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Agency report on Bayreuth debate The Catholic News Agency (KNA) has sent a report on the Third Bayreuth debate, read at kath.net inter alia . The report, entitled "We do not seek consensus but conflict" is also about debating itself. The VDCh Club Academy for the political-institutional conflict simulation (AKPIKS), organizer of the Bayreuth debate, has published his press release summarizing the debate in his weblog. Here websites.

"'We're not looking for a consensus, we seek to examine,' says Tim Richter the format of the debate, the philosophy student, is president of the Association of debating at universities, he believes." Debating is quite essential for our free and pluralistic society. It able to hold opinions and to refute arguments and really deal with issues'. issue is not about always find compromises, 'do not share you have other opinions, "says judge," but understand'. In Bayreuth prominent speakers debating factually hard, authentic in tone. [...] "I am pleased with the willingness to engage, to debate. Too bad the speakers have received little to each other that they have put forward especially prepared speeches', judges commented after the debate compared to the CBA. 'Tuition in the constructive discussion with more than 60 debate team in Germany' adds the multiple Debattierturniersieger added, grinning. " (From the CBA) Articles

"A big surprise was from, of course, all the speakers were as predicted in its opinion. The atmosphere and the arguments but the public have beaten in the spell. At some moments it was possible a hear a pin drop -. despite more than 600 fans in the stands of the lecture hall Individual speakers were far from the podium to discuss with guests particularly interested in small groups is rare controversy so close to life ".. (From the press release AKPIKS)

TIME DEBATE Stuttgart gleanings 3: The student online portal of the University Greifswald webmoritz published a report on the Greifswald victory in Stuttgart . There is blog entry with photos is now available on the website of the host debating Stuttgart (DCS) to see. The debating Faust Frankfurt / Main (DCGF) describes on his website the term debate in Stuttgart, Frankfurt view. Also from debating Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG), there's a tournament report, which was already sent via email to the distributor DCJG members and soon we may also be found on the homepage of the club is. Here a few quotes:

"The journey we reduced ourselves to a small Zugdebatte on the topic 'Should the World Cup will be awarded 2010 new?" Even the themes of the upcoming tournament has been speculated. What is being debated currently in the media who are the chief judges? and what priorities they have for possible We also came to the theme parties and donations -. what was then debated in the final yes actually [...] winner of the weekend but had all the speakers and judges because the organization team has always been. there when you needed someone to time. And to the wishes had not been met, put the brownies and mistress from Stuttgart everything in motion, so we felt comfortable to us. Thank you to Stuttgart "(from the Frankfurt tournament report)

was [...] The final played as usual on Sunday afternoon. This was probably the first and only mishap of the tournament. When the warm-up with control introduction, greetings etc. was over, it became clear that the speaker teams had not been out to the final room. Except Gudrun [ Lux ] and Tim [Judge] (opening Opp), of a smoker in the area, no one was in sight. Now, a hall-fulfilling silence had occurred, helped Marcus [ Ewald ] Stuttgart Moderator Nils Haneklaus out of the difficulty by jumping quickly decided on the stage ('So ladies and gentlemen, I'll Keep the fun now and a half minute') and an impromptu speech about the 'Shoe Size' ( Heckling from the audience was), in which he called for a standard size. When the teams arrived, the debate began on party donations. That being said, that Berlin is confused by statements that no one understood, unfortunately, soon catapulted into touch (well, so the total of 6 speakers), the audience was (as almost always) would otherwise be very divided, who will make the race. [...] We say THANK DC Stuttgart for a great tournament and congratulations Sarah Jaglitz , Rafael Heinisch and Clemens Lechner heartily on their success! "(From the Mainz tournament report)