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Hamburg wins Berlin Punk 2012
Julian Ohm and Barbara Schunicht from Debattierclub Hamburg won the Berlin Punk 2012. They defeated Andreas Lazar and Roxanna Noll from Debattierclub Stuttgart and two teams from Berlin Debating Union: Jonas Werner and Katja Krüger aswell as Christina Dexel and Lilian Seffer. The final motion read “Dieses Haus glaubt, dass Menschenversuche Richtern als Strafmaß zur Verfügung stehen sollten.“ (22.01.12 20:47) 
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Changes on the executive board of Debattierclub Münster: Teresa Widlok just replaced Gerrit Gottschalk as vice president of the debating society. She is now working with president Aris Miro Marinello ... (29.12.11 16:49)
The debating society Regensburg elected a new executive board. Martin Apitz is the new elected president, Carolin Hock his deputy, and Tobias Schmidbauer the treasurer. Congratulations and good luck with your ... (19.12.11 13:08)
The Wortkombinat Ilmenau elected a new executive board. Martin Zielinski is the re-elected as president, Andreas Voigt his deputy, Stefan Liffers as treasurer and Julia Breschke und Felix Grimm. Congratulations and ... (14.12.11 11:18)
New executive for Debado, the debating society of the Dortmund universities: Gregor Steinhagen is now president, Carsten Langhoff his deputy, or vice-president.
Good luck!
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Carsten Meyer, board member for public relations of Streitkultur Berlin, has redesigned the homepage of his debatins society. It contains news from Streitkultur Berlin as well as the club's history ... (08.12.11 12:21)
Learn how the students-vs-professors debate on the motion "Do we need the United States of Europe?" went - please read the German version of this article. (17.11.11 19:54)
Welcome the new executive board of Debattierklub Wien: Jakob Reiter is now president, he is assisted by Karoline Lutz as secretary and Regina Puthenpurayil as treasurer. Accountants are Matthias Moser ... (09.11.11 21:47)
A new debating was founded at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. See what the local newspaper "Nürnberger Nachrichten" has to say about the founding and read the German version of this. apf (04.11.11 15:29)
After they were founded in 2004 and a subsequent debating pause, BiTS Debating Society at the private university of applied sciences BiTs in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia is active again. Their newly ... (04.11.11 11:28)
Seven liberties of university students - debating is one of them according to the German newspaper Tagesspiegel. Read the German version of this to learn more about the newspaper's recommendation ... (20.10.11 17:27)
The public debate between professors and students in Kaiserslautern will be on the motion "Should Dagobert Duck share his fortune with Donald?". Please read the German version of this announcement ... (17.10.11 12:01)
New semester, new executive board in Hannover. The president of Debattierclub Hannover is Alexander Johnston, vice-president Jacob Klages. Also on board: Burkhard Brüggebors (treasurer), Björn Feldhaus, Carmen-Alexandra Sautter and Alexander ... (16.10.11 23:29)
The Debating Society Paderborn elected a new executive board: The new president is Linda Englisch, in charge of marketing is Sarah-Maria Humburg. New and old treasurer is Elias Ojanperä. Good luck! (15.10.11 19:13)
New executive board for Debating Club Heidelberg: President is now Maren Popovic. Her deputy is Jan Ohmstedt, Robin Azinovic serves as treasurer. (08.10.11 11:06)
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New FDL results:
Tübingen (44)
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AFA Wien (20), Hamburg (20)
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Zsolt Szilagyi (35)
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Come to Warwick IV: On February 4, Susan Connolly, Yina Koh and Lindsay Bing are going to CA four prelims, semis and final with five-minute-speeches. Reg fee is £40, n-1 applies. Registration is already opened, more information please check the website of the Warwick Debating Society or the tournament's Facebook page. There is going to be a „fantastic club social on the Saturday night“ with lots of pizza and drinks. If ... (20.01.12 09:12)
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Oxford Women's Open from January 20 to 21 means debating without men – only female debaters and judges are admitted. The same is true of the chief adjudication team consisting of Catherine Murphy (Trinity College Dublin Historical Society) and Jen Coyne (Oxford Union). Catherine is a Euros finalist 2011 and also topped the tab there. Jen broke to quarters at the Euros 2010 in Amsterdam and at the Worlds 2011 in ... (15.01.12 22:35)
The German language ZEIT DEBATTEN series is taking on again in the (not so) new year - this time with a stop in Hamburg. Please read the German version of this to read more on the convenors, the chief adjudication core and the socials.
To get current news from ZEIT DEBATTE Hamburg please follow Achte Minute on Twitter and look out for the hashtag #ZDhh. (13.01.12 18:28) Trauma overcome! Worlds' runner-up Dessislava Kirova gives Achte Minute'e appreciated readers an insight on how she and her team mate Juliane Mendelsohn have overcome their trauma of being defeated in quarters - and how the proceed straight on to the finals of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds) in Manila, Philippines. (The story is in German, please check back later for an English translation.) ... (13.01.12 13:44)
Female power straight on through to the final - Dessislava Kirova and Juliane Mendelsohn of Berlin Debating Union (BDU) are runner-ups to Omer and Sella Nevo from Israel who won the ESL final of the World University Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds). Congrats from Achte Minute to all! The ladies gave Achte Minute an interview - please switch to the German page to read the full story or check back ... (13.01.12 13:43) We are sorry, this article is not available in English. (07.01.12 17:20)
Since we guess that our appreciated readers follow us on Twitter your head will most probably be replete with impressions from De La Salle Worlds. But what are the facts and figures about the Wolrd Universities Debating Championships (WUDC)? Or maybe you have been there yourself and want to sort things out now? Your Achte Minute team provides you with ... (05.01.12 10:14) 
