tarang Marathe & Osmaan Yusuf Finalists Toronto Debate A — Samuel Shadowitz [...]
Read More» Posted by Jamie | 0 commentsCongratulations to Sarah and Emma for reaching Semi-Finals at the Yale IV this weekend! Congratulations to ‘Only Time,’ Sarah Balakrishnan and Cole Bricker and ‘Leonard Cohen and the Smiths’, Howard Cohen and Roger Smith for being the first two teams to advance to the semi-finals of the Lev Bukhman Invitational!
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