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Newsletter
*1.Update on Meeting Last week:
*Last week we witnessed thrilling debates again on both Wednesday and
Thursday. On Wednesday members debated on “Should Canadians be allowed to
sell their organs?” Both the teams did a great job bringing out interesting
points but what was most interesting was the Points of information which
different members were bringing up. The executive was really impressed by
this particularly and we urge you all to carry on this great work in future
debates as well!
On Thursday, the topic of debate was “Does Santa Claus induce slavery ?” The
two teams, the ‘Elves Labor Union’ and the ‘Santa Claus Support Group’
engaged in an
extremely witty debate regarding elves rights and Santa’s toy corporation.
The Elves Labor Union won despite of both the teams being really
competitive. The session ended with a discussion about Harry Potter,
Hermione Granger and Dobby the elf!Good job guys.
*2. The Debating Championships
*Alright guys, we’re around 5 to 6 debating sessions away from the debating
championships. The following are the list of championships we’re planning to
attend this year.
1. Mcgill Winter Carnival
McGill University, Montreal QC
January 22-24 ,2010
2. CUSID-APDA North American Debating Championship
York University, Toronto ON
January 29-31 ,2010
3. Seagram Invitational
University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
February 5-7 ,2010
The above championships are a great chance for you all to witness and
participate in some world class debating and to further sharpen your
argumentative skills. The Executive will try its best to subsidize the
championship fees for you based on our fundraising activities.
Registrations for the above championships haven’t yet started. We will keep
you informed with regards to how to go about with the process once the
registration period starts. If you have any questions with regards to the
competitions then please do contact our Conferences Director Stephanie
Gouthro (stephanie.gouthro@utoronto.ca) or send us an email at
utmdbc@gmail.com
*3. Meeting this week
*Meetings continue this week on Wednesday at 6pm (Room 2080 SB) and on
Thursday at 6 pm (Room 2072 SB).
Sincerely,
The UTMDBC Executive 2009-10
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Rd N.,
Mississauga, ON
L5L 1C6
Newsletter
1. The Great Professor’s Debate:
So our first event is almost around the corner and the executive has been working hard trying to organize the event. “The Great Professor’s Debate” shall be held at the Board room in the Student Center at 6:15 pm (not 6 pm) on Oct 26th (Monday). Professor Lippincott(Senior Lecturer, University Of Toronto Mississauga and Professor on Political Thought) shall be debating against Professor Jurgensen (Professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga specializing on Foreign Policy) on the issue of “Should Canada leave Afghanistan?”. The Debate shall not go for more than an hour. This is a chance for you all to get involved with the Professors on the issue and to ask questions on problems which you think are important.
There will be no entry fee and you’re free to invite your friends. As part of the audience you are eligible to ask one question at a time. Please stick to the time limit and ask questions PERTAINING TO THE TOPIC!
And of course we’ll have free food!
2. Update on Meeting Last Week
Last week we witnessed enthralling debates on both Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday we debated on the motion of “Should there be cap on the pay of executives?” Both the sides did an impressive job in presenting their arguments and all the speakers tried their level best to defend their positions. Also the fact that these arguments were prepared on the spot was something that we execs found pretty impressive. In the end it was the Liberals who won and Honorable MP Eric Madan was judged to be the best speaker. So great job guys!
On Thursday we debated on the motion of “Does Barack Hussein Obama deserve the Nobel Prize?” We divided the teams into ‘capitalists’ and ‘communists’ and we observed a stellar debate between the ‘elite bourgeoisie’(the capitalists who answered NO) and the “veteran proletariat’( the communists who answered YES). Whereas the comrades prided on defending Obama winning the award the capitalists went berserk against Obama winning the Peace Prize so soon! In the end the capitalists came out as the champions with Honorable bourgeoisie Reginald Tan being judged as the Best Speaker! You guys rock!!
We also ended the Thursday session with a group debating session on “Should Canada INVADE the United States?” It was a lot of fun and debaters left the room with an evil grin in the end! GO CANADAAAA!!!! hehe.
3. Meeting Next Week
Meeting will commence this week again at 6 pm on Wednesday (Rm2080) and at 5 pm on Thursday (Rm 2072).
Please feel free to contact us if you’ve any questions
Sincerely,
The UTMDBC Executive
2009-10
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Debating Tips
Hello all and thank you for coming out to debate with us this past week. The level of debating has been phenomenal, and we, the Executive have already noted certain speakers we might like to go to Montreal in January.
This is not to say of course, that we plan to show favouritism. We’ll be watching you guys as you slowly progress from being better, to being the best debators in UTM. Couple of tips that we feel you ought to be careful of. They are presented below in no specific order.
- Remember to work as a team. The debate doesn’t end after you’ve spoken. Be willing to help out the whole team.
- Public Speaking101: Never forget that you need to maintain eye-contact with the audience at all times. Stare down your opponents!
- Points of Information are a great way to show you can think on the spot and can be an excellent asset. Conversely, they can portray a negative image, and an unprofesional side that may reflect negatively on the entire team. Use, but use wisely
- Be clear. Make sure we know what you’re saying. Be confident. You may be spouting nonsense, but if you can sell it, no one’s going to question you
- Know what your team’s been saying. Pay attention and construct your arguments so as to re-inforce each other.
- Passion is excellent. Passion is good. We want to see it. But do not let it get the better of you. Exercise restraint.
UTMDBC’s First General Meeting
Hello Everyone,
First of all, thanks a lot for showing up at our table during clubs week. It was a pleasure to meet with you and to see your interest in professional debating. We received an overwhelming response during clubs week and were perhaps one of the few new clubs on campus to have attracted so many members during clubs week. It is the UTMDBC Executive’s promise that it will try its level best to make this year a fruitful one for you and to make sure that you gain something productive out of this club.
With regards to our first general meeting, we’ve decided that we’ll be having it during the week of Sept. 27th. Owing to an unexpectedly huge response during clubs week we decided that it would be better if we shifted the meeting to the Wednesday (Sept.30th) and Thursday(Oct. 1st) of the week after. We realised that it would have been hard to adjust so many people in the presentation room.We are still working on the rooms but it’ll most likely be one of the south building lecture theaters. The time for the meeting will be 5 pm for both the days. The meeting may go on for more than an hour as we’ll be going over some really important stuff.
We highly recommend that you attend any one of the two general meetings. The Thursday meeting is for those who will not be able to attend the meeting on Wednesday and we’ll be going over the same stuff for both the meetings.
If you have any further questions then please feel free to send us an email at utmdbc@gmail.com. Our dedicated team of executives would love to answer any of your questions.
Thanks again!
Regards,
The UTMDBC Executive 2009-10
Hi!
Hello and welcome to the University of Toronto Mississauga Debating Club.
We are all excited to have you all here with us and are looking forward to spending an exciting new year with all of you! The year is jam packed with exciting new opportunities and wonderful new initiatives to give a chance to the UTM Community to sharpen their debating skills.
First off is the up-coming McGill Winter Carnival in January where we hope to send in a group of UTM Students to represent UTM. The selection will be done based on the people’s performance in Debating Sessions held throughout the year. In addition, we’ll have an up-coming High School Conference. Plenty of volunteering opportunities and a chance to give the High Schools in Peel District board some much needed exposure.
