Tournament scrapbook - World Schools Debating Championships

WSDC 2008
12/3/08 9:54 AM
Jacobsohn Service to Debate award. His work in promoting debate
has also brought him awards from Emory University, the
University of Utah, Cornell University, Binghamton University, the
University of South Carolina as well as from the National Forensic
League and the Cross Examination Debate Association.
at the University of Vermont. Proponent of
all forms of debate. Director of the World
Debate Institute.
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Prof. Snider had published six books on debating in the last five
years and during his career has edited or written over fifty
volumes about debating and for debaters. He is the host of the
television program Flashpoint that has over three hundred and
sixty episodes and deals with political and social issues. He
maintains one of the world’s busiest debate websites, Debate
Central (http://debate.uvm.edu), and is the editor of Global
Debate (http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com ). He has pioneered
using the Internet and new media for debating.
Prof. Snider has served as President of the USA’s Cross
Examination Debate Association and for the last six years has
been the Director of Operations for the National Forensic League’s
national high school speech and debate championship, attended
by over five thousand people and lasting one week. He has
directed dozens of debate tournaments in different parts of the
world.
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Teams Link Up With Their Embassies in Washington
Canadian embassy in Washington
Many visitors to WSDC will find that they have familiar folks to
welcome and host them. The organizing committee sent letters to
every embassy in Washington inviting them to join us at the
tournament and especially to link up with their own team.
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