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    Weimin Deng (Tuesday Section) Debate as a Life Background History of Debate In my sophomore year of highschool, I joined the policy debate club. Policy debate was an intensive academic activity where teams of two would engage in discussions on the best government 's policy to enact. There would be two teams in each debate round: affirmative or negative. The affirmative would have to propose a policy that the U.S federal government should enact based on their constructed advantages for implementation

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    Speech and debilitate I am afraid of many things; I fear heights, large crowds, death even fucking moths, all of which I have justifiable reasons for but my biggest fear the fear of public speaking is nonsensical. I know it is a ridiculous fear there is no inherent danger involved in speaking publicly it’s no different from a personal conversation just louder but for some reason I can’t get over it and trust me I’ve tried. In my senior year of high school, I was given a throw away assignment something

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    Insecurities Narrative

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    Throughout elementary and middle school I was known for being the girl who didn't say much. I always felt out of place in the classroom and uncomfortable around my own classmates but all of my insecurities began to disappear when I took a risk. It was something that forced me outside of my comfort zone and I found a passion that I never would have known existed. This life altering experience was the decision to join the speech and debate team. Through this I gained the foundation to become who I

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    After viewing the circus acts that were called the 1st presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate that aired earlier in the month, my expectations for the 2nd debate were not too high. Unfortunately my even my low expectations were not met and I felt as though there was not a large enough improvement during this debate to have made any difference from the first one. While we saw some improvement in terms of candidate behavior, the rest of the debate was severely lacking in substance. Questions

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    I look the first debate judge in the eyes and he nods. Then my gaze drifts to the second one and she smiles. Finally I look to my right at my final judge, he simply winks at me. I close my eyes and count to three. It’s finally time to begin; this is my time. These next three minutes everyone has to listen to me and my opinion. I open my mouth, but the only thought going through my head is, why? Why am I doing this? Why am I here? Why did I make this mistake? It was the first day of English class

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    Starting my freshman year, I wasn’t sure where I’d fit in, but I knew what I wanted to accomplish. I wanted to increase my confidence when it came to public speaking, what better way to do that then to join the debate team, I thought.. It was the first day of school and I wasn’t quite sure how to approach my debate class, I was afraid everyone would be much more qualified to be on the team then me. Afraid of the judgement and if I’d be of any use to the team throughout the year. But it was too late

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    This year, the University of Pennsylvania Mock Trial Team will be hosting the14th annual Quaker Classic Invitational Tournament in Philadelphia, Pa. The Tournament will consist of competitive teams from all around the world. Fairleigh Dickinson University ‘s Mock trial Team is happy to Nov. 19, 2016. Every Fall and Spring, invitational tournaments are held all around the country. These tournaments allow students to practice and prepare for the American Mock Trial Association sanctioned tournament

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    What If Tonya Was Black

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    A lot of people have already made up their mind about Tonya Harding. Therefore, before the biopic movie I, Tonya even hits the big screen, the audience including Liberal critics already formulated their own conclusion of her. This movie is about a disgraced former Olympic figure skater who started out as a poor girl who was physically abused by her mother then by her husband. Nevertheless, the movie is a comedy sketch and was nominated at the Golden Globes for best Musical or Comedy. It was reported

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    through my body. I had so much adrenaline coursing through my veins that I wasn’t even weary. People were jumping up and down, screaming in victory, and clapping so loud I couldn’t hear myself think. I couldn’t believe that I had just won the State Championship volleyball game. My seventh grade volleyball team had a fantastic season. We had won every game except one leading up to the postseason. We were so successful since we worked well together. We exceeded in multiple areas on and off the court. After

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    Sexes ended with Bobby Riggs’s evisceration by Billie Jean King in three straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, and 6-3. As Billie Jean King said in an interview preceding the match, “without women’s tennis really making a name for itself, there was no way in the world that we could’ve had a $100,000 winner takes all match, such as we’re having now.” The gains of the women’s equality movement allowed for the Battle of the Sexes to become the spectacle that it was. If Billie Jean King or even Margaret Court had played

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