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Weekly Debate on Tuesday 31st of January

Mitjo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:34:46 +0000

Dear Debaters,

The University of Helsinki Debating Society is happy to invite you to join our weekly debate next Tuesday at the New Student Building in Cajsa (Mannerheimintie 5B, 4th floor). As usual, the motion for the debate will be announced at 18.30, after which the debaters will have 15 minutes to prepare their arguments.

After the more formal part of the evening we will continue the conversations in the downstairs bar or in another location announced later.

As some of you might have noticed, the Debating Society has also started a blog! You can find a link to it from the side bar. We will try to publish as often as we can, and the articles will about all sorts of topics, more or less related to debating. If you have a topic in mind that you feel passionate about, don’t hesitate to contact me by email (Mitjo.Vaulasvirta[at]helsinki.fi) or in Facebook!

More Debating on Tuesday 24th of January: The Season is Back

Mitjo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:03:42 +0000

Many of us have started their courses at the Uni this week, and it also means that it is time to get back to debating. We had our first meeting this week, and we will continue our weekly debates again next Tuesday at 18.30 in Aurora (Address: Mannerheimintie 5 B, 3rd Floor)

Everyone is invited.

See you next week!

Pre-christmast party (Pikkujoulut)& Fun debate 13th of December

Bei — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:48:48 +0000

We will have our annual pre-christmast party this Tuesday at 18:30 in Cajsa (Address: Mannerheimintie 5 B, 4th floor). The idea is to cook some food, have joke debate(s), get a bit tipsy and have a great evening!

We will get there some wine that can be purchased for a very reasonable price.

Everyone is in invited:)

Don’t miss it!

Finnish National Debating Championship Grand Final, Sunday 4.12.2011

Mitjo — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:26:37 +0000

We are happy to invite you all to the Grand Final of 2011 Finnish National Debating Championship. The final will be held at the Helsinki City Hall (Pohjoisesplanadi 11–13) at 12 o’clock on Sunday.

The motion of the debate will announced in the beginning, and while the debaters are prepping their arguments, we will hear a short speech about debating and the tournament from the president of Aalto Debating Society.

The Grand Final will be an open event, so do not be afraid of bringing along friends.

We also want to thank our sponsors for their gracious support for the tournament!

Debating workshop and weekly debate on Tuesday 29th on November

Mitjo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:29:36 +0000

Tomorrow we will have a debating workshop before our weekly debate. There has been a lot of talk about debating theory, strategy, role fullfilment and content, and now there is a chance to actually learn about these things from our experienced members. Anna and Ami have promised to give an introduction to debating. This will be very useful for all the debaters, newcomers or older members. The workshop will be interactive, so idea is that you’ll get a chance to practise defining motions or to do something similar

The workshop will start at 17.30 in Lakki ( at Domus Gaudium, Mechelininkatu 3C, 1st floor). The weekly debate will take place after the workshop at 19.00.

Some of you have announced participation already in facebook, but I hope to see as many debaters there as possible.

The National Finnish Debating Championship 2011

Bei — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:19:43 +0000

The National Finnish Debating Championship 2011 is coming up on December 2-4. This is a tournament organized by the University of Helsinki Debating Society together with the Aalto Debating Society. The debates will take place at the University of Helsinki, Main building (Fabianinkatu 33). The final round will take place at the Helsinki City Hall (Pohjoisesplanadi 11–13) on Sunday, 4 December, 12 pm.

There will very interesting people from debating societies all around Finland taking part in this three-day event. This is a great chance for new debaters to practise their debating skills and meet new people. And of course we will have great parties after the debates on Friday and Saturday. Hopefully you will all take part!

Please find more information about registering your team by clicking 2011FNDC Tournament Registration .

Here is the facebook page of Finnish National Debating Championship

Remember to register by Monday 28 November.

Weekly debate on Tuesday 22nd of November

Bei — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:40:25 +0000

This time our debate will start from 6:30pm in Lakki(Address: Domus Gaudium, Mechelininkatu 3C, 1st floor). After the debate, we will go on discussion in a bar.

Everyone is invited!

See you tomorrow:)

Weekly debate on Tuesday 15th of November

Bei — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:09:16 +0000

Our weekly debate will start at 18:30 in Cajsa (Address:Mannerheimintie 5 B, 4th floor)and end when people choose to leave the bar where we’ll be having our post-debate drinks.

Everyone is invited, come and enjoy the debate!

See you all on Tuesday!

Policy debate on Tuesday 8th of November

Bei — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:31:24 +0000

This Tuesday we will have a policy debate at 18:30 in Flora (Address: Mannerheimintie 5B, 3th floor). For the sake of practice, we have decided to release the motion previously in order to give debaters more time to prepare. However, the positions will be randomly chosen on Tuesday.

The motion for Tuesday is “THW expel countries from the EU”.

Looking forward to your inspiring ideas on Tuesday, just come and join us!

We will continue the discussion after the normal debate section in the downstairs bar.

Everyone is welcomed.

See you all on Tuesday!

Debate on Tuesday 1st of November

Bei — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:04:06 +0000

Our weekly debate will continue on Tuesday at 18:30 in Cajsa (Address: Mannerheimintie 5 B, 4th floor).

Everyone is warmly welcomed.

After the normal debate we will also head for the bar to have the post-debate drinks. Just feel free to join us!

Hope to see you all on Tuesday:)