New York City Invitational

A Tidewater Debate League member school competed at the New York City Invitational held October 24th - 26th at the Bronx High School of Science in New York.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Kempsville High School team of Adora Parker and Samuel Ross went 4-2 in preliminary competition. Adora Parker took 5th-place speaker.

November Student Congress Topics

Domestic
Electoral College
Labor Unions

International
US-Pakistani Relations
US-Israeli Relations

Virginia
Gun Laws
Gay Marriage

Economic
Banking Regulations
Infrastructure

TDL 2 will take place Saturday, November 15th, at Hickory High School. Legislation must be submitted as a comment on this post by midnight Tuesday, November 11th. If you are new to this process, you can find instructions below.

Floyd E. Kellam High School

Below are the results for the first Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2008-2009 season held October 18th at Floyd E. Kellam High School in Virginia Beach.

Student Congress

1st Isaac Dietrich First Colonial
2nd Samantha Carter Hickory
3rd Max Neumann Warwick
4th Kelly Montgomery Hickory
5th Steven Diehl Hickory

Novice Lincoln-Douglas

1st Meagan Smith Southampton
2nd James Harris Hickory
3rd Jake Todd Hickory
4th Brian Prendergast Landstown
5th Brittany Gorman Hickory

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

1st Mark Harris First Colonial
2nd Kasey Sease Warwick
3rd Kelsey Butler Southampton
4th John Clifton Southampton
5th Michael Jordan Warwick

Open Policy

1st Tommy Hamilton and Tanner Rotering Summit Christian
2nd Ryan Deal and Ross Abbott First Colonial
3rd Brooke Cochrane and Haley Finn Western Branch
4th Wes Bittner and Cari Rand Cox
5th Wes Hagedorn and William Keep First Colonial

Open Policy Speakers

1st Ryan Deal First Colonial
2nd Tommy Hamilton Summit Christian
3rd Haley Finn Western Branch
4th Brooke Cochrane Western Branch
5th Tanner Rotering Summit Christian

Varsity Policy

1st Katelyn Squicciarini and Anish Patel Western Branch
2nd Meredith Cochrane and Jaymin Patel Western Branch
3rd Pete Galanko and Kreshmeh Kosrowani Cox

Varsity Policy Speakers

1st Pete Galanko Cox
2nd Katelyn Squicciarini Western Branch
3rd Anish Patel Western Branch
4th Meredith Cochrane Western Branch
5th Jaymin Patel Western Branch

Sweepstakes

1st First Colonial
2nd Hickory
3rd Western Branch

University of Pennsylvania

A Tidewater Debate League member school competed at the Liberty Bell Classic held October 18th and 19th at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Kempsville High School team of Jade Kreissler and Adora Parker took 9th place. Adora Parker took 2nd-place speaker.

Submitting Student Congress Legislation

Legislation for the TDL tournament being held Saturday, October 18th, at Floyd Kellam High School must be submitted no later than midnight on Tuesday, October 14th.

Here's how to submit legislation:

1. Scroll down to "October Student Congress Topics" and click on the "comments" link at the bottom of the post.

2. Type your legislation in the the "Leave your comment" box (you can also copy and paste from a Word document).

3. Complete the "WORD VERIFICATION" step, as indicated.

4. Select "Name/URL".

5. Type your full name, followed by the name of your school, in the "Name" box. For example: "John Smith - Hickory High School". Please do not abbreviate the name of your school.

6. Click "PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT".

Please note that this is a moderated site, so your legislation will not appear immediately.

Yale University

Two Tidewater Debate League member schools competed at the Yale University Invitational held September 26th - 28th in New Haven, Connecticut.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Kempsville High School team of Jade Kreissler and Adora Parker went 3-2 and took 9th place. Adora Parker took 9th-place speaker. The Frank W. Cox High School team of Oliver Brass and Andrew Peterson also went 3-2 and took 11th place. Oliver Brass took 2nd-place speaker.