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Tournament results South Texas NFL District April 11-13 DI Uche Akoma National Qualifier Tournament results UIL CX State March 15-16 CCX Clark Johnson/Jinchen Zou octofinals Andrew Alter/Zach Birenbaum octofinals Tournament results TFA State March 7-9 CCX Aman Narayan/Laura Zhang double octofinals Eric Chu/Liana Wang double octofinals DI Uche Akoma quarterfinals Maya Shaulsky quarterfinals Tournament results South Texas NFL District Congress February 23 Congress Marina Finley 1st place House 1 National Qualifier Ziyu Wang 4th place House 2 Nathan Hiransomboon 5th place House 2 Faisal Khan 8th place House 2 Kevin Huang 2nd place House 3 Cari Bonilla 3rd place House 3 Raveena Chhibber 3rd place House 4 Tomas Arango 4th place House 4 Amber Liu 8th place House 4 Bellaire Advances to Finals of International Public Policy Forum Members of the Bellaire High School debate team have advanced to the finals of an international debate competition scheduled for April 12-14 in New York City. The Bellaire team has advanced to the "Elite 8" round of the Bickel & Brewer/New York University International Public Policy Forum. By advancing, the team wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the finals, and compete for $10,000. Bellaire High's team is the only one from Texas in the finals. A team from Bellaire won the championship in 2007-08 and 2008-09. Bellaire was also the runner-up in the 2006-07 competition. "During the written rounds, the students from Bellaire High School distinguished themselves as one of the best teams in this worldwide competition," said IPPF founder William A. Brewer III said in a press release. "These students now have an opportunity to showcase their advocacy skills during a single-elimination, oral debate competition to determine who wins one of the most coveted titles in debate - IPPF world champion." The primary student IPPF debaters from Bellaire High are Jinchen Zou, Zara Khan and Michelle Huang, who are supported by the student research team of Jennifer Knesbach, Michelle Knesbach, Aman Narayan, Laura Zhang and Zach Birenbaum. "I am so very proud of all the students involved," said Russell Rach, the team's policy debate instructor. "They are a force to be reckoned with." This year's topic is climate change. "Their opponents at this level are also doing master's level research, and the debates are extremely long and arduous events," Rach said. "Their research doesn't just have to be good, it has to be great. And it has to be right. Is global warming occurring? How fast? "President Obama and Gov. (Mitt) Romney wouldn't discuss or take questions on these issues for fear of getting it wrong in the presidential debates," Rach said. "These high school students are going to enter territory where even our top elected officials are afraid to voice an opinion." In its 12th year, the IPPF is the only international contest that gives high school students the opportunity to participate in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. This year, 213 teams representing 34 states and 29 foreign countries registered for the competition. In October, the teams' essays were evaluated by a review committee that determined the top 32 teams, which participated in a single-elimination, written debate contest. Each team was assigned an affirmative or negative position and the schools volleyed papers back and forth via email. After defeating the Taipei American School from Taiwan in the top 32 round, Bellaire beat Henry Clay High School of Lexington, Kentucky, in the "Sweet 16" round. The finals will focus on oral advocacy. The IPPF semifinals and final debate will be broadcast live from New York City at www.bickelbrewer.com/ippf on April 13. The final debate takes place at 2:30 p.m. CST and viewers can vote for the winning school. Tournament results Seven Lakes HS February 8-9 Congress Tomas Arango 10th place Tournament results Texas City HS February 1-2 CCX Clark Johnson/Jinchen Zou 1st place Liana Wang/Eric Chu 2nd place Anthony Yun/Ashley Liu semifinals Andrew Alter/Zach Birenbaum quarterfinals Bravyn Lu/Yijun Hu quarterfinals Narain Reddy/Suneal Vemuri quarterfinals Tournament results Lamar HS January 25-26 CCX Andrew Alter/Zach Birenbaum 2nd place Narain Reddy/Suneal Vemuri quarterfinals DI Bryce Williams 1st place Uche Akoma 2nd place Maya Shaulsky 4th place Tournament results Emory University January 25-27 PF Kang Di Li/Julian Advani octofinals TOC bid Tournament results Clear Creek HS January 18-19 CCX Liana Wang/Eric Chu quarterfinals Andrew Alter/Zach Birenbaum quarterfinals DI Bryce Williams 1st place Uche Akoma 4th place Tournament results Winston Churchill HS January 11-12 USX Kang Di Li 4th place DI Bryce Williams 6th place Tournament results Katy HS January 11-12 CCX Christina Tan/Samhith Punukula quarterfinals James Feng/ZiLu Li quarterfinals News & Stories from July, 2012 - December, 2012 |
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Congress
Marina Finley National Qualifier
Public Forum
Julian Advani/Kang Di Li National Qualifier
Congress
Elaine Shen 2nd place Senate
Marina Finley Finals House
Eric Bailey semifinals House
PF
Cari Bonilla/Nathan Hiransomboon doubleoctos
USX
Marina Finley quarterfinals
Congress
Tomas Arango 1st place
Eric Bailey 2nd place
Nirmal Patel 4th place
Esther Liao 5th place
Raveena Chhibber 8th place
DI
Uche Akoma 3rd place
Congress
Kevin Huang 1st place
Tomas Arango 5th place
PF
Faisal Khan/Sriharsha Rangaraj quarterfinals
Pooja Prasad/Rachel Lee octofinals
USX
Nathan Hiransomboon 3rd place
Salem Hagdu 5th place
Congress
Eric Bailey 1st place
Jorge Villareal 3rd place
Annie Shen 6th place
PF
Nathan Hiransomboon/Sriharsha Rangaraj octo
PF
Nathan Hiransomboon/Elaine Shen octofinals
Kang Di Li/Julian Advani octofinals
Congress
Ziyu Wang 4th place
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