Rancho Bernardo Speech & Debate

Congratulations to all members for a fantastic State Qualifying tournament. RB took 4th for large school entry sweepstakes!

State Qualifiers:
Alex Ryvkin: Parli (4th), Congress
Amir Rezvani: IMP (3rd)
Gloria Chen: OO (3rd), DI (4th), Congress
Haldan Assad: NX (Champion), Parli (4th), Congress
Jack Miao: Policy (4th)
Luka Ristic: Congress
Roya Eskandar: PO (3rd)
Sachin Betrabet: Policy (4th)
Thomas Crimmel: IX (3rd)
Zack Saidane: IX (5th)

Hey everyone,
As you probably know, we're hosting the IE state quals on February 27th and 28th, and we need everyone to come through and help out in any way possible. This will be like the tournament we hosted in the past, only larger, so we need all the help we can get. Attached is a list of items we need in order to run a successful tournament. Please take a look and see if there is anything you can contribute.
Thanks,
RB Speech and Debate
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Go RB!!! Amir Rezvani

Sophia Helland Wins the San Diego Winter Classic San Diego, CA -- Congratulations to Claremont's Sophie Helland for winning the 2014 San Diego Winter Classic, held at La Costa Canyon High School in San Diego, California. In finals, Sophie defeated Rancho Bernardo's Amir Rezvani on a 3-0 decision (Finnigan, Govari, Rodriguez). Congratulations to both debaters! [ 134 more words. ]

Hey everyone!

I hope you guys are having a great thanksgiving. As you all are probably aware the team is attending the LCC Winter Classic from dec 5th to dec 7th. We desperately need judges for this tournament, and as it is a three day tournament, everyone should be able to provide one at some point. If we are severely lacking, people not providing judges may have to pay the judge fee or drop. Please help us meet this requirement so we don't have to do this.

Please comment whether you can bring a judge Friday after school, Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, or Sunday morning.

Thank You
RB Speech and Debate

Hey everyone!

For those of you in congress, two or three mock rounds will be held on Tuesday from 3pm - 6pm in Mrs. Floto's room. Prep this bill (BOTH SIDES) and be ready for a serious debate:

A Bill to Allocate Funds for Counter-terrorism in The Sahel Region of Africa
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
SECTION 1: $500 million will be added to the annual budget every year for three years to secure American military bases and increase military police training operations in the Sahel.
SECTION 2: “The Sahel” encompasses all or parts of 12 countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Read Seea: Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina, Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
SECTION 3: The funds will go to The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs within the United States Department of State to enforce this bill.
SECTION 4: This law will take effect in the fiscal year 2015.
SECTION 5: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

We expect all of you who are participating in congress to attend and bring your "cases."

If you have any questions or concerns, call or text Zack at 858.774.3988.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please submit this form by 12 PM on Friday Oct. 17th if you wish to enter for this tournament. You may NOT drop an entry after Monday at 3 PM. In order to drop an entry, you must email rbspeechanddebate@gmail with "drop" and your name and event in the subject.

Also, we will not be accepting any entries in person for any reason. If you experience technological issues, please fill the form out during class.

You can fill it out online:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16KEfnA1k-6892XUnnihyXzXHL0qLKLbahELoudSQoNg/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

RB Speech and Debate Tournament Registration (Oct. 25th IE)

If you haven't already signed up, please sign up for food donations and parent volunteers for the upcoming October 4th tournament.

Food Sign up: http://www.slyreply.com/app/sheets/mt4j2bntx62m/
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2014 September/October LD Topic Announced
The 2014 September/October Lincoln-Douglas topic is, Resolved: A just society ought to presume consent for organ procurement from the deceased.

2014 September/October PF Topic Announced
The TOPIC AREA for September/October is "Sports in the United States."

Based on a nationwide vote, the September/October 2014 Public Forum topic is, Resolved: On balance, public subsidies for professional athletic organizations in the United States benefit their local communities.

A total of 360 schools and 298 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 51% of the school vote and 56% percent of the student vote.

Public Forum September/October Topic Area Announced

September/October 2014
Note: Online voting for the Sept/Oct PF topic will occur August 7-14. The final topic will be announced August 15. The two resolutions from which students and advisors may choose are as follows:

TOPIC AREA: Sports in the United States

Choice 1 – Resolved: On balance, students in grades 6-12 in the United States benefit when their schools offer interscholastic sports.

Choice 2 – Resolved: On balance, public subsidies for professional athletic organizations in the United States benefit their local communities.

Hi everyone! We need volunteers to help out talking to parents at the parent night tomorrow! We'll be setting up at 5:45 in front of the gym. Comment or send an email to [email protected] to let us know if you're coming. See you there!

Congratulations to everyone who attended State Quals this year! We had a great year and we won 3rd in sweepstakes!

People who qualled to State:
Gopika Mavalankar and Miki Ding (Public Forum)
AJ Valenzuela and Sathya Ramesh (Parli)
Khadija Ganijee and Etan Khanal (Parli)
Gloria Chen (TI)
Luka Ristic (IX)
Katia Stern (1st alt NX)
Nick Asaad (1st alt Congress)

Hi guys, we REALLY REALLY need judges for Congress/Parli/PoFo State Quals. Right now we need 2 more judges for Friday and many more judges for Saturday afternoon. Please call Floto if you can provide a judge - we may start dropping people if we cannot meet our judging obligations.