LT Debating Union

We just came back from the SSE Riga IV which took place this weekend. Altogether, Lithuania was represented by 10 teams. This year, we are really happy for our novice speakers! Congrats to the winners of the Novice Final, Team Narnia (Lukas Jaliniauskas & Justas Brazauskas) and also Indre Miselyte and Leonardas Gujis who did a great job and were ranked among the top 10 novice speakers!

Thursday motion:
THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting.

Thanks to SSE Riga Debate Society for the wonderful event!!!!! :**

Country-wise, Singapore (a country of five million) is ranked fourth in terms of Best Speaker winners, behind Australia, Canada and England.
The first Singaporean Best Speaker winner was Ms Chitra Jenardhanan in 1995. Representing Nanyang Technological University, she was also the first woman and the first Asian to take the trophy.
She is now head of project work at River Valley High and has been an on-and-off debate coach throughout her career as an educator.
In 2003, Dr Tan Wu Meng, representing Cambridge University, won it. He is now an oncologist at the National Cancer Centre.
Mr Li, a master's student in economics at Oxford, took the top individual honour at the event - known colloquially as the 'Worlds' and regarded as the most prestigious debating tournament in the world.
He is the third Singaporean to receive the award, cementing Singapore's status as a debate powerhouse. Since 1981, when the competition began, all Asian winners have been Singaporean.
http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/li-shengwu-continues-singapore-debate.html #!/2010/01/li-shengwu-continues-singapore-debate.html

Li Shengwu Continues Singapore Debate Tradition of Excellence | Global Debate IT HAS been a good year for 24-year-old Li Shengwu. The Singaporean graduated five months ago as the top economics student at Oxford University.