Tournament scrapbook - World Schools Debating Championships
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News about the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>Debating</strong> <strong>Championships</strong> held in Washington, DC in September<br />
2008.<br />
Tuesday, October 14, 2008<br />
Kuwait <strong>Schools</strong> Debate League Lands a Major Sponsor<br />
Welcome<br />
From<br />
http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081008092415/Exx<br />
onMobil%20Supports%20the%20Kuwait%20Debate%20League<br />
ExxonMobil Supports the Kuwait Debate League<br />
ExxonMobil Exploration sponsors the Kuwait Debate League's Trip to<br />
Washington D.C.<br />
Kuwait - October 8, 2008 - Today, ExxonMobil Exploration and<br />
Production Kuwait Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, a<br />
global leader in the oil, gas and petrochemicals industry, announced<br />
its support of the Kuwait Debate League and their participation in the<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Schools</strong>' <strong>Debating</strong> Championship (WSDC) held in Washington<br />
D.C. from September 5th - September 15th 2008.<br />
The WSDC is a global competition for high school debaters. The<br />
<strong>Championships</strong> take place each year in a different country, hosted by<br />
a national debating body. Recent venues include Sydney, London,<br />
Johannesburg, Singapore and Lima. All debates take place in English.<br />
Each country can submit a squad of 3-5 students under 19 years of<br />
age in full time education in that country to debate social, moral and<br />
political issues. Past patrons of the <strong>Championships</strong> include Tony Blair<br />
and Nelson Mandela.<br />
ExxonMobil believes in investing in the communities in which it works.<br />
This is not only a key corporate pillar but it is part of a larger<br />
commitment to be an active corporate citizen and a good global<br />
neighbor. "In the Middle East, and in the Gulf region in particular, we<br />
have concentrated on actively contributing to education, health and<br />
See current WSDC 2008 Scrapbook at<br />
http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wsdc/We<br />
lcome.html<br />
Welcome to the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>Debating</strong><br />
<strong>Championships</strong> – Washington, D.C. 2008<br />
website This site has been created to<br />
enable you to keep abreast of what<br />
happened.<br />
Our headquarters<br />
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan<br />
National Airport<br />
2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy.<br />
Arlington, VA 22202<br />
+1 703 418 1234<br />
You can also find the schedule of events<br />
here. We will be filling in the details as they<br />
happen. I promise you we will do<br />
everything possible to make it a wonderful<br />
memory of your debating experience.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Phyllis Hirth<br />
Convenor, WSDC 2008<br />
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