Please read the German version of this article to learn more about what both the press and deb socs have to say about the Northern, Eastern and Western German regionals. glx / apf ...

Please find here the cover-ups we have gathered for you on the German regionals. Please do not hesitate to read the German version of this article. There you may learn more on what the press writes about the Western German regional (WDM) as well as what debating societies like DK Wien and DC Freiburg have to say about this year's Southern German regional in Bayreuth. Oliver Hörtensteiner, the tabmaster of this year's Southern German regional put the tab of the competition online. You may also find the tab of WDM 2011 online. glx / apf ...

We proudly present the winners of this year's German regionals: Heidelberg won the Western German regional. Potsdam won the Eastern German regional. Kiel won the Northern German regional. On the weekend previous to the other regionals, Tübingen won the Southern German regional. Congrats to everyone! In the West, Sven Hirschfeld, Kristina Seebacher and Jennifer Holm from Debating Club Heidelberg defeated Nicolas Eberle, Robert Lehmann and Caroline Moll from Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG). Free speakers - a characteristic of the format OPD, or open parliamentary debate - were Andrea Gau (DCJG), Martin Thelen (DC Bonn) and Sascha Schenkenberg (DCJG). Andrea was awarded most popular speaker of ...

East, West and North have debated all day long in Halle, Frankfurt and Osnabrück to select the best debaters at German regional championships. Format of this year's regionals is OPD, or Offene Parlamentarische Debatte (open parliamentary debate). Achte Minute has all the results for you. ...

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Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the German regionals in Bayreuth (South), Frankfurt (West), Osnabrück (North) and Halle (East). 60 teams from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland are expected to compete on the next two weekends for the titles - and additional teams for the German Debating Championship in Heidelberg in June. ...

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Debattierclub Osnabrück has elected a new executive board. Johannes Oertelt is now president, Christoph Garben and Kevin Nienaber his deputies. Congratulations and good luck with your work!

The next season of the German debating ZEIT DEBATTEN series is set: the general assembly of VDCH, the Association of Debating Societies at Universities, came together in August and decided upon dates and locations of four ZEIT DEBATTEN tournaments, four regional championships and the German debating championship (DDM) 2011. An overview over the coming season 2010/11 is provided here: ...

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"unizeit" (engl. "unitime"), Osnabrück University's official newspaper, sent one of their journalists to spend an evening with the Debattierclub Osnabrück. While explaining the essentials of a debate the article reports on the debated topic, if journalists should always be immune from criminal prosecution in exercise of their professional duties. It closes with Gerrit Haare, president of Debattierclub Osnabrück, who calls for more students to join them - "A few more non-law students would enrich our spectrum of arguments." Unfortunately, the unizeit article is not available in English. fnp

Hier kommt der zweite Teil der Nachlese zu den Regios: Team- und Rednerranglisten zweier Regios und noch ein paar Berichte sind online. ...