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- Mar 10, 2010Andrew Markoff Breaks 33-Year-Old Record to Become Winningest Debater in Bronx Science History
- Mar 07, 2010Lake Highland wins Florida State Championship!
- Mar 05, 2010Cross-country cross-examination
- Mar 05, 2010MHS speech and debate team head to state competition
- Mar 03, 2010Needham Speech and Debate successes
- Mar 03, 2010Meyers High debate team participates in Harvard Speech & Debate tournament
- Mar 03, 2010BSHS students qualify for national tournament
- Mar 03, 2010MCHS Speech and Debate takes team trophy for 3rd year in a row
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March 11th Politics Update
March 11 2010 by Brian Manuel
This weeks Planet Debate politics release features the Health Care DA. This week Obama has again had numerous meetings with Capitol Hill advisers over Health Care overhaul. His looming deadline has exerted pressure on the Congress to pass overhaul prior to the Easter Recess.
Good Luck debating this weekend at CFL & NFL qualifiers!!

James Pates
March 10 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
James attended the National Tournament of Champions on three occasions, amassing awards each time and winning the 2006 championship. This is James' second year teaching Public Forum.

Sherry Hall
March 10 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
Sherry has been the Co-Director of Debate at Harvard College for the last twenty years. Under her direction, the team has won multiple national championships.
Sherry also directs the Harvard National High School tournament that attracts more than 5,000 people to Cambridge every year and has spent the last 20 summers working at high school debate institutes around the United States.

Dallas Perkins
March 10 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
Dallas Perkins has been the Director of Debate at Harvard for the past thirty years. Under Dallas' coaching, the team has won the National Debate Tournament has has been ranked as the top team after the regular season on a number of occaissions.
Dallas is a member of the National Debate Tournament (NDT) Committee.

Dr. Sandra Berkowitz
March 10 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
Dr. Sandra Berkowitz is the Director of Public Forum debate at The Blake School in Minnesota. Prior to directing at Blake, she was an Professor Communication at the University of Maine.

Lake Highland wins Florida State Championship!
March 07 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
Lake Highland Preparatory School's Danny Welch and Will Miller won the 2010 Florida Forensic League State Championship in Public Forum Debate.

College Debate: Best of the Decade
March 06 2010 by Stefan Bauschard
In the past 3 decades, Bill Southworth has conducted a survey of coaches and judges active throughout the decade. Here are the results of his poll for the past decade.
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