The New York Sophist

Here are a couple of images of the bracket. The round starts in 10 minutes or so. The motion: This House believes that dolphins, porpoises, and whales should be given rights equivalent to human children.
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After this round we will break to quarterfinals!

Round 6: this house would require independent professional accreditation of all individuals who receive compensation for providing political commentary in the media.

Last round today! This Hous would allow citizens to sell their vote.

We are debating right along…

Round 4: this house would reduce prison sentences in exchange for convicts gaining educational qualifications. One round left tonight, and debates will continue in the morning.

I have been tabbing the Binghamton tournament, which is unusual for me. First time running the tab of a competition like this one. Its really strange, you are alone a lot of the time, and you don’t get a sense of the arguments or how people are taking the motions. But, on the plus side, you do get to read judge evaluation forms and find things you hope people are writing about you when you judge. Here are my two favorites so far:

“She enlightened me.” (Woah)

“If he is not chairing the finals, I am not going to go to it.” (But what if you are in the grand final?)

So keep this in mind when you are writing judge feedback: Someone is reading and tabbing those, and someone wishes you are saying such nice things about them!