2011 ALSA UI Updates - UI reclaims ALSA title

Universitas Indonesia (Adlini Ilma Ghaisany, Dennys Kapa, Roderick Sibarani) proposed the motion THW allow consensual cannibalism at the Grand Final of the 2011 ALSA UI (varsity debates)

EDS UI Grand Final team (L-R). Roderick Sibarani, Adlini Ilma Ghaisany, Dennys Kapa

with a team from BINUS INTERNATIONAL (Ravina Alimchandani, Annisa Kusumawardhani Sabran, and Jaran Walia) opposing the motion before a home crowd from EDS UI and other UI alumni gathered at the 

Faculty of Law complex at the UI Depok campus last night. It was BIPEDS' first appearance at an ALSA grand final, and its third appearance at a grand final in as many tournaments for 2011.

BIPEDS Grand Final team (L-R).  Annisa Kusumawardhani Sabran, Jaran Walia, and Ravina Alimchandani

EDS UI got the adjudicators' nod which, due to conflicts and due to a number of breaking adjudicators not being available to attend the grand final, was whittled down to a select but competent number.

The victory marks EDS UI's first tournament take for the year, after earlier grand final appearances in tournaments held during the first quarter of 2011. With this recent victory, EDS UI reclaimed the ALSA title, which was won last year by the Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung). 

The Top 3 Best Speakers of the Varsity Level Debates were also announced. They are: #1 - Satrio Pratama (Universitas Diponegoro), #2 - Adlini Ilma Ghaisany (Universitas Indonesia), and in joint third - Astri Agustina (Universitas Gajah Mada) and Roderick Sibarani (Universitas Indonesia).

This ends debateIndonesia's coverage of the 2011 ALSA UI.  Special thanks go to Steven, Rajkumar Sangtani and Boby Andika Ruitang for the photographs, and live updates!

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2011 ALSA UI - High School Finals

SMA Negeri 1 Sidoarjo drew Proposition while SMA 4 Denpasar will speak as Opposition in this afternoon's High School Grand Final of the 2011 ALSA UI.  The motions were taken from a self-composed poem by the A-Core linked to 'geo politics':

Smile! The debate team from SMA Negeri 1 Sidoarjo strike a pose after learning they made it to the Final of the 2011 ALSA UI High School Debate Competition.

M1 - THBT countries should be able to sell their votes in international organisations.

M2 - THBT (sic) the ASEAN should have a single currency.

M3 - THBT Julian Assange deserves a Nobel Prize.

The teams vetoed M2 and M3,  to debate THBT countries should be able to sell their votes in international organisations.

SMA 4 Denpasar took the final, and was crowned the champion of the 2011 ALSA UI High School round.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Motions for Semis

The 2011 ALSA UI debate competitions for both high school and varsity levels opened to a significantly thinned-out crowd for today's semifinal rounds. 

Seminfinalists SMA 4 Denpasar (A & B), St Albertus Malang (A), and SMA 1 Sidoarjo chose from motions dealing with 'Feminism and Children's Rights':

M1 - THW give children the right to sue parents for lack of love.

M2 - THBT government must give wages to stay-at-home mothers.

M3 - THW allow (sic) the burqa in every EU member (sic) country.

Not that one! Semifinalists veto motions on 'Women and Children's Rights.

Meanwhile, Bakrie University (A), BINUS INTERNATIONAL (B), Universitas Diponegoro, and Universitas Indonesia (A) chose which of these former motions to debate for the midday Semifinal round at the varsity level:

M1 - THW ban prisoners from publishing (sic) accounts of their crime.

M2 - THBT war journalists should be forced to reveal their sources (sic) before international criminal tribunals.

M3 - That the trials of alleged (sic) rapists of female victims should only be tried by a female judge and/or female jury.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Varsity Debates - OF, QF motions

It's down to the last eight teams at this year's ALSA UI, as the Quarterfinal started a few minutes ago, using pre-announced motions dealing with "international security":

M1 - THW make aid inversely (sic) proportional to military spending.

M2 - THBT conscription of child soldiers by their parents is justified in the war for freedom.

M3 - THBT the UN should take sides against oppressive regimes (sic) which have lost legitimacy. 

Earlier this afternoon at the Octofinals, teams were given the following motions under the heading "culture":

M1 - THBT indigenous people don't deserve special treatment.

M2 - THW allow (sic) the auctioning of cultural heritage.

M3 - THW apply ethnic-based quota on highly polarised residential areas.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - High School Debates - OF, QF

16 high school teams which made it to the Octos of the 2011 ALSA UI High School debate competition trooped back to Depok this morning, for the start of the elimination rounds.

Motions for the Octofinals were about 'media and communication', and sides were determined by the flip of a coin.

M1 - THBT the (sic) entertainment industry should not use autistic and retarded people as main characters.

M2 - THW ban smoking in any kind of movie.

M3 - THBT the (sic) media should stay out of the bedroom.

Where'd they go? A much-thinned out crowd of high school teams gather today at the Faculty of Law auditorium.

Soon after the conclusion of the Octos, the motions for the Quarterfinals were released; they were pre-announced motions about 'technology':

M1 - THW ban any electronic device application which (sic) offends sexual preference.

M2 - TH regrets the US court's verdict on Google's online library plans.

M3 - THBT Japan should give up on nuclear technology.

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Breaking Teams - English Fiesta, ALSA UI (Uni level)

English Fiesta Octofinalists 

UGM B

UGM A

BIPEDS

UNES C

UM A

Udayana B

SMK 5 Surabaya

FIA UB A

UMM

UMY

UIN Malang

Udayana A

UPN Veteran Yogya

UNY B

UNMUH Jember B

FIA UB B

English Fiesta Novice Debates (Semis)

Unes B

SMA 10 Malang

UMS

UNSOED

ALSA UI Octofinalists - Due to a late night announcement from the ALSA Varsity Chief Adj, the list appearing below has been updated, and rankings will be different from last night's announcement at the ALSA UI Cultural Night. The change in rankings was due to an error committed in inputting ITB's results for one round. Initially, it was recorded that ITB lost the round, whilst it was otherwise. Teams whose names are in blue are those affected by the reshuffling

Bakrie B

EDS UI A

UNDIP

Bakrie A

EDS UI B

ITB (was UGM A)

UGM A (was BIPEDS B)

BIPEDS B (was UGM B)

Binus B (was UGM B)

Unibraw A (was ITB)

UNS A (was Binus B)

Teknokrat B (was Unibraw A)

IM Telkom A (was UNS A)

UNPAR (was Teknokrat Lampung B)

Unibraw B

Thanks to Gandabhaskara Saputra (English Fiesta) and Rajkumar Sangtani (ALSA UI) for giving us real time updates from the Break Night venues! And thanks to ALSA UI Chief Adjudicator Ahmad Naufal Da'i for clarifying the reshuffling.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Uni Level Debates - Day 3

A few more hours are all that's left between now and the announcement of the Top 16 teams who made it to the Octofinal of the 2011 ALSA UI (high school and university level).

University teams tackled motions dealing with the environment and law today, which saw Rounds 4 and 5 happen in the early and late afternoon respectively.

Round 4 motions on the environment were:

M1 - THW establish a national disaster tax.

M2 - THW grant tax breaks to companies implementing green technologies.

M3 - THW resort to geo-engineering.

This way, Sir. LOs approach their teams to show them to their assigned debate chambers.

Round 5, the last of the preliminary rounds, used another set of pre-announced motions on law:

M1 - THW hold gun manufacturers liable for crimes committed by third parties using their guns.

M2 - THW stop plea bargaining in criminal courts (sic).

M3 - THBT Supreme Court justices should be democratically elected by society.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - High School Debates - Rd 4 and 5 Motions

The last two preliminary rounds for the high school debates at ALSA UI concluded shortly at noontime today, with high school teams instructed to await the announcement of the break at approximately 7pm today. 

Round 4 motions dealt with impromptu political issues, to wit:

M1 - THBT benevolent dictatorship is better than a weak democracy for (sic) developing countries.

M2 - THBT election promises from elected candidates should be legally binding.

M3 - THW let immigrants vote.

Round 5 motions used the following sports-inspired pre-announced motions:

M1 - THW open a (sic) third gender category for sports.

M2 - THW establish a city to host the Olympic games permanently.

M3 - THBT FIFA should be made democratic.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Uni Level Debates - Day 2

The uni-level debates for the 2011 ALSA UI began a little behind schedule, but as at time of writing Round 3 is well under way.

Round 2 used the tournament's first set of pre-announced motions appearing under the heading "Economy".  These were:

M1 - THW abolish all conditions of development aid for war-torn countries.

M2 - THB in austerity to survive times of financial crisis.

M3 - THBT the EU and US should abolish their subsidies on agricultural subsidies. 

Round 3 deployed impromptu motions dealing with Religion:

M1 - TH opposes organised religion.

M2 - THBT religion is a force of good.

M3 - THW grant the right for religious institutions to discriminate. 

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - High School Debates

Early Birds.  High school teams queue up for Day 2 of ALSA UI.

Day 2 of the 2011 ALSA UI encountered a bit of a speed bump as the power went out this morning just before motions for Round 2 were deployed.

Moved. High school teams stream out of the debaters' hall to catch Round 2 motions.

Motions were therefore announced outside the debaters' hall.  

Round 2 used the announced motions under the heading, "Education".  These were:

M1 - THW ban ethnic-bases student organisations.

M2 - THW not allow teachers unions to strike.

M3 - THW criminalise service providers that make assignments for students.

Round 3 motions were impromptu, and dealt with "Sexuality":

M1 -THW give reserved seats in parliament for LGBT. 

M2 - THW create more unisex toilers.

M3 - THW allow homophobic comments in public spaces.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Round 1 - Uni-level Debates

                                          Adjudicators and LOs are briefed by members of the A-Core 

                                                        after motions for Round 1 were launched.

Round 1 for the 2011 ALSA UI uni-level debates started this afternoon, with impromptu motions under the heading 'Human Rights'.  The motions for this round are:

M1. THBT even in full-fledged democracies, there should be no place for gun ownership.

M2. THW pay for prostitutes for the handicapped.

M3. THW allow citizens to sue their government for failure to provide a minimum standard of welfare. 

Hope the teams read up on their Second Amendment, and/or renewed their affiliations with the Republicans or the NRA :)  

All the best!

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Round 1 - High School Debates

The high school debate rounds at the 2011 ALSA UI have started.  For Round 1, the A-Core deployed impromptu motions dealing with health care.  These motions are:

M1 - THW exclude smokers from universal health care.

M2 - THW oblige all online games to stop operations between midnight to dawn.

M3 - THBT schools should create a standard diet for all students.

Let the games begin!

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