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57th National Debate Tournament

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

April 4-7, 2003

 

Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following: The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; The Kyoto Protocol; The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty; The Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, if not ratified by the United States.

Winner: Northwestern University – Geoff Garen & Tristan Morales
Runner Up: Dartmouth College – Brian Smith & Ben Thorpe

Top Speaker: Charles Olney – Whitman College
Runner Up: Calum Matheson – Michigan State University

Copeland Award: Northwestern University – Geoff Garen & Tristan Morales
Runner Up: Emory University – Josh Lynn & Scott Phillips

Host: Melissa Wade & Bill Newnam – Emory University
Director: Donn W. Parson – University of Kansas

Ovid Davis Award: Scott Deatherage – Northwestern University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Frank Harrison – Trinity University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Jim Hanson – Whitman College
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Donn Parson – University of Kansas & Tuna Snider – University of Vermont

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: Northwestern University
Community College Winner: Johnson County Community College

Elim Seeds

  1. Georgia: Shawn Powers & Naveen Ramachandrappa (8-0, 18)
  2. Whitman: Thad Blank & Charles Olney (7-1, 19)
  3. Northwestern: Geoff Garen & Tristan Morales (7-1, 18)
  4. Michigan State: Calum Matheson & Joe Siegmann (7-1, 18)
  5. Michigan State: Greta Stahl & David Strauss (6-2, 19)
  6. Fort Hays State: Jason Regnier & Brent Saindon (6-2, 19)
  7. Emory: Josh Lynn & Scott Phillips (6-2, 18)
  8. Northwestern: Raja Gaddipati & Jim Lux (6-2, 18)
  9. Dartmouth: Brian Smith & Ben Thorpe (6-2, 18)
  10. Harvard: Christine Malumphy & Elliott Tarloff (6-2, 18)
  11. California, Berkeley: Stacy Nathan & Dan Shalmon (6-2, 17)
  12. California, Berkeley: Gaurav Reddy & Tejinder Singh (6-2, 17)
  13. Michigan: Jonah Feldman & John Oden (6-2, 16)
  14. Emory: Mike Beckley & Henry Liu (5-3, 17)
  15. NYU: Nathan Gorelick & Richard Garner (5-3, 16)
  16. Emporia State: Stephen Moore & Phillip Samuels (5-3, 16)
  1. Georgia: Thomas Keane & Hays Watson (5-3, 16)
  2. Wake Forest: Rebecca Eaton & Patrick Speice (5-3, 15)
  3. Emory: Alexandra Rodu & Mike Greenstein (5-3, 15)
  4. Catholic: Matt Dunn & Mike Pomorski (5-3, 15)
  5. West Georgia: Rashad Evans & James Thomas (5-3, 15)
  6. Dartmouth: Andrew Leong & John Turner (5-3, 14)
  7. California, Berkeley: Reid Shannon & Craig Wickersham (5-3, 14)
  8. George Mason: Matthias Bostick & Allison Harper (5-3, 14)
  9. Miami, Ohio: Lincoln Bisbee & Sarah Spring (5-3, 14)
  10. Texas: Kip Brar & Alex More (5-3, 13)
  11. Dartmouth: Maggie Berthiaume & Ian Storey (5-3, 13)
  12. Wayne State: Matt Farmer & Mike Weitz (5-3, 13)
  13. Michigan State: Aaron Hardy & Anjali Vats (5-3, 13)
  14. Fort Hays State: Paul Mabrey & Michael Richardson (5-3, 12)

Speaker Awards

  1. Charles Olney – Whitman College
  2. Calum Matheson – Michigan State University
  3. Tejinder Singh – University of California, Berkeley
  4. Scott Phillips – Emory University
  5. Geoff Garen – Northwestern University
  6. Greta Stahl – Michigan State University
  7. Thad Blank – Whitman College
  8. Andrew Leong – Dartmouth College
  9. Ben Thorpe – Dartmouth College
  10. Jason Regnier – Fort Hays State University
  11. Jonah Feldman – University of Michigan
  12. Josh Lynn – Emory University
  13. John Turner – Dartmouth College
  14. Dan Shalmon – University of California, Berkeley
  15. Nathan Gorelick – New York University
  16. Shawn Powers – University of Georgia
  17. Jim Lux – Northwestern University
  18. Tristan Morales – Northwestern University
  19. Raja Gaddipati – Northwestern University
  20. Nirav Patel – University of North Texas

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Northwestern: Geoff Garen & Tristan Morales (15)
  2. Emory: Josh Lynn & Scott Phillips (30)
  3. California, Berkeley: Stacy Nathan & Dan Shalmon (47)
  4. Michigan State: Greta Stahl & David Strauss (53)
  5. Whitman: Thad Blank & Charles Olney (71)
  6. Georgia: Shawn Powers & Naveen Ramachandrappa (84)
  7. Michigan State: Calum Matheson & Joe Siegmann (86)
  8. Northwestern: Raja Gaddipati & Jim Lux (96)
  9. Wake Forest: Rebecca Eaton & Patrick Speice (113)
  10. California, Berkeley: Gaurav Reddy & Tejinder Singh (132)
  11. Michigan: Jonah Feldman & John Oden (146)
  12. Dartmouth: Andrew Leong & John Turner (159)
  13. Fort Hays State: Jason Regnier & Brent Saindon (167)
  14. Dartmouth: Brian Smith & Ben Thorpe (172)
  15. Emory: Mike Beckley & Henry Liu (207)
  16. Harvard: Christine Malumphy & Elliott Tarloff (221)
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