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|header4 = 2017-2018 Executive Board
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|label6 = VP of Operations
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|label7 = VP of Finance
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|label8 = VP of Administration
|data8 = Ruiya Du '19
|label9 = VP of Recruitment and Training
|data9 = Elaine He '19
|label10 = Logistics Chair
|data10 = Jack Glaser '19
|label11 = Social Events Chair
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|label12 = Community Initiatives Chair
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The '''Brown Debating Union (BDU)''' is a student-run debating organization at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]].
The '''Brown Debating Union (BDU)''' is a student-run debating organization at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], United States. The team competes in American Parliamentary Debate and British Parliamentary Debate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown Debating Union: The Team |url=http://students.brown.edu/Debate/team.html |accessdate=10 June 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Currently the team is ranked 2nd in North America.<ref>{{cite web |title=APDA Standings |url=http://apdaweb.org/standings |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==


The Brown Debating Union has existed since 1824 and its many members include [[CNN]] founder [[Ted Turner]], who was a vice-president of the Union. It began to organize formal debate tournaments with peer institutions, as well as on-campus disputes for student groups, during the early twentieth century. By the 1950s, the debate program had become part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the [[National Debate Tournament]] circuit, the debate team was fairly successful.
The Brown Debating Union has existed since 1824. It began to organize formal debate tournaments with peer institutions, as well as on-campus debates for student groups, during the early twentieth century. By the 1950s, the debate program had become part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the [[National Debate Tournament]] circuit, the debate team was fairly successful.

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However, in the 1980s the English department stopped funding the team, and the BDU became an autonomous student organization funded by the Undergraduate Finance Board. Without the funds to participate in costly policy debate, they participated in [[Parliamentary Debate|parliamentary debate]]. The Union currently competes in debate tournaments held by the American Parliamentary Debate Association. Their annual debate tournament is typically held during the last weekend of October every year.


Since 1882, the BDU has held the Radcliffe Hicks Debate, an annual contest for sophomores and juniors. First and second-place winners receive monetary prizes from the Hicks endowment.<ref>Mark Valdez, [http://www.browndailyherald.com/2013/03/21/fighting-words-student-debaters-spar-in-annual-tourney/ "Fighting words: Student debaters spar in annual tourney"], ''Brown Daily Herald'',
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However, in the 1980s the English department stopped funding the team, and the BDU became an autonomous student organization funded by the Undergraduate Finance Board. Without the funds to participate in costly policy debate, they participated in parliamentary debate. The Union currently competes in debate tournaments held by the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]]. Their annual debate tournament is typically held during the last weekend of October every year.
March 21, 2013.</ref>


== Competition ==
==Structure==
===Recent Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
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! 2011-12 !! 2012-13 !! 2013-14 !! 2014-15
!2015-16<ref>http://apdaweb.org/standings/season/2015<ref> !! 2016-17<ref>http://apdaweb.org/standings/season/2016<ref>
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| Nationals Semifinalists || Nationals Quarterfinalists || Nationals Quarterfinalists || Nationals Finalists
|Nationals Octofinalists || 2nd College of the Year
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| || 5th Speaker of the Year || 3rd Speaker of the Year || Octofinalists, World Universities Debating Championship
|Quarterfinalists, North American Universities Debating Championship ||
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| || 8th College of the Year || 8th Team of the Year || Finalists, US Universities Debating Championship
|Quarterfinalists, United States Universities Debating Championship ||
|-
| || || 6th College of the Year || 4th Speaker of the Year
|5th Team of the Year ||
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| || || || 6th Team of the Year ||
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| || || || 10th Novice of the Year ||
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| || || || 6th College of the Year ||
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|}


The Brown Debating Union is run by a board of students elected every winter. The board is responsible for organizational decisions including handling finances, running tournaments and training students. The board consists of eight members: the president, vp of operations, vp of finance, vp of administration, vp of recruitment, logistics chair, social chair and communications chair.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Team |url=http://students.brown.edu/Debate/team.html |website=Brown Debating Union |accessdate=15 June 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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===National competition===


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==National competition==
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The Brown Debating Union competes mostly in the [[Parliamentary Debate#American Parliamentary Debate|American Parliamentary]] style of debate as a member of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, an intercollegiate debate association with roughly fifty member universities across the United States. The BDU competes at tournaments across the country that take place on Fridays and Saturdays each week. The Union is also involved in APDA governance, with Yidi Wu '17 currently serving as APDA VP, Finance, and Richard Cambo '16 currently serving as a member-at-large on the APDA executive board.


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The Brown Debating Union competes mostly in the [[Parliamentary Debate#American Parliamentary Debate|American Parliamentary]] style of debate as a member of the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]], an intercollegiate debate association with over fifty member universities across the United States. The BDU competes at tournaments across the country that take place on Fridays and Saturdays each week. It also hosts its own parliamentary debate tournament twice a year, and has been involved in APDA governance, with BDU members serving on APDA's executive board.<ref>James Shapiro, [http://www.browndailyherald.com/2007/01/20/debating-union-to-host-over-100-teams-this-weekend/ "Debating union to host over 100 teams this weekend"], ''Brown Daily Herald'', January 20, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://apdaweb.org/schedule | title=APDAWeb - Schedule (2018-2019)}}</ref>
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===International competition===
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The Brown Debating Union also competes internationally, notably at the [[North American Debating Championship]], the [[World Universities Debating Championship]], as well as Inter-Varsity tournaments at Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale. The Brown Debating Union won the inaugural North American Women's Debating Championship in 2015 and were semifinalists at the 2014 North American Universities Debating Championship.


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==International competition==
==Campus debates and community service==
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The Brown Debating Union also competes internationally, notably at the [[North American Debating Championship]], the [[World Universities Debating Championship]], as well as Inter-Varsity tournaments at Oxford, Cambridge, and Hart House. BDU debaters won the inaugural North American Women's Debating Championship in 2015 and were semifinalists at the 2014 North American Universities Debating Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/north-american-womens-debating-championship-2015 | title=North American Women's Debating Championship 2015| date=2011-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5PBlPGtbq4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/J5PBlPGtbq4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=North American BP Debate Championship 2014 Semi-Final Round Room 2}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==Notable members==
The BDU has hosted several on-campus events, sometimes in conjunction with other student organizations at Brown. In the fall of 2014, one BDU member debated PETA on the ethics of animal testing. In the spring of 2015, a member of the Brown Debating Union debated a member of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy on the question of full legalization of drugs. In addition, the BDU hosts the Radcliffe Hicks Debate annually during the spring semester. 16 sophomores and juniors are invited to compete against one another in a single elimination tournament format to promote discourse on current events on Brown's campus. Each round is judged by a member of Brown's faculty, with the final round being judged by a three judge panel that includes Brown's president Christina Paxson.
* [[Ted Turner]] was Vice President of the BDU<ref>Ronald H. Humphrey, ''Effective Leadership: Theory, Cases, and Applications'', Los Angeles: SAGE, 2014, {{ISBN|9781412963558}}.</ref>


== References ==
Brown debaters help the community in many ways, not least of which is the annual Rhode Island Urban Debate League Community Debate. You can find more information at the Rhode Island Urban Debate League's [http://www.riudl.org/get-involved/community-debate/ own website].
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://archive.is/20130414084547/http://students.brown.edu/Debate/ Brown Debating Union]
*[https://archive.today/20130414084547/http://students.brown.edu/Debate/ Brown Debating Union]
*[http://www.apdaweb.org American Parliamentary Debate Association]


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Latest revision as of 06:49, 27 December 2021

Brown Debating Union
General information
Established1824
Websitewww.browndebate.org

The Brown Debating Union (BDU) is a student-run debating organization at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The team competes in American Parliamentary Debate and British Parliamentary Debate.[1] Currently the team is ranked 2nd in North America.[2]

History

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The Brown Debating Union has existed since 1824. It began to organize formal debate tournaments with peer institutions, as well as on-campus debates for student groups, during the early twentieth century. By the 1950s, the debate program had become part of the Brown University English Department. Competing on the National Debate Tournament circuit, the debate team was fairly successful.

However, in the 1980s the English department stopped funding the team, and the BDU became an autonomous student organization funded by the Undergraduate Finance Board. Without the funds to participate in costly policy debate, they participated in parliamentary debate. The Union currently competes in debate tournaments held by the American Parliamentary Debate Association. Their annual debate tournament is typically held during the last weekend of October every year.

Since 1882, the BDU has held the Radcliffe Hicks Debate, an annual contest for sophomores and juniors. First and second-place winners receive monetary prizes from the Hicks endowment.[3]

Structure

[edit]

The Brown Debating Union is run by a board of students elected every winter. The board is responsible for organizational decisions including handling finances, running tournaments and training students. The board consists of eight members: the president, vp of operations, vp of finance, vp of administration, vp of recruitment, logistics chair, social chair and communications chair.[4]

National competition

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The Brown Debating Union competes mostly in the American Parliamentary style of debate as a member of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, an intercollegiate debate association with over fifty member universities across the United States. The BDU competes at tournaments across the country that take place on Fridays and Saturdays each week. It also hosts its own parliamentary debate tournament twice a year, and has been involved in APDA governance, with BDU members serving on APDA's executive board.[5][6]

International competition

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The Brown Debating Union also competes internationally, notably at the North American Debating Championship, the World Universities Debating Championship, as well as Inter-Varsity tournaments at Oxford, Cambridge, and Hart House. BDU debaters won the inaugural North American Women's Debating Championship in 2015 and were semifinalists at the 2014 North American Universities Debating Championship.[7][8]

Notable members

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References

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  1. ^ "Brown Debating Union: The Team". Retrieved 10 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "APDA Standings". Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ Mark Valdez, "Fighting words: Student debaters spar in annual tourney", Brown Daily Herald, March 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Team". Brown Debating Union. Retrieved 15 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ James Shapiro, "Debating union to host over 100 teams this weekend", Brown Daily Herald, January 20, 2007.
  6. ^ "APDAWeb - Schedule (2018-2019)".
  7. ^ "North American Women's Debating Championship 2015". 2011-09-27.
  8. ^ "North American BP Debate Championship 2014 Semi-Final Round Room 2". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  9. ^ Ronald H. Humphrey, Effective Leadership: Theory, Cases, and Applications, Los Angeles: SAGE, 2014, ISBN 9781412963558.
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