Recorded March 7th, 2013. Final Debate of this year’s Cabin Fever intramural debate tournament. Motion for debate: “This house would abolish tax exempt status for churches.”

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Recorded March 5th 2013.
Four teams debate for the last two seats at the final. Motion for debate: “University of Alaska Anchorage should limit online courses to students who have a legitimate geographic barrier that prevents them from attending traditional classroom courses.”

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Recorded March 5th, 2013.
Four teams debate for two spots in the finals. Motion for debate: to “hold the state of Alaska accountable for failure to enact a climate recovery plan.”

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Recording of a demonstration debate held by the Seawolf Debate team. Followed by a Q&A session covering debate strategies as well as speech tactics.

This event was recorded Jan. 29, 2013.

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Cabin Fever Debates

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In the Championship Round for the 7th annual Cabin Fever Debates, four teams of two argued this motion: Following the model of Portugal, the U.S. should decriminalize the use of recreational drugs. CFD winners are announced at the end of the debate, at about 61 minutes into the recording.

Competitors were:
Opening Proposition: (The A Team) Adrian Schnyder and Aurora Dordan
Opening Opposition: (Team Alaska: World Police) Tim Treuer and Erik Woebler
Closing Proposition: (Ghost Riding the Whip) Hannah Coe and Andrew McConnell
Closing Opposition: (Meh) Quoc Dong and Jaron Saturnino

Winners:
Team Alaska: World Police, were adjudicated the winners of the debate. The team included Tim Treuer and Erik Woebler. Best Speaker was awarded to Jaron Saturnino of team Meh.

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Cabin Fever Debates

Update page, 2012 competition, with winners from all rounds

Green & Gold

News story on the championship round

Seawolf Debate Team

Website for UAA's debate team