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CDC Campers Take Over Ohio's Biggest Tournament - Perry!

In Ohio, on November 2, at the Perry tournament, Classic Debate Camp debaters won 5 of the top 6 places in LD, 4 of the top 6 places in PF, and 2nd place in Congress. In LD, there were 101 entries. Daniel Zakari won 2nd, Cehan Ahmad won 3rd, Rory Rohde won 4th, Levi Li won 5th, and Megan Kleinhenz won 6th. In PF, there were 64 entries. Ryan Wang and Zain Anwar won 1st, Zaid Ashruf and Aidan Krishnaney won 2nd, Adam Goe and Sam Warren won 3rd, and Griffin Moore and Evan Updegraff won 4th. And in Congress, Grace Swihart won 2nd place out of 105 congressional debaters.
At the Boardman tournament, Mya Colella and Ethan Hanni won 1st place in Public Forum debate, and Lucy Papini won 5th in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. 
 
 

CDC Campers Start 2024-2025 Season with a Bang!

In Ohio, on October 26, Classic Debate Camp LD Debaters won 1st place at 3 tournaments: Reagan Carnes won 1st at Hudson, Ben Kurian, won 1st at Beavercreek, and Shreyas Krishna won 1st at Columbus Academy. Reagan and Ben were both members of the NOVICE lab last summer, coached by Karishma Ponkshe, Colin Barberic, and Julia Bray, and both were competing in their first high school tournaments. 
 
Additionally, at Edison, Casey Gray won 2nd place in LD. At Hudson, in LD, Megan Kleinhenz won 3rd place, Chris Rhodes won 4th, and Nate Byrne won 6th, and in PF, the team of Shakthi Prabhakaran and Anthony Swigart won 3rd. At Columbus Academy, in LD, Reese Dunnington won 3rd, and Will McClimon won 5th, and in Congress, Meera Srini won 4th. 
On September 28, at the Jack Howe Tournament in Long Beach, California, Oscar Amos advanced to the quarterfinals and won 6th place in the Open California LD Division. 
Congratulations to all our campers who have started the new season, and best of luck to everyone else who will be starting soon! Please don't forget to update us with your results and pictures!  

CDC2024 LD Final Round Video  on the Nov-Dec topic (Wealth Tax)

CDC Releases LD Brief on Wealth Tax

Several CDC LD staff members created this brief to help campers and other LDers with their preparation on the November-December topic. The authors were Wes McGovern (project coordinator), Colin Barberic, Allie Dettelbach, Rachel Horowitz, Olivia Lowry, and Greta Wedel. Note that we decided not to include a ton of cards and blocks, things people can make on their own and/or get from other sources. Instead, our brief consists mostly of analytical essays that will help debaters to think about how to approach the topic in general and how to write different kinds of cases on it. Click here: CDC NovDec24 LD Brief
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CDC Reunion at Parker School in Hawaii!

In August, Classic Debate Camp Director Peter Paik, along with PF Instructor Abraham Paik and LD Instructor Isaiah Paik, traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii for a family vacation. While there, they spent an afternoon visiting the debate team of Parker School in Waimea.
 
In July 2021, the Parker team sent its first debater all the way from Hawaii to Ohio to attend Classic Debate Camp. She was Genevieve Savage. Genevieve was a returning camper in 2022, and then she became an LD instructor in 2023. In 2024, Genevieve was promoted to senior instructor in LD Lab 2. 
In 2023, Parker sent 6 debaters to CDC, including co-captains Noah Nikolai and Laynie Henderson. In 2024, Parker sent 10 debaters to CDC - more students than any other school. They were Georgia Kasameyer (2nd year camper), Oscar Amos, Michael Breeze, BJ Daoust, Lance Harmeling, Ava Harris, Siena Long, Angela McDonald, Selah Vigil, and Takumi Wetherell.
It was so much fun to receive a tour of the Parker School campus and to catch up with many Parker debaters during our reunion. Best of luck to the Parker team in the 2024-2025 season!
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