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ODI 2010 Concludes

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The Oregon Debate Institute parli camp for 2010 has just ended. Over two weeks, 26 campers attended lectures and lab sessions, and competed in two camp tournaments. This year, there was an especially diverse group of campers, with people from Nevada, New Jersey, Canada, and even Australia. Alice Lin, who attended ODI for the second time this year, brings you this account.

I’d been somewhat worried that I wouldn’t learn as much this year because I’d already gone to ODI once before, but I was most definitely wrong. This year, there was a stronger focus on strategy and the meta-debate. There were more (but shorter) issue lectures, with a focus less on the history of a region and more on the application of the issue in debate rounds. In each lecture, we would talk about possible plan texts or counterplans, link stories, impacts, and critiques that could be drawn from the subject area. We came to expect the negative to run something besides straight-up disads, such as a PIC or a K. In the final round of the first camp tourney, the negative ran some politics disadvantages and a process CP saying that we should pass the plan through Congress, have Obama veto it, and have Congress overturn the veto. The affirmative won on a procedural against process CPs.

Compared to last year, we greater exposure to critical arguments. Each issue lecture would include some discussion of some critical perspectives on the issues, whether it be Said on Orientalism, Wallerstein on worlds-system theory, Chiappa on nuclearism, or Spanos on technocratic thought. My partner Betty and I ourselves ran four critiques during the two camp tournaments, one of which I wrote myself (you can guess which one it is by our team name below). For the advanced lab, which I was in, we were required to all write at least one critical argument in the two briefs we had to churn out during camp.

In between lectures, practice rounds, working on briefs, and going out to Market of Choice or Prince Puckler’s (ice cream), we all found some time to hang out. Whether it be capture the flag or ultimate frisbee, ping-pong or Chat Roulette, the Hangover or Gaytown, disorganized curfew protests or getting locked out while watching the meteor shower, we had good times. A huge thanks to everyone at ODI for an awesome two weeks!

Some photos can be found on Facebook on the POI page:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28165&id=114722815207474

THE LAB LEADERS + COUNSELORS

Advanced Lab (Teach Me to Love): Ben Dodds, Thomas Schally
Intermediate Lab (Wu-tang Clan): Sarah Hamid, Adam Krell
Intermediate Lab (Sexxxy Beasts): Michael Belcher, Will Chamberlain, Aaron Donaldson
Novice Lab (UN): Hank Fields, Rachel Mosley

Other judges/helpers: Katie Bergus, Thomas Moriarty, Aaron Marineau, Megan Gaffney

TOURNEY RESULTS

Camp tourney #1

Finals: Threat Constructed def. Red Shells R Payneful on a 4-1

Threat Constructed from Teach Me to Love
Alice Lin (Lynbrook HS – San Jose, CA)
Betty Liu (Lynbrook HS – San Jose, CA)

Red Shells R Payneful from Teach Me to Love
Alex Payne (North Eugene HS – Eugene, OR)
Harold Chen (Malboro HS – Malboro, NJ)

Camp tourney #2

Finals: Majority Report def. Threat Constructed on a 3-2
Panel: Will Chamberlain, Megan Gaffney, Sarah Hamid, Rachel Mosley, Aaron Donaldson

Majority Report from Teach Me to Love
Will Moriarty (Marshfield HS – Coos Bay, OR)
Brady Davidson (Marshfield HS – Coos Bay, OR)

See above for Threat Constructed

Top Speakers

1. Christina Seong (Vancouver) from Sexxxy Beast
2. Alex Payne (North Eugene HS – Eugene, OR) from Teach Me to Love
3. Sid Moghe (Westview HS – Portland, OR) from Wu-tang Clan
4. Jasmin Kennard (Gresham HS – Gresham, OR) from Sexxxy Beasts
5. Alice Lin (Lynbrook HS – San Jose, CA) from Teach Me to Love
6. Betty Liu (Lynbrook HS – San Jose, CA) from Teach Me to Love
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?

RESOLUTIONS

Camp tourney #1

1. TUSFG should increase economic and/or diplomatic pressure on the PRC in the area human rights.
2. TUSFG should ratify the CTBT.
3. TUSFG should reduce the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. (wording?)
4. TUSFG should enact the DREAM Act.

Semis: TUSFG should substantially reduce subsidies for the production of ethanol.
Finals: TUSFG should repeal DADT.

Camp tourney #2:

1. TUSFG should remove 1 or more of its economic sanctions on Cuba.
2. The IMF should substantially reduce its loan restrictions and/or Structural Adjustment Programs. (wording?)
3. TUSFG should give voting rights to felons.
4. TUSFG should increase support for the joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission. (wording?)
5. TUSFG should substantially increase its space exploration efforts.
6. TUSFG should implement a national system of tradable emissions permits. (wording?)

Quarters: TUSFG should ratify the Law of the Sea treaty.
Semis: TUSFG should substantially reduce its authority to conduct domestic and/or international surveillance efforts. Finals: TUSFG should remove Hamas from its list of terrorist organizations.

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