24 teams take part in QatarDebate tourney

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK

DOHA QATARDEBATE organised a second tournament of Qatar Universities Debate League which was held at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service recently.

The tournament was filled with excitement as debaters returned to the podium after a long break. Some of the 24 teams that competed were Academic Bridge Program (Observers), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), College of North Atlantic, Georgetown University, Qatar University, (QU) Stenden University, Texas A&M University and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC-Q).

The motions the participants debated on were ‘this house believes that classical fairytales should be rewritten with the aim of correcting gender stereotypes’, ‘this house term limits for politicians holding office’, ‘this house believes that trade unions impede progress’ and ‘the house would legalise performance enhancing drugs’.

After the debate, the prizes were given to the winners. The first prize was awarded to Yoonsuk Choi of Georgetown team. Rebal Turjoman of WCMC-Q and Narcis Jafarian of CMU shared the second place.

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