{"id":1762,"date":"2009-01-07T11:44:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesviews.net\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2016-06-28T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T17:52:22","slug":"bates-debaters-rank-16th-in-world-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2009\/01\/07\/bates-debaters-rank-16th-in-world-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ debaters rank 16th in world tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½<\/a><\/p>\n

The Brooks Quimby Debate Council<\/a> recently sent six debaters to the prestigious Cambridge University Cleary Gottlieb Intervarsity Tournament, hosted by Cambridge Union Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ team composed of Geoff Shaughnessy \u201909 of Hanover, N.H., and Ariela Silberstein \u201910 of New York City, advanced to the tournament’s quarterfinals. Ranked 16th in the tournament overall, the pair scored second among approximately 10 American teams entered. One of the other U.S. teams, MIT, won the tournament, in which 85 international teams competed.<\/p>\n

Schools Shaughnessy and Silberstein faced included Oxford, the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, Newcastle, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n

Also competing for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ were the teams of Jared Levy \u201909 of Ardmore, Pa., and Matthew Marienthal \u201910 of Chicago, Ill., who ranked 25th at the tournament; and David Kelly \u201909 of Bangor and Rachel Kurzius \u201910 of Ridgewood, N.J., who ranked 27th. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ debate coach Jan Hovden and adjudicators Alicia Orkisz ’10 of Bridgewater, Conn., and Walter Garcia ’11 of Stonington accompanied the three ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ teams.<\/p>\n

Marienthal and Shaughnessy tied to receive the tournament\u2019s 40th individual speaker award, while Silberstein received the 54th.<\/p>\n

“It was an honor to represent ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ abroad, and the Cambridge tournament provided us with an amazing opportunity to debate schools from not only the United Kingdom but around Europe and Asia as well,” says Silberstein, communications director for the Quimby society.<\/p>\n

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ debated motions on a variety of topics, including fair trade equity, organ donation, asylum for illegal immigrants trafficked into first-world countries as sex workers, and the “Bush doctrine.”<\/p>\n

“The style of British Parliamentary debate<\/a> has some marked differences from the American style, but ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ tremendous successes abroad have proven time and time again the unique versatility of our debating program,” Silberstein says. “The Brooks Quimby Debate Council prepares its members to compete and win not only on home turf but also in environments quite far removed from our campus. Our program fosters a general appreciation for debate and argumentation.”<\/p>\n

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ debaters have enjoyed a sucessful fall 2008 season. At Tufts University in November, Danny Bousquet ’09 of Savannah, Ga.,\u00a0and Colin Etnire ’12 of San Francisco broke to octofinals. At Harvard University in October, the novice pairs of Mircea Lupu ’11 of Northville, Mich., and Andrew Wong ’12 of Ipoh, Malaysia, broke to novice finals.\u00a0Ally Mandra ’12 of Brewster, N.Y., and Monica Rodriguez\u00a0’12 of Stamford, Conn., broke to semifinals.<\/p>\n

At the end of December, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ sends Marienthal and Levy to Cork, Ireland, for the 2009 World Universities Debating Championships<\/a>. Accompanied by coach Hovden and Kurzius and Silberstein as adjudicators, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ team will compete against more than 1,000 participants representing 176 of the world\u2019s finest educational institutions from 41 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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