By: Young Seol, Brown University 2014 Points of Clarification, more commonly known as POCs, are questions the Opposition team asks the Government team after case construct has been read but before the start of the actual Prime Minister’s Constructive (or PMC). According to a new rule, timing for the PMC generally does not start until […]
By: Alex Alifimoff, Stanford University 2015 Points of Information (often called POIs) in American Parliamentary Debate often seem supplementary, so they go unconsidered by the average novice debater. Yet, they’re actually one of the most important ways to remain in the debate when you aren’t speaking, and should never be taken lightly. This article won’t […]
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The APDA season of 2017-18 concluded at Johns Hopkins Nationals on April 22. Congratulations to Jim Huang and Michael Mao of Yale for winning Nationals; to Sophia Caldera and Mars He of Harvard for being finalists; and to Jonah Goldberg, who was best speaker. Congratulations also to Miriam Pierson and Nate Urban of Swarthmore, Team […]
Congratulations to the new APDA Board, who were elected at Princeton in April. President: Alex Johnson VP Ops: Jasper Primack VP Finance: Max Neuman Members-at-Large: Xinlan Emily Hu, Andrew Harrington, Tiffany Yuan
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Case: The US Government should ban American courts from adjudicating foreign governments’ obligations to pay sovereign debt to American investors Gov: BU The Old Taylor PM: Teddy Wyman MG: Jasper Primack Opp: Harvard Willow and Xander LO: Sophia Caldera MO: Mars He [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Harvard Willow and Xander won on a consensus decision.[/expand] Thanks to Jasper Primack for the recording.
