On Sunday, October 10, 2010, several teams of APDA alumni and current debaters competed in the first APDA Mini Cup. The round robin, which was judged by debaters and alumni, offered a cash prize to the winning team in order to encourage competitive rounds from some of APDA’s best debaters, which would be recorded for posterity. Below are the recorded rounds:
Finals: Should ethics rely on human nature to prescribe action? BU LT (Opp) def. Antarctica A (Gov)
BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton)
Round 3: Rewrite the Constitution every 30 years. Antarctica A (Opp) def. Brandeis A (Gov)
Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)
Round 3: Don’t deport the Roma. BU LT (Opp) def. Harvard Affables (Gov)
BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Harvard Affables (Andrew Laing & Allen Ewalt)
Round 3: The U.S. shouldn’t use PMCs. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Opp) def. George Washington A (Gov)
Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)
Round 2: Moral rights for art are bad. Harvard Affables (Opp) def. Harvard KS (Gov)
Harvard Affables (Allen Ewalt & Andrew Laing) def. Harvard KS (Alexander Schwab & David Kimel)
Round 2: Abolish voluntary manslaughter. George Washington A (Opp) def. Brandeis A (Gov)
George Washington A (Mike Buckwald & Sean Robinson) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)
Round 1: Use caning as a punishment for minor crimes. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Gov) def. Brandeis A (Opp)
Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Cormac Early) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)
Round 1: Should a non-violent, democratic group support a military dictator in his grab for power? Antarctica A (Opp) def. George Washington A (Gov)
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Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)