Tag: public debate

  • Old School

    Image via Wikipedia Talking with one of my students the other night after Adelphi brought up this old public debate I helped conduct when I was a student at the University of Pittsburgh. As a case study for public argument, we were looking at David Horowitz and his crusade to make sure that every college…

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  • Public Debate: Arab Spring

    <iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/29840075?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0″ width=”400″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/29840075″>Public Debate: Arab Spring demonstrates American Youth have a lot to learn from Arabic Youth</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user1253612″>Steve Llano</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> This is a public debate we participated in recently in Virginia. While watching it, it made me think of a couple of interesting things about teaching…

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  • The Finale of the First On Campus Public Debate Series

    Debate on Obama’s Nuclear Reactor Policy from Steve Llano on Vimeo. Here is the video from our last of the first public debate series we held on campus this semester. It was a fully student organized, student led, and student run initiative. And it was a great success I think, except that I would have…

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  • St. John’s University New York vs. The Irish Times Champions in Public Debate

    Here is a video of the public debate that St. John’s Debate had against the Irish Times Champions. It lasts a little over an hour, and is a pretty good quality debate if I do say so myself. The motion is: This House believes that development aid should be tied to women’s rights. St. John’s…

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