CA team of DLSU Worlds getting stronger and stronger

Datum: Feb 23rd, 2011
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The team of DLSU Worlds 2012 is now consolidated: With Joe Roussos from the South African University of Witwatersrand, the adjudication team of Sam Block and Lucinda David grew even stronger than before: Besides Joe, their deputies at the World Universities Debating Championships at De La Salle University of Manila, Philippines are Cormac Early (USA), Tim Mooney (Australia), Masako Suzuki (Japan) und Art Ward (Great Britain/Ireland).

In 2010, Joe was chief adjudicator at the Pan-African Universities Debating Championships (PAUDC) in Namibia, he is South African champion and secretary to the WUDC Council. At “Wits”, he masters in physics while an undergraduate he studied philosophy. For 2011, he plans to do his Ph.D. on string theory. Lucinda and Sam chose from among many applicants as representative DCA for the debating circuit in the Middle East and Africa, as Lucinda told Achte Minute.

Since 1981, debaters from all over the world have been competing at the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) at alternating locations across the planet. It was not before 1996 that the British Parliamentary Style became the mandatory format for this annual tournament. From 27 December 2011 to 4 January 2012, the international debating circuit will flock in to De La Salle University at Manila, Philippines, where the tournament is part of the university’s centennial. The convenors expect more than 1,400 participants from about 70 nations. Co-chief adjudicators are Lucinda David from the local La Salle Debate Society and Sam Block, alumnus debater from the Cambridge Debating Union. Joe Roussos (South Africa), Cormac Early (USA), Tim Mooney (Australia), Masako Suzuki (Japan) und Art Ward (Great Britain/Ireland) are their deputies. Language of debate is English and there are three categories: “Main” for native speakers, “ESL” (English as a Second Language, for those who prove great proficiency in English) and “EFL” (English as a Foreign Language,

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