The next big event of the ZEIT DEBATTEN series is just around the corner: Nicolas Eberle, president of Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg (DCJG), announced registration open for the ZEIT DEBATTE in Mainz from 14 to 16 January. The convenors allure to German speaking debaters with a system new to the format of OPD (open parliamentary debate) which allows all speakers to enjoy five debates instead of the usual three. On top of that, they show great hospitality so typical for Rhineland-Palatinate: accommodation in a four-star hotel, free cider for everybody, winetasting under the guidance of the wine queen representing the wine-growing ...

Shout outs to Heidelberg from all directions! Read more on how Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg (DCJG) and Debattierclub Freiburg hail Debating Club Heidelberg for hosting one of the best tournaments - see the German version of this article! apf / glx ...

Lukas Windhager, Almut Graebsch and Marco Niedermeier have won BaWü 2010. Best speaker of the final was Magnus Schmagold from Göttingen. More information soon on Achte Minute.

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Stuss stands for nonsense: The first show debate in the comedy format STUSS will be held on 17 November at 8 p.m. at Kulturcafé on the campus of the University of Mainz. STUSS is an acronym and stands for "Stramme Thesen und studentischer Streit", but stuss itself means “nonsense”, which is way more important, explains Thore Woijke, one of the founders of STUSS. He and Nicolas Eberle, Marcus Ewald, Carsten Knittler and Clemens Fucker will be performing next Wednesday. STUSS consists of some short debates with teams of two on each side. Speeches should be between three and six minutes. One ...

The Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG) has elected a new vice president at their general asembley on 27th October. Katharina Tschirner is now on board with president Nicolas Eberle and treasurer Caroline Moll. Former vice president Sarah Kempf resigned. Congratulations and good luck with your work! kem / glx / apf

Pauline Leopold, Peter Croonenbroeck and Christoph Krakowiak from Streitkultur Tübingen scored the title “Master of Jokes”. Second time in a row, they won the Gutenberg Cup, the annual tournament of Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG). The motion of the final round reads “Do we need a new Robin Hood?”, where the debaters from Tübingen defeated a home team from Mainz. Best speaker of the final was Hauke Blume who fought in the final round as free speaker, i.e. a speaker with no beforehand appointed position in the debate, a characteristic of the German format OPD (Open Parliamentary Debate) in addition ...

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Debattierclub Bonn won the Schobbe Cup 2010! In the final round, the team “Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo” from Berlin Debating Union in the proposition argued with “Bonn Generations” about net neutrality at Campus Westend of Frankfurt Goethe University. The team of Isabelle Loewe,  Gudrun Lux and Jens Fischer from the former German capital defeated Georg Sommerfeld, Dessislava Kirova and Kai Dietmann from the now capital. Awarded the title as best speaker of the final were two: Jens Fischer from the winning team and Nicolas Eberle from Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, a so-called Fraktionsfreier Redner, free speaker. There are usually ...

Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG) has elected a new executive board. Nicolas Eberle, Western Germany Champion from 2009 will lead the club as President from now on. Sarah Kempf is once again Vice President, entering her third year in that capacity. Elected to the position of treasurer was Caroline Moll. Congratulation and good luck for your work!

Michael Saliba und Andreas Lazar sind die Gewinner der ersten Vereinsmeisterschaft des Debattierclub Stuttgart (DCS). Wie der DCS auf seiner Internetseite berichtet, plant der schwäbische Club, von nun an jedes Semester einen Vereinsmeister zu küren. Über das Semester hinweg können die Redner Punkte sammeln; die Besten begegnen sich am Semesterende in Halbfinals und dem Finale. Die Finalrunden werden im Masters-Format ausgetragen. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="320" caption="Michael (links) und Andreas, erste Vereinsmeister des Stuttgarter Club. (Bild: DCS)"][/caption] Im Finale der ersten Stuttgarter Vereinsmeisterschaft am Donnerstag, 27. Mai, besiegten Michael und Andreas in der Regierung ...

Die VDCH-Clubs aus Stuttgart und Mainz berichten über ihre Regios - und auch die TU Dortmund vermeldet den neuen Westdeutschen Meister. ...