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Category: 2015-2016
William and Mary 2015 Semifinals: Maryland Fight Shrub v. Swarthmore Too Much Tuna
Case: On October 19th, 1781, American troops led by George Washington won a decisive victory over British forces in Yorktown, Virginia, functionally ending the American Revolution. In 1783, following the Treaty of Paris, the remaining British troops left New York City, their last military position in the United States. The British retained control of Canada […]
Wesleyan 2015 Quarterfinals *Private*
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GW I 2015 Quarterfinals: AU Found The Booty v. W&M HD
Case: Back in 2008, there was an 11 year old girl from Wisconsin who over the course of 3 days suffered increasingly severe symptoms of dehydration, weakness, and exhaustion before eventually slipping into a coma. Her parents, Dan and Leani Newman, chose to treat her illness using praying rather than her medicine despite pleas from […]
Williams 2015 Semifinals: *Private*
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Harvard 2015 Quarterfinals: Yale LW v. Brown Paul Heyman Guys
Case: TH prefers a feminist movement within which advocacy groups that promote cis women’s issues are separate from advocacy groups that promote trans women’s issues Gov: Yale LW PM: Megan Wilson MG: Evan Lynyak Opp: Brown Paul Heyman Guys LO: Ricky Cambo MO: Nick Cathcart [expand title=””Results”” notitle=””true”” trigclass=””arrowright””]Yale LW won.[/expand] Thanks to Ricky Cambo […]
Harvard 2015 Octofinals: Brandeis Leiden A v. F&M\W&M Audible Delirium
Motion: THBT governments should hold individual executives personally liable for company wide misconduct rather than prosecuting the corporations themselves. Gov: Brandeis Leidan A PM: Danny Jaffe MG: Tim Luciano Opp: F&M\W&M Audible Delirium LO: Jerusalem Demsas MO: Matt Rohn [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]F&M\W&M Audible Delirium won on a 2 – 1 decision.[/expand] Thanks to Ciera […]
William and Mary 2015 Demo Round: W&M/Syracuse v. Brown/Brandeis
Case: In 1095 Pope Urban called for the First Crusade. The goal of the crusade was to open up the holy land and Jerusalem area surrounding it to access by Christians. The pope offered positive incentives to go on the crusade, like being absolved of all of your sins and getting into heaven. You are […]
Vassar 2015 Semifinals *Private*
This round is privately available through the APDAweb forum. Please click on this link and log in to access the round. [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]The opposition team won on a 3 – 2 decision.[/expand] Thanks to Pasha Temkin for the recording.
Hopkins 2015 Demo Round: Hopkins/W&M v. Brown/Brandeis
Case: On-balance, it would be preferable to have a world without nukes Gov: Hopkins/W&M PM: David Israel MG: Aaron Murphy Opp: Brown/Brandeis LO: Alex Mechanick MO: Sarah Margulies [expand title=””Results”” notitle=””true”” trigclass=””arrowright””]Unknown[/expand] Thanks to Ricky Cambo for the recording.