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What are your views on water resources? Welcome to the 2021-2022 Policy Debate Topic: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States. Every year, debaters at the end of the season compete to bring home a national champion. This year marks the first year Jesuit Debate accomplishes this feat. The NDCA Novice Nationals One...
The weekends before and of spring break this year were home to two of the most important tournaments our debate team partakes in. The former was the Texas Forensic Associate State Championship where four teams qualified to debate in person for the first time in 2 years at Gregory Portland High School near Corpus Christi. The latter, the Woodward...
On March 8th, the Jesuit College Preparatory School Debate team, led by faculty members and coaches Mr. Lingel and Dr. McFarland, will fly to Corpus Christi TX to compete at the 50th annual Texas Forensics Association (TFA) debate tournament. Eight Jesuit debaters will compete at the tournament from March 10th to (hopefully) March 12th. Four Jesuit teams (made up of...
“Contention 1: Is the Status Quo.” A familiar phrase to every survivor of freshmen Rhetorics and Civics, but also the mark of the 1ac in the sport of policy debate. The second week of September marked the first national tournament of the Debate season. Teams from over 12 states and two countries “travel” to compete at the Grapevine tournament for...
During the first week of March, Jesuit Debate competed at the Texas Forensics Association state tournament, sending three teams to El Paso battle. The state tournament marks a significant turning point in the Jesuit debate calendar, as it is the first, and this year only, post-season tournament that Jesuit competes at in the spring. It is also significant because...
On February 7th and 8th, Jesuit held the Jesuit Debate Invitational, hosting teams from throughout the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. This tournament of skill and argumentation started Friday after school until Saturday night. Jesuit hosted five types of debate: Cross-Examination, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, and World Schools. Regardless of the type of debate, hard work and...
On the weekend of September 7th, Dr. McFarland, a debate coach and teacher at Jesuit, received the Grapevine Debate Classic Coach of the Year Award. Given annually, the award recognizes coach-educators nationwide that demonstrate a commitment to education and debate. At the tournament awards ceremony, Jane Boyd, the 31 year debate coach at Grapevine, recognized Dr. McFarland for her...
The second half of the debate season is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. The Jesuit debate team, however, only found goods as they rode on the previous semester's success and continued it during the second semester. MBA Before the semester had even begun, on January 5th-7th, Jesuit Debate sent 2 teams to Montgomery Bell...

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