McGill Debating Union

Women’s and Coupe Edouard-Monpetit

Lewis — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:17:21 +0000

Congratulations to Sarah and Emma for becoming the North American Women’s Debating Champions! A big congratulations also goes out to Patricia and Lizzy who were finalists at the competition. Sarah was first overall speaker, Emma was second overall speaker, Patricia was ninth overall speaker, and Lizzy was tenth overall speaker. Patricia was also crowned the Public Speaking Champion. An amazing showing!!

This weekend McGill also competed at the Coupe Edouard-Montpetit and the team of MIlton and Jason won the tournament!! Milton was the third overall speaker and Jason was the fourth overall speaker! Milton was also named top novice speaker and the top FSL speaker! An outstanding job!!

Seagram IV

Lewis — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:27:46 +0000

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 as the Public Speaking Champion! Abraham broke as a judge and adjudicated all of the outrounds including the final! Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments!

WUDC Berlin, Coupe Laurier and Winter Carnival

Lewis — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:10:55 +0000

Over 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 their accomplishments at the tournament!

On January 11th and January 12th, McGill held the second annual Coupe Laurier, a SUCDI tournament for French debaters. A big thank you to all club members that came out and helped make the tournament a great success! The Tournament Directors, Patricia Castle and Bailey Kay, deserve particular recognition for all the hard work they put into the weekend. The McGill team of David Rudin and Allison Render competed at the tournament. They broke second and ended up losing their semi-final on a very close 3-2 decision. David Rudin was also named the tournament’s top French as a Second Language speaker and third overall speaker!

This weekend, the Debating Union will be hosting Winter Carnival, an inter-varsity Canadian Parliamentary tournament attended by universities all across the country. Please consider coming out and volunteering some of your time over the weekend. The tournament promises to be a great time!

Brandeis IV

Lewis — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:36:12 +0000

Congratulations to Rudin and Brent for reaching the finals of the Brandeis IV this weekend! Ezra placed as the 10th overall speaker and Rudin placed as the 3rd overall speaker!

Lev Bukhman IV and Novice In-House

Lewis — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:54:51 +0000

Congratulations 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 Ahmad
1. Denizhan

Public Speaking:
3. Hannah
2. Tim
1. Shak

Congratulations to everyone!

Lev Bukhman IV Finals

Lewis — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:18:21 +0000

Congratulations 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

Finalists
Ralph — Bryce Balcom & Emma O’Rourke-Friel

Semi-finalists
Romney Style — Mike Ross & Ben Reedjik
Leonard Cohen and the Smiths — Roger Smith & Howard Cohen

Guindon and Lev Bukhman Invitational

Lewis — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:44:14 +0000

Congratulations 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 Lev Bukhman Invitational at 6 PM! ‘Ralph,’ Emma and Bryce will be on government against ‘Romney Style,’ Mike and Ben, in a round about economics! Hope to see everyone there!

Lev Bukhman IV Semi-Finals

Lewis — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:29:14 +0000

Schedule 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.

Chancellor’s Cup, Lev Bukhman and Bidding for Guindon

Lewis — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:52:24 +0000

McGill 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 Jewish Media Conspiracy,’ Alex and Jassi will be on Proposition and ‘Ralph,’ Bryce and Emma will be on Opposition in a round about animal rights! You don’t want to miss this one!

Tomorrow is the last day to bid for Guindon, which takes place next weekend at the University of Ottawa. You can bid online here.

McGill High School Tournament and Lev Bukhman Invitational

Emma — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:04:07 +0000

Congratulations 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, better known as “Romney Style,” who advanced from the most recent quarterfinal of the Lev Bukhman Invitational!