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58th National Debate Tournament

Catholic University

Washington, DC

April 2-5, 2004

 

Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should enact one or more of the following: Withdrawal of its World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union’s restrictions on genetically modified foods; A substantial increase in its government-to-government economic and/or conflict prevention assistance to Turkey and/or Greece; Full withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Removal of its barriers to and encouragement of substantial European Union and/or North Atlantic Treaty Organization participation in peacekeeping in Iraq and reconstruction in Iraq; Removal of its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe; Harmonization of its intellectual property law with the European Union in the area of human DNA sequences; Rescission of all or nearly all agriculture subsidy increases in the 2002 Farm Bill.

Winner: Michigan State University – Greta Stahl & Dave Strauss
Runner Up: University of California, Berkeley – Dan Shalmon & Tejinder Singh

Top Speaker: Tejinder Singh – University of California, Berkeley
Runner Up: Naveen Ramachandrappa – University of Georgia

Copeland Award: University of California, Berkeley – Dan Shalmon & Tejinder Singh
Runner Up: Michigan State University – Greta Stahl & Dave Strauss

Host: Ron Bratt – Catholic University
Director: Donn W. Parson – University of Kansas

Ovid Davis Award: Mike Eber – Michigan State University
Lucy M. Keele Award for Excellence in Service: Will Baker – New York University
Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Jon Bruschke – California State University, Fullerton
George W. Ziegelmueller Award for Excellence in Education: Cate Palczewski – University of Northern Iowa

Overall Points Winner: Liberty University
Varsity Points Winner: Emory University

Elim Seeds

  1. Northwestern: Jim Lux & Tristan Morales (8-0, 20 ballots)
  2. Michigan State: Greta Stahl & David Strauss (7-1, 20)
  3. North Texas: Nirav Patel & Johnny Prieur (7-1, 20)
  4. California, Berkeley: Dan Shalmon & Tejinder Singh (7-1, 19)
  5. Louisville: Tonia Green & Elizabeth Jones (6-2, 19)
  6. Wake Forest: Jamie Carroll & Brad Hall (6-2, 19)
  7. Georgia: Naveen Ramachandrappa & Hays Watson (6-2, 18)
  8. Dartmouth: Maggie Berthiaume & Brian Smith (6-2, 18)
  9. Redlands: Teddy Albiniak & Orion Steele (6-2, 18)
  10. Emory: Mike Beckley & Henry Liu (6-2, 17)
  11. Harvard: Michael Klinger & Elliott Tarloff (6-2, 16)
  12. Emory: Scott Phillips & Casey Wolmer (6-2, 16)
  13. Emory: Bob Allen & Mike Greenstein (6-2, 16)
  14. Northwestern: Avery Dale & Brett Harper (5-3, 17)
  15. Texas: Kip Brar & Alex More (5-3, 16)
  16. California, Berkeley: Stacey Nathan & Reid Shannon (5-3, 15)
  1. West Georgia: Joe Koehle & James Thomas (5-3, 15)
  2. Fort Hays State: Paul Mabrey & Michael Richardson (5-3, 15)
  3. Michigan State: Aaron Hardy & Shaun VanHorn (5-3, 14)
  4. California, Berkeley: Nick Lin & Craig Wickersham (5-3, 14)
  5. Miami, Ohio: Lincoln Bisbee & Sarah Spring (5-3, 14)
  6. Texas: Sara Apel & Varant Yegparian (5-3, 13)
  7. CSU Fullerton: Josh Clark & Cameron Ward (5-3, 13)
  8. Missouri, Kansas City: Bryce Dietrich & Malcolm Gordon (5-3, 13)
  9. Concordia: Dan Faltesek & Nicole Richter (5-3, 12)
  10. Idaho State: Izak Dunn & Richard Howell (5-3, 12)
  11. Georgetown: Andy Nolan & Sofia Vickery (5-3, 12)
  12. CSU Long Beach: Nader Haddad & David Peterson (5-3, 11)

Speaker Awards

  1. Tejinder Singh – University of California, Berkeley
  2. Naveen Ramachandrappa – University of Georgia
  3. Greta Stahl – Michigan State University
  4. Henry Liu – Emory University
  5. Tonia Green – University of Louisville
  6. Dan Shalmon – University of California, Berkeley
  7. Scott Phillips – Emory University
  8. Elizabeth Jones – University of Louisville
  9. Sara Apel – University of Texas
  10. Tristan Morales – Northwestern University
  11. Michael Beckley – Emory University
  12. Michael Klinger – Harvard University
  13. Stacey Nathan – University of California, Berkeley
  14. Elliott Tarloff – Harvard University
  15. Nirav Patel – University of North Texas
  16. Dave Strauss – Michigan State University
  17. Brian Smith – Dartmouth College
  18. Teddy Albiniak – University of Redlands
  19. Bob Allen – Emory University
  20. Mike Greenstein – Emory University

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. California, Berkeley: Dan Shalmon & Tejinder Singh (11)
  2. Michigan State: Greta Stahl & David Strauss (23)
  3. Emory: Scott Phillips & Casey Wolmer (32)
  4. Harvard: Michael Klinger & Elliott Tarloff (49)
  5. Georgia: Naveen Ramachandrappa & Hays Watson (51)
  6. North Texas: Nirav Patel & Johnny Prieur (77)
  7. Emory: Mike Beckley & Henry Liu (82)
  8. Northwestern: Jim Lux & Tristan Morales (89)
  9. California, Berkeley: Stacey Nathan & Reid Shannon (103)
  10. Dartmouth: Maggie Berthiaume & Brian Smith (108)
  11. Texas: Sara Apel & Varant Yegparian (111)
  12. Wake Forest: Jamie Carroll & Brad Hall (134)
    *** Emory: Bob Allen & Mike Greenstein (142)
  13. Northwestern: Josh Branson & Scott Gottbrecht (155)
  14. Texas: Kip Brar & Alex More (158)
  15. Michigan State: Aaron Hardy & Shaun VanHorn (194)
  16. Redlands: Teddy Albiniak & Orion Steele (198)

*** Only two teams per school allowed first rounds

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