tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16445222007161412442024-02-28T18:44:51.529-05:00St. John's University Debate SocietyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-91732662396714700452012-10-10T17:34:00.001-04:002012-10-10T17:34:35.849-04:00More alumni visit the STJDS
Korey Pace came to visit recently, recruiting bright students to enter management positions at Macy's. Korey is a very active and very supportive debate society alumn. After spending the day recruiting for Macy's he dropped by the Rhetoric department table at the Major's Fair as well as a Public Speaking class to share his insights on how St. John's debate and his rhetoric degree have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-74855595456146108202012-10-03T12:23:00.001-04:002012-10-03T12:23:01.429-04:00More Debate Alums visit our Tuesday Practice
George Fitzpatrick and Chris Joyce stopped by the Debate Dojo Tuesday night to meet some of the new members of the team. Chris is a graduate student here at St. John's, so he had to run off to class, while George, who works in the financial sector in Wall Street, chose to stay and offer a critique of the practice debate, which was about the recent New York City ban on large sized sodas.
If Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-31532301571823381392012-10-01T06:30:00.000-04:002012-09-27T23:14:15.051-04:00How Do We Prepare New Debaters?
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Every semester, the St. John's University Debate Society attracts a wide variety of students from a number of different segments of the University. Preparing them all for tournaments is difficult, especially when you realize how the STJDS operates.
We have little to no requirements for meeting attendance - we find that the more Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-54847327469810051702012-09-27T12:01:00.001-04:002012-09-27T12:01:17.772-04:00Tournament Results
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Tournament results for St John's Debate are available online, but they might be difficult for you to read if you are unfamiliar with the Worlds or British Parliamentary format.
Here is a link to the most recent results, from Binghamton. This should open a new web page that will give you various options to examine such as motions, team tab, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-19787921929464374562012-09-27T09:30:00.000-04:002012-09-27T09:30:03.769-04:00Peer Teaching at the STJ Debate Society
At the St. John's University Debate Society, we are big believers in the idea of peer teaching. Based on the work of Paulo Friere and others, the idea is that once the line between student and teacher is blurred, everyone has access to both positions. This activity was not authorized or assigned by the director of the program, but spontaneously emerged as an initiative of the students.
Why isAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0St. John's University, 80-00 Utopia Pkwy, Queens, NY 11439, USA40.723112 -73.794994440.717095 -73.8048649 40.729129 -73.785123899999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-51217635345286282092012-09-25T11:55:00.000-04:002012-09-25T11:55:19.866-04:00STJ Debate Society Partners with NYC Urban Debate League
Graduate Student Tommye Weddington pictured on the far right facing the camera, directs the St. John's University Debate Society's partnership with the Urban Debate League in New York City. Every week, middle school and high school students from Queens come to campus, have pizza and soda, and learn a concept about debate and argumentation. These students just finished their weekly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-70098854122622930882012-09-25T11:50:00.001-04:002012-09-25T11:50:22.322-04:00Binghamton Fall Opener 2012
Library tower, Fine arts, and more. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The STJ Debate Society competed at the SUNY Binghamton Fall Classic and Regional Opener this past weekend, bringing 17 students to the competition.
Students competed well, and our experienced teams ended on 10 points, which is too low to qualify for elimination debates. One of our novice teams ended on 6 points, which Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-34734996326343935322012-09-20T22:24:00.001-04:002012-09-20T22:24:47.793-04:00Alum visits from Afghanistan
Tonight's debate meeting had a special guest - Zia who graduated two years ago stopped by during his vacation to meet new team members and catch up with the old ones. Zia currently works for the U.S. Government in Afghanistan as a linguist, and he explained to the team how debate has helped him in his work.
The students were interested to hear about his work and the conditions in Afghanistan Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-55918141300399395782012-09-12T17:49:00.001-04:002012-09-12T17:49:13.836-04:00New Student Recruitment Student Engagement Fair from Steve Llano on Vimeo.
A short look at STJ Debate's activities at the 2012 Student Engagement fair on campus.
The St. John's University Debate Society does not rely on external recruitment nor does it have access to scholarships at the college or university level.
We offer the debate team as an academic program that any student can join. One of our most important Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-58994316372477292262012-09-12T13:33:00.002-04:002012-09-12T13:33:29.016-04:00Novice Debater Training Begins!This year we have decided to implement special training for novice debaters at St. John's University. This is the first of many student led sessions covering a skill that is essential for success in debating.
STJ Debate Society New Debater Training: How to Speak with Attitude and Grace from Steve Llano on Vimeo.
This is a training video for new debaters at St. John's University in New York. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-42717981910220952142009-09-30T09:40:00.004-04:002009-10-01T10:44:13.292-04:00Great Success at The University of Vermont Huber DebatesThe St. John's Debate Society did well for the season opener! Shreshth Jain and Alisha Siquiera advanced to the semifinals, and Korey pace and Alia Bellwood made it to quarterfinals.The tournament featured 74 teams in the BP format and was expertly and politely hosted by the enthusiastic members of the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont.Alia Bellwood also was recognized as Third Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-41799226698198160452009-09-19T09:33:00.004-04:002009-10-01T10:43:26.367-04:00Busy Start of the New SeasonIt hasn't been anything less than busy and exciting for the STJ debate society as we begin our run up to the first tournament of the 2009-2010 season - the Huber Debates at the University of Vermont in Burlington!We've had 2 new member meetings that were very well attended - both had to be moved to larger classrooms, and even then it was standing room only for the demonstration debates. After theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644522200716141244.post-28394569648399355202009-08-19T14:38:00.000-04:002009-08-19T14:39:29.670-04:00Getting StartedIt's still summer right now, but go ahead and bookmark us. We'll be posting information and reports from tournaments and other debate activities starting in September!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886307880236114209noreply@blogger.com0