Debaters from all over the world are flocking in to Manila, Philippines. From 27 December 2011 to 4 January 2012, they assemble at De La Salle University (DLSU) to compete for the title of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds). From under the roof of VDCH there will be the following debating society competing with around 400 teams from about 70 countries - all in a peaceful competition, the WUDC 2012 or DLSU Worlds: Berlin Debating Union: John Eltringham, Narendran Ramasendaran, Dessislava Kirova, Juliane Mendelsohn, Kai Dittmann, Matthias Winkelmann S.A.E.C.L.O. Greifswald: Rafael Heinisch, Ida Heidecker Debattierclub Mannheim: Jana Gilke, Katrin Sadroschinski Debattierclub Johannes ...

Rain, rain, rain - all over Germany! But the brave debaters of the Boddencup never gave in and even did their BBQ in Greifswald. A short lesson on German geography: "Bodden are brackish bodies of water along the southwestern shores of the Baltic Sea, primarily in Germany's state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern around the island of Rügen," as Wikipedia has it. This year's Boddencup was staged by Greifwald's debating society for the third time in a row. It was also the final of the first season of Freie Debattierliga, or free debating league (FDL). Read more on a rainy weekend by the ...

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News concerning the Boddencup 2011: The president of the Debattierclub Greifswald, Rafael Heinisch, announced the CAs for the BPS tournament that is to be held from July 22 to 24. Besides Rafael himself, Julian Schneider (Debattierclub Münster) and Markus Dankerl (Debattierclub München) are in charge of the motions. The reg fees for the Boddencup are 15 Euros for speakers and 10 Euros for judges, registration is possible until July 11 under heinischr@googlemail.com. xzy / tr

The convenor of Potsdam PULS Punk announced the CA team of the tournament: Nils Haneklaus (Debattierclub Stuttgart), Rafael Heinisch (S.A.E.C.L.O. Greifswald) and Christoph Krakowiak (Streitkultur Berlin). ...

The "Bodden" calling for the third time! 2009 was the first year when the Debattierclub Greifswald set up the tournament called "Boddencup" in the British Parliamentary Style, language of debate is German. This year's edition will be staged from July 22 to 24 and is going to offer five prelims, semifinals and a final with seven-minute speeches. More information on the tournament will be available soon. But what does "Bodden" actually mean? It refers to the "Greifswalder Bodden", or the Bay of Greifswald – a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea. If the weather cooperates, there will be a barbecue at beachfront ...

Göttingen (Nicolas Friebe and David Lamouroux) won the final of ZEIT DEBATTE Stuttgart 2011! Best Speaker Award goes to Katharina Wagner from Dresden Debating Union. Please read more on this in the German version of this article. ...

Please read the German version of this article to find out who broke to the Grand Final at ZEIT DEBATTE Stuttgart! ...

Please read the German version of this article to find out who broke to semi-finals at ZEIT DEBATTE Stuttgart! ...

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Daniel Grotzky has been announced CA for ZEIT DEBATTE Stuttgart. As Nils Haneklaus from Debattierclub Stuttgart (DCS) informed Achte Minute, Daniel is going to replace Andrea Gau. Daniel is one of the most experienced debaters in Germany, he has been CA of Southern German Championships 2007 and 2010 and of the German Championship 2010. In the season of 2007/2008 Daniel was president of VDCH, the Association of Debating Societies at Universities, 2008/2009 of the German Debating Society for Alumni (DDG). Originally associated to Debattierclub München (Munich), he is now committed to debating in Switzerland since he works in ...

The next big event of the ZEIT DEBATTEN open its registration: Nils Haneklaus from Debattierclub Stuttgart just opened registration for the ZEIT DEBATTE which will be held in Stuttgart from 11th to 13th March. ...

On his blog, Manos Moschopoulos compiled unofficial tabs for ESL and EFL respectively for the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds). He did so based on data provided by Leela Koenig, judge at Botswana Worlds, and the competition's language committee. So far, official ESL and EFL tabs have not yet been published by the adjudication team of CA Logandran Balavijendran. According to Manos’ compilation, a correction of the Top Five EFL Speakers has to be noted: “Simon Belak (Ljubljana C) and Andreas Lazar (Stuttgart A) are joint top EFL speakers (initially, they were announced as 2nd and 1st respectively),” Manos ...

The full tab of the World Universities Debating Championships 2011 has been made available online already! The CA team put it on the homepage of Botswana Worlds. Naturally, Achte Minute does have a focus on the results of  VDCH teams and speakers. Hence, to lighten the burden for you, our loyal readers, we compiled their results. ...

Breaking news from Botswana: Results of our VDCH teams after round 6 leaked from Gabs and we have it all here for our loyal readers. Colm Flynn provided photographs of the tab on his World Debating Website. So how are our German and Austrian teams doing in Gaborone? ...

This article is not yet available in English. Please read the German version of this to learn more about how S.A.E.C.L.O. Greifswald hosted a public debate between representitives of the students and members of various fraternities. Angela Westphal / apf

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There are still some spots left for the ZEIT DEBATTE Greifswald. The ZEIT DEBATTE will take place at the Baltic coast from October 29 to October 31.Whoever wants to get a last minute spot for the tournament may contact Rafael Heinisch - call/text him to +49/179/5632319 or mail to praesident[at]debattierclub-greifswald.de. The ZEIT DEBATTE is held in British Parliamentary Style and in German.

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The next season of the German debating ZEIT DEBATTEN series is set: the general assembly of VDCH, the Association of Debating Societies at Universities, came together in August and decided upon dates and locations of four ZEIT DEBATTEN tournaments, four regional championships and the German debating championship (DDM) 2011. An overview over the coming season 2010/11 is provided here: ...

Greifswald at the Northern shore of the Baltic Sea is the venue of the Boddencup, named after the bay near the town. The Societas augendae et colendae liberae orationis Greifswald invited debaters from all German speaking regions for the second time. Today, 28 teams from Aix-la-Chapelle, Berlin, Göttingen, Halle, Kiel, Jena, Magdeburg, Mainz, Münster, Potsdam, Rostock, Stuttgart and Vienna fought in four preliminary rounds, Sunday will stage another pre-round, semi-finals and the final. Tonight's highlight is a barbecue at the beach by the sea. Chief adjudicators are Rafael Heinisch (EUDC semi-finalist) from Greifswald, Andrea Gau (Mainz) and Michael ...

At a glance: Open and ESL Break to Semis of Amsterdam EUDC 2010! Sarah Jaglitz and Rafael Heinisch of Greifswald A made it to Semis!!! ESL Break to Semis: Athens A (Manos Moschopoulos, Kimon Ioannides) Babes-Bolyai A (Cluj-Napoca, Radu Cotarcea, Bianca Dragomir) Erasmus A (Rotterdam, Jeroen Heun, Daniel Springer) Galatasaray A (Istanbul, Leyla Orak, Engin Arikan) Greifswald A (Sarah Jaglitz, Rafael Heinisch) Haifa B (Michael Shapira, Meir Yarom) Kalliope A (Groningen, Steffy Roos du Maine, Floor de Koning) Ljubljana A (Maja Cimerman, Filip Muki Dobranic) Open Break to Semis: Cambridge A (Harish Natarajan, Jack Watson) Kings Inn A (Dublin, Eoghan Casey, Patrick Rooney) TCD Hist B (Dublin, Ruth Fallner, Catherine Murphy) TCD Phil B (Dublin, ...

At a glance: Main Break and ESL Break of Amsterdam EUDC 2010! Teams from Greifswald, Göttingen and Köln are going to compete the quaters of Amsterdam EUDC 2010: Sarah Jaglitz and Rafael Heinisch (DC Greifswald), David Lamouroux and Gabor Stefan (DC Göttingen) and Bianca Sterly and Sebastian Hagemann (Tilbury House Köln). As adjudicator of "VDCH country" broke Alena Asyamova, Jens Fischer and Isabelle Loewe. Congrats! Full ESL Break: Erasmus A (Rotterdam, Jeroen Heun, Daniel Springer) Kalliope A (Groningen, Steffy Roos du Maine, Floor de Koning) Babes-Bolyai A (Cluj-Napoca/Klausenburg, Radu Cotarcea, Bianca Dragomir) Ljubljana A (Maja Cimerman, Filip Muki Dobranic) Greifswald A (Sarah ...

Debattierclub Greifswald has elected a new executive board: Previous Vice President Rafael Heinisch now leads the club as President, while Anna Willert replaces him as Vice President. Ingo Witt, previously President, was elected treasurer. Congratulations and good luck with your work!

Der Greifswalder Boddencup geht in die zweite Runde: Am 31. Juli und 1. August wird an der See debattiert und gestritten. Rafael Heinisch von der Societas augendae et colendae liberae orationis Greifswald teilt mit: Los geht's am Samstag, 31. Juli, um 8 Uhr morgens - aber die Greifswalder bieten ihren Gästen schon ab Freitag Schlafplätze ("Crash", also Isomatte und Schlafsack nicht vergessen!) und freuen sich über jeden, der sich bereits am Freitagabend mit auf das Turnier einstimmt. Von Samstagmorgen bis Sonntagnachmittag wird dann im Format BPS debattiert: Es gilt, fünf bis sechs Vorrunden zu bestreiten, die Besten breaken - je nach Anzahl der ...

Das Greifswalder "webmoritz" berichtet, im Stuttgarter Blog sind schon ein paar Fotos zu sehen und auch von den Debattierclubs in Frankfurt am Main und Mainz gibt es inzwischen Turnierberichte. Hier im Überblick.   ...

Die Ostsee Zeitung berichtet, die Debattierclubs in Karlsruhe, Wien, Bonn und Dortmund haben Turnierberichte auf ihre Internetseiten gestellt und die Stuttgarter haben ihre Pressemitteilung veröffentlicht. Hier im Überblick. ...

Sarah Jaglitz und Rafael Heinisch vom Debattierclub Greifswald haben die erste ZEIT DEBATTE des Jahres 2010 gewonnen. Im Stuttgarter Wilhelmspalais konnten sich die beiden am Sonntagnachmittag aus der Eröffnenden Regierung heraus gegen Tim Richter und Gudrun Lux vom Debattierclub Bonn (Eröffnende Opposition), Moritz Niehaus und Clemens Lechner von der Debattiergesellschaft Jena (Schließende Regierung) und Patrick Ehmann und Farid Schwuchow von der Berlin Debating Union (Schließende Opposition) durchsetzen. Zum besten Redner kürte die Ehrenjury Clemens Lechner. Ausgezeichnet: Rafael, Clemens und Sarah (v.l., Foto Kun Yin, DCS) Das Finalthema lautete "Dieses Haus würde Parteispenden verbieten"; juriert wurde das Finale von Isabelle Loewe (DC Bonn), ...