Great Serdang Debate Championship

gsdc — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:16:44 +0000

Ladies and Gents,

The tabs are out!! ^^ To download the tabs, please go to the link , https://www.yousendit.com/download/dkJvYUoxeWFqY28wTVE9PQ

Thanks. ^^

Sim Kuan Yew

Great Serdang Debate 2011 motions.

gsdc — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:11:31 +0000

GSDC 2011 ended with a blast with team UTMARA 1 emerging as the champion against NUS 1 as the runner up.

39 teams enrolled into GSDC 2011. Our adju core consist of Suthen “Tate” Thomas (CA), Sharmila Parmanand and Nur Sabrina Zaini and they have worked out a spectacular set of motions for this tournament for everyone to enjoy.

Here are the motions for the whole tournament.

Round 1: Malaysia

That poorer nations should reject the storage and/or processing of hazardous materials on their soil by richer nations
That we would impose English as the common medium of instruction in all schools
That we would give the profits from mineral resources exclusively to the local states/provinces from which they are extracted

Round 2: Aid

That we would dispense humanitarian aid through established religious organisations in recipient states
That we would reject microcredit schemes targeted exclusively at women
That first world nations would increase immigration quotas for labour migrants from target countries instead of giving them development aid

Round 3: The Kiddies

That we would require parents who seek to have biological children to meet the same criteria as those who seek to adopt children
That schools should actively erase gender differences among their students
That online gaming sites should restrict the number hours minors can access their services

Round 4: Military

That we should not punish high-ranking military officials who are publicly critical of the decisions of elected politicians
That we would not allow retired high-ranking military officials to run for public office
That we would ban military recruitment campaigns targeted at low-income groups

Round 5: Business

That we would impose progressive taxation on corporations
That civil society groups should push for greater government regulation of corporations instead of supporting voluntary corporate social responsibility practices by those corporations
That it is legitimate for companies to monitor their employees’ Internet usage on their IT infrastructure

Quarter-finals: Gender

That the feminist movement would condemn women that have reached the highest levels of politics or the corporate ladder yet done little for women in their sphere of influence
That the feminist movement should reject and combat religion instead of attempting to reform it from within
That we would abolish Ladies’ Nights in bars

Semi-finals: International affairs

That the U.S. should sign a non-aggression treaty with North Korea without pre-conditions
That NATO should assasinate Gaddafi
That the Mexican state should tolerate drug cartels instead of waging an all-out war against them at the United States’ behest

Finals: New World Order

That the United States should deprioritise maintaining its position as the most dominant global power
That we would recognise a universal right to secession
That postcolonial states should not be members of organisations based on a common colonial heritage founded by their former colonial masters

Thanks for all who have participated. Hope to see you again soon. ^^

The tabs will be out soon.

For the 6th Times, It Is A Success!!

gsdc — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:04:59 +0000

Thanks to all making GSD11 a reality and proudly we can assured, it is a big success. Thanks to the competing teams and adjudicator for joining us and our apology if there are anything making all of you feel uncomfortable here. Thanks to Tate, Sharms and Sabrina as the core adjudicator. For Tate, good luck for your UADC 2012 in MMU. Congrats to UT MARA as the champion, NUS as the runner- up, Aji, Kanna and Mai as the best Speaker. Our GREATest gratitude to Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah for officiate our ceremony. Happy Birthday to the busy old man, Anthony Lee. And I Love my committee also!

Greatest Regards,

Mohammad Amirul Amin Abdullah

Convener

Great Serdang Debate 2011

It’s Around The Corner!!!!

gsdc — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:17:39 +0000

GSD’11 is just around the corner. Ensure all of you are now ready for The Great that Awaits You! All of the boards are welcoming all of the competing teams to Universiti Putra Malaysia once again for the Sixth Great Serdang Debate 2011. Ready for the excitement all here along with our Honorable Chief Adjudicator Suthern Thomas a.k.a Tate this year!!! Pack all your stuff and let’s awaken the debating spirits!!!

Greatly Greetings,

Mohammad Amirul Amin Abdullah

Convener

Great Serdang Debate 2011

Deadline Extension

gsdc — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:37:18 +0000

Dear all,

Since a lot of team still having problems with the payment and registration, we decide to extend the deadline of registration and payment. We still accepting any team to join us. The deadline we be announced later. Feel free to ask any request. =)

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Mohammad Amirul Amin Abdullah

Convener

Great Serdang Debate 2011

gsdc — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:44:00 +0000

Dear All,

My name is Sim Kuan Yew, the new co-convenor for the Great Serdang Debate 2011. Our Chief Adjudicator is Suthen “Tate” Thomas. ^^ The Deputy Chief Adjudicators will be announced soon. The date for GSD 2011 is from 27th to 30th May 2011. This year we will be having the tournament in the Australs format.

The fees will be MYR 220 per person. And will include:

Registration Fees
Accommodation (4 Days 3Night at the hostel)
T-shirt
Goodies bags
Meals

The deadline for registration will be on 2nd May 2011. For any information, please email to gsdchampionship@yahoo.com

GSD 09 Adjudicator Tab List

gsdc — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:23:51 +0000

GSDC 2009 was a success

gsdc — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:33:42 +0000

Hi guys,

The Great Serdang Debate Championship was a success as we had 52 teams coming to join us this year. We were very happy that after 8 long months of preparation and postponement and disappointment, we finally made it. I would like to thank all participating institutions from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia for joining GSDC. It was awesome that I finally got to meet everyone who has been in contact with me via email. It was nice to know you all and indeed friendship was fostered. I hope everyone enjoyed the tournament.

My thanks to the adjudication core, Sharmila , Kandahar, Surfi and Aman. You guys were part of the family and having you guys around was the reason GSD was a success. It was great to work with you guys.

Below are the motions for GSD 2009

R1 : THW abolish vernacular schools

R2: THW allow doctors to charge higher service fees for patients who lead unhealthy lifestlyes

R3: THBT all countries have the right to own nuclear weapons

R4: THBT the hijab is a symbol of female oppresion

R5: THBT the EU should remove all laws against holocaust denial.

Quarter-finals: THBT religious sites are legitimate military targets in times of war

Semi-finals: THW try Israel for war crimes

Grand Final: THW televise corruption trial against Malaysian public officers

I hope everyone had a good time debating the motions we have for GSD 2009. We’ll see everyone when the next GSD should take place. We’ll keep everyone posted from time to time and hope to keep in touch with everyone. Until then, I’m Anthony, signing off for GSD 2009.

Convenor

GSDC 2009 Speakers’ Score

gsdc — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:27:23 +0000

Great Serdang Debate Championship 2009

gsdc — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:45:04 +0000

The Great Serdang Debate Championship 2009 hosted by Kolej Tun Dr.Ismail, UPM from the 4th-7th December has just concluded.

The tourney saw 52 teams from 26 institutions and was running on the British Parliamentary format.

Champion : Dengkil Institute for Cultural Improvement (Praba a.k.a Gigolo G & Prashant a.k.a. Balloons)

Runners-up : IIUM Gombak (Shaaber & Tasneem)

Finalist: NUS 1 (Rebecca & Sneha) NUS 2 ( Ashok & Jun Chung)

Semifinalists : KDU 1 ( Julius & Don Siron Pereira), Universitas Indonesia (Natalia & Lesly), , MMU Cyberjaya ( Alexx & Fangz), & UT MARA Shah Alam ( Qajser & Izwan )

Overall Best Speaker : Teh Tian Yan (UCTI)
Finals Best Speaker: Prashanth Sreetharan (DICI)

Congratulations