For top teams, ACORN took 4th (Tyler Anderson & Jonathan Diaz), 5th (Guilberly Loussaint & Jequan Davis) and 6th place (Mikhai Joseph & Jessica Cotto) in the Varsity divisions!


Congratulations ACORN!


THE ACORN GREAT DEBATERS!


At the NYCUDL tournament, powerhouse ACORN Debate took two of the top ten speaker awards in the Varsity Division. Guilberly Loussaint placed fifth place! (One week later he improved on this showing by taking third place overall top speaker at the BQCFL tournament!) Jequan Davis took ninth place overall!! Maria Medina also took twelfth place and Shamella Jeffers fifteen place!


Indeed, ACORN


and Bronx Law tied for the number of awards in the top fifteen best speakers of the entire tournament. Also shout outs to ACORN for video taping their debates to use for training for interested NYCUDL schools. ACORN has been one of the leading programs in the country when it comes to performance and critical debate! Videos of their debates are a model for all new and experienced debaters.


At the BQCFL the following week ACORN again took top awards. Guilberly took 3rd top speaker, Tyler Anderson took 6th top speaker and Jessica Cotto took 9th top speaker!


UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS!


• February 3rd-4th - Newark Invitational


• February 11th - Girls Tournament, Hunter College


• February 18th - NYCUDL #4 (TBA)


• February 17th -20th - Harvard Invitational


• February 25 - MHL Championships, Horace Mann


• March 2nd-3rd - Lakeland Invitational


• March 9th-10th - NYCUDL Championships, ICE


PS 278 GOES UNDEFEATED!.... TWICE!!


PS 278 had 2 perfect teams at our third urban debate league tournament. Sam Perez & Arnolj Kukaj went undefeated! And Fidel Maldonado & Luis Ortiz also went undefeated! PS 278 fielded an impressive not 1, 2, 3, 4, but 5 middle school teams which topped its previous record. Loreily Carpio and Marykou Andrades, Arjeta Kukaj and Belmin Rama, and Crystal Minaya and Jasmin Vega helped PS 278 make its most impressive showing yet!


OUR NEW WEBSITE! WWW.NYCUDL.ORG Tell us what you think of


the website! Tell us what you need from the website! Key Features of the website include a huge page for debaters with an Evidence Center and “Center” devoted to nearly every argument in debate. Lots of books, history, articles, and more evidence than you could ever use. Check it out!


We also just added


hundreds of scholarships for NYC students and debaters, as well as dozens of online college courses on Feminism, Philosophy, Debate and other subjects of interest to debaters.


Finally, each school has a


blog so speak to your Coach if you would like to be the blogger for your school!


And if you have anything to


add, please email us at nycudl@gmail.com. Thanks!


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