UTNIF 2009 DEBATE PROGRAMS
Now accepting applications. Applications are on a first-come first served space-available basis.
Please send the application form along with the application fee of $90 ($125 after May 1) to begin your registration.
Note: We will not deposit your application fee if we do not have a space for you!
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CX Staff Bios
CONGRATULATIONS UTNIF ALUMNI on a clean sweep of the 2009 UIL 5A CX State Championships!
UIL State CX Champions : Kevin Clarke & Shikhar Singh (Dulles, both summer '08 alumni)
2nd place: Carl Fitz & Jeff Liu (A&M Consolidated, both summer '08 alumni)
3rd place: Lawrence Chang & Lingxi Chenyang (Clear Lake, both summer '07 alumni)
3rd place: Avi Munoz & Mario Villaplana (Churchill, both summer '08 alumni)
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Session 1
June 22—July 12, 2009 |
Session 2
July 14—August 3, 2009 |
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Both sessions offer a choice of two programs:
- The Marathon
- An UTNIF favorite, this program focuses on improving your debate skills by putting you straight into practice rounds as soon as you arrive. Students begin by working with our experienced teaching staff in small, squad-like groups, having practice debates every night culminating in a full-scale tournament — all by the close of the first week! — $1,600
- The Experienced Seminar
- For students looking for a deeper relationship with the topic, the experienced seminar offers the chance to develop a comprehensive strategy from scratch with some of our most accomplished staff. With more time available for research, experienced seminar debaters get the chance to build more nuanced and strategic positions, giving them an edge over the competition. — $2,700
- The UIL Intensive 1 Week Programs
- Our 1 week long sessions are designed to provide students with the arguments and skills necessary to excel on the University Interscholastic League debate circuit. — $650
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The Summer Survivors Program
June 22—August 3, 2009 |
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The most intensive program UTNIF has ever offered is back for the third time! Spanning the length of the summer, this unique program follows a separate pace and schedule from the rest of the camp, giving students the flexibility to take full advantage of the time they spend. Led by Jairus Grove (Harvard debate coach, International Relations Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, NDT semifinalist, 2nd speaker at the 2000 NDT, and former director of the Chicago Debate Commission) and Ricky Garner (Ph.D. student at the University at Buffalo, 2003 CEDA national champion, coaching experience at Emory, NYU, Columbia, The Marist School, Stuyvesant High School), participants will be treated as a competitive squad, dividing case and research assignments, completing opposition research and tournament preparation, and learning the methods of collegiate NDT and CEDA style debating. — $5,300
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Our Cross-Examination/Policy Debate curriculum, headed by Prof. Brian McBride of the University of Southern California, offers programming for everyone from the most experienced and elite debater to the entering novice. See our CX Staff Listings!
Follow updates for this summer, including what our staff is working on,
on the official UTNIF debate blog, and the special Survivors program blog!
Questions? Check out FAQ's page
FORENSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Celebrating 125 years!
One of the oldest student programs at the University of Texas, the forensic program was organized on October 5, 1883 as the Athenaeum Literary Society, which established as its ultimate goal the “training and developing of its members in forensics” through “the awakening of a vital interest in cultural and literary pursuits and the discussion and explanation of current problems.” By 1909, the program expanded to pursue national intercollegiate contests by joining the Delta Sigma Rho National Forensic Honorary Society. Archival records show a continuing involvement in collegiate and high school competitions since the 1920’s. In 1988, the University of Texas forensic program split into two separate teams: debate and individual events, sparking UT-Austin’s first involvement with the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament. Each of these teams has continued to attend the AFA National Individual Events Tournament and the National Debate Tournament every year since that time, hosting the NIET in 2008 and the NDT in 2009. Continued participation in intercollegiate forensics at UT-Austin is made possible by support from the College of Communication & Dept. of Communication Studies, the College of Liberal Arts, the UT National Institute in Forensics, and the student population and Student Government of the University of Texas at Austin. We are indebted and grateful to each of these groups for their unending support of this most valuable activity!
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