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In article <1992Feb7.144702.24854@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> mfdjh@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Dale Hample) writes:
>Are you talking about debating in class, or joining a competitive
>interscholastic team?  There are several varieties of intercollegiate
>debate, having different year- or semester-long topics.  If your
>Concordia is in California, CEDA debate is probably cheapest in your
>area, but if you're the Minnesota Concordia, you also have NDT and maybe
>ADA to choose from.  I'm so distant from the competitive activity now
>(haven't coached in about 10 years), I don't know offhand if your school
>has a competitive team.  If they do, the place to start learning is a
>conversation with your school's coach, who is probably housed in your
>Speech Communication Department (or whatever your school labels it).
>Anyway, let us know how it goes.

Dale, Had you looked at the original header carefully, you might have
noticed that the posting came from Concordia U. in Montreal.  As such,
the style of debate is almost surely parliamentary. In fact, Dan has
probably never heard of CEDA or NDT. (Dan: they are variations of what
debaters in Canada call On-Topic -- a rather odd American cross
between auctioneering and library Science.)  Anyway, parliamentary
debating in Canada does not have anything remotely approaching the
structure of CEDA and NDT (or even APDA for that matter).

Anyway, back to Dan's original request... From your request, this
sounds like an exercise for a class and not a tournament, so there is
probably more emphasis on preparation.  If you are looking for info on
total funding, check sources on European systems -- most have no
tution. In Canada, Policy Options and Canadian Forum are two journals
likely to have had articles on the subject.

	Bruce Kirby
brkirby@swan.npac.syr.edu
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