Hart House Wins Yale

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From Stephen Boyle:

Round 1 This house believes that US and its Nato Allies should significantly reduce their presence in Afghanistan
Round 2 This house believes that Medicaid should cover all legal abortions
Round 3 This house believes in the right to self-determination
Round 4 This house believes that that the Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded posthumously
Round 5 This house believes that legal aliens should have an unqualified right to vote
Quarters: This house believes that all punitive damages in private lawsuits should be paid to the government
Semis: This house believes that the US should impose sanctions on Israel if they do not withdrawal all settlements from the West Bank
Finals: This house supports races to the bottom

Resuts:

121 Teams
56 Novice speakers

Novice speakers:

5th Roger Smith (McGill MS)
4th Brendon Fradkin (Brandeis E)
3rd Daniel Lewis (Princeton A)
2nd Ryan Yeh (Cornell BY)
1st Syed Usman Javaid (Ohio-Weslyan JS)

Varsity Speakers:

11th Jackie Saffir (Brandies A) - Tied for 10th, broken on team performance
10th Anish Mitra (Stanford A)
9th Sean Stefanik (McGill SS)
8th Saro Sertrakiam (McGill SS)
7th Adam Coombs (Carlton A)
6th Mark Collins (UCC / NUS)
5th Adam Goldstein (MIT GM)
4th James Kilcup (Alaska IK)
3rd Micahel Imeson (Alaska IK)
1st Richard Lizius (Hart House FL)
1st Ian Freeman (Hart House FL) - Perfect tie, co-top speakers

Novice Teams:

5th Brandeis E (Sam Datloff and Brendan Fradkin)
Breaking to Finals
4th Ohio-Weslyan MS (Jennifer Schmitt and Anthony Mcguire)
3rd Princeton A (Daniel Lewis and Zeerak Ahmed)
2nd Cornell BY (Ryan Yeh and Alex Bores)
1st Ohio-Weslyan JS (Syed Usman Javaid and Rebekah Smith)

Varsity Teams:

Breaking to Quarters
16th Amherst LZ (Lily Lamboy and Nic Zhou)
15th Brandeis D (Anna-Lisa Macon and Michael Perloff)
14th Swathmore CP (Kyle Crawford and Rich Peck)
13th Swathmore DW (Alex Warso and Linnet David-Stermitz)
12th Hart House TT (George Trotter and Giorgio Traini)
11th UCC / NUS (Kevin Chong and Mark Collins)
10th Brandeis A (Evan Green-Lowe and Jackie Saffir)
9th Stanford A (Alex Campbell and Anish Mitra)
Breaking to Semis
8th McGill MM (Vinay Mysore and Sophie MacIntyre)
7th Stanford DK (Ben Destein and Bryce Karn)
6th Queens C (Ryan Atkins and Gretchen McCullough)
5th MIT GM (Bill Magnuson and Adam Goldstein)
Breaking to Finals
4th McGill SS (Saro Setrakian and Sean Stefanik)
3rd Carlton A (Adam Coombs and Andrew Lawrence)
2nd Alaska IK (Michael Imeson and James Kilcup)
Champions on a unanimious decision
1st Hart House FL (Richard Lizius and Ian Freeman)


Award at the right is for winning the World Cup, not Yale.