Vassar

On October 16th-17th, Connor Beatty '10 & Tim Goh '12 and Jon Choi '11 & Chris Kendig '10 went to Vassar college for their annual debate tournament. Both pairs had solid tournaments and individually, Chris was the 7th novice speaker at the tournament.

Harvard

On October 9th-10th, Dartmouth sent a large contingent down to the Harvard tournament in Cambridge, MA. As in previous years, Harvard was one of the biggest and deepest tournaments of the year, with nearly 150 teams participating in the competition. Andrew Wansley '10 and Connor Beatty '10 went 4-1, earning a spot in octo-finals, where they lost to MIT. Marcus Gadson '10 and Tarang Agarwal '12 were also in the running for the break before dropping in a bubble round. Also in attendance at the tournament were Anuj Gupta '13, Ishita Kala '13, Jacob Hickson '13, Valentina Semenova '13, Claire Kim '13, Sahil Joshi '13, Adaitya Talwai '13, Richard Asala '13, Amy Zhang '13 and Rachael Wang '13. For most of our novices, this was their first collegiate tournament, so it was a great learning experience for them. Here are some pictures of the team!

Connor and Andrew

Marcus and Tarang

Claire and Sahil

Everyone!

Columbia

On October 2-3, Dartmouth sent 2 teams to NYC to compete in the Columbia tournament. Joe Huston '10 and Andrew Wansley '10 picked up right where they left off last spring, going 4-1 and breaking to quarters. Joe was the 9th varsity speaker at the tournament. Attending their first tournament were Paul Finkelstein'13 and Anuj Gupta '13. They were among one of the stronger novice pairs at the tournament, with Paul earning 7th place novice speaker.

Smith

This past weekend, Marcus Gadson '10, Connor Beatty '10 and Tim Goh '12 traveled to Smith College to compete in the Dartmouth Parli Team's first tournament of the year. Tim and his partner, Allegra Pincus of Brown, had an impressive tournament. They went 4-1, missing the break on a tie-breaker, and finished in 9th place overall. Marcus and Connor were in contention for the break as well, winning 3 of their first 4 rounds before dropping round 5 to a Brandeis pair that went on to finish in 2nd place at the tournament.

The team will spend this upcoming weekend training the incoming novice class, before traveling to Columbia in two weeks.

Welcome Back!

Dartmouth Parli's 2009-2010 season is underway! Here is our schedule for novice training week:

Wednesday, 8:00pm - 9:00pm, Rockefeller 2: Intro meeting, APDA Overview
Thursday, 8:00pm - 9:00pm, Rockefeller 2: Introduction to Flowing
Saturday, 1:00pm - 4:15pm, Rockefeller 1: Novice Training Weekend day 1
Sunday, 1:00pm - 4:15pm, Rockefeller 1: Novice Training Weekend day 2

Next week, we will settle into our usual routine, with meetings on Monday and practice rounds on Wednesday and Thursday.

End of the Term Banquet Parli Awards

Blogging live from the first annual Dartmouth Parliamentary Debate Parlis

Maryam- Handles/Most Likely to be a Pro-Blogger
Shan Shan- Most Dangerous Novice
Lucey- The Tall-ass kid who loves Kalhua
Tim- "Milk"/Hippest & Most Complicated T-shirts
Prat- Katherine's Award/ Most Complicated Shoelaces
Will- Pong Terrorist/Most Impressionable Novice
Carsten- Most Gesticulatory/Most Supportive Roommate
Zehner- Beligerist Novice
Brady- Most Excited to See a Finals Round
Campbell- Most Nicknames/Soupiest/Freshest Coffee
Nathan- Most Willing to Listen to Wans' BS for Hours

Novice Parade- Reminiscences of the '12s 1st Tournament

Pratyakash "Praty-pus" Srivastava and Campbell "Aw Shucks" Miller

Carsten Hansen and Alex Lucey

Maryam Zafer and Rohan "Brohan" Chaudhary

Natalie Burkhard and Timothy "TimTim" Goh

David Silver and David "Lumby" Lumbert

Jeremy Kauffman and Erich Hartfelder

Ryan Zehner and WIll Hix

Jingna Zhao and Yang Wei Neo

Shan Shan He