
Students are preparing, researching, debating, improving, winning, and having lots of fun. The New York Urban Debate League is a partnership between the Open Society Institute, the IMPACT Coalition, and Emory University. The NYUDL follows the model originated at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Melissa Wade of Emory University is a consultant to the NYUDL and instigator of the New York program. Larry Moss of Atlanta, Brent Farrand of Newark, and Alfred Snider of Vermont also serve as consultants. The NYUDL is administered by the IMPACT Coalition, headed by Will Baker, Emmanuel Villanueva, Damien Pfister, and others.
Check the NYUDL News & Photos from 1999-2000
(212) 702-0944 impactcoalition@cs.com
Will Baker WB2000@aol.com
Emmanuel Villanueva ESVilla@aol.com
Damien Pfister d_pfister@juno.com
Janna Freed same as above jannafreed@aol.com
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A story about the New York Urban Debate League, from the New York Times, October 18, 2000
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9 DECEMBER 2000


CONTESTANTS IN ORDER - DIV: NOVICE DEBATE
1. Grace Dodge MF (Leocadia Mosquea & Marvin Figueroa)
2. Hostos-Lincoln HB (Karo-Jae Bryan & Nadia Hernandez)
3. Bronx Leadership MW (Michael Williams & Darinka Maldonado)
4. Newark Sci BP (Regina Burris & Elizabeth Powell)
5. Grace Dodge SG (Marcus Saposky & Zoraima Garcia)
6. Manhattan Ctr PA (Tunazzina Ahmed & Miosotis Perez)
7. Lane DS (Gary Scott & Lorena Delgadillo)
8. Brandeis GY (Glenn Guevarra. & Susan Yarde)
9. ICE PN (Erma Pfeffer & Anais Negron)
10. Bronx LGJ CU (Courtney Chevalier & Jasmine Uri be)
11. Clinton MaRh (Sharmin Rahman & Tiana Mack)
12. ICE AW (Patrick Asdurian & Carol Wilson)
13. Newark Sci ND (Lidiane DaLuz & Kimberly Newman)
14. Life Sciences VeRa (Carla Ramkissoon & Luis Vega)
15, Manhattan Ctr HM (Marquis Harrison & Jeffrey MonLouis)
16. Lane WC (Jessica Cisneros & Tadine Williams)
17. Walton RuBI (Aixamary Ruiz & Basil Blair)
18. ICE/WManh ML (Bruce Lee & Valerie Morgan)
19. Manhattan Ctr EF (Tamikque Escourse & Derrick Fields)
20. Newark Sci CM (Golda Covington & Rodea Montgomery)


SPEAKERS IN ORDER - DIV: NOVICE DEBATE
1. Regina Burris ((Newark Sci BP))
2. Michael Williams( (Bronx Leadership MW))
3. Karo-Jae Bryan ( (Hostos-Lincoln HB))
4. Glenn Guevarra ( (Brandeis GY))
S. Leocadia Mosquea ((Grace Dodge MF))
6. Deanie Barnes ( (Brandeis SB))
7. Marcus Saposky ((Grace Dodge SG))
8. Shalisha Samuel ( (Erasmus/EBT PS))
9. Courtney Chevalier( (Bronx LGJ CU))
10. Erma, Pfeffer ( (ICE PN))
11. Carol Wilson ((ICE AW))
12. Lovasia Anderson ( (Douglass BlAn))
13. Marvin Figueroa ((Grace Dodge MF))
14. Tunazzina Ahmed ( (Manhattan Ctr PA))
15. Marion Gordon ((Bronx LGJ GO))
16. Valerie Morgan ((ICE/WManh ML))
17. Jenaya Singleton ( (Douglass LoSi))
18. Tamikque Escourse ( (Manhattan Ctr EF))
19. Luis Vega ( (Life Sciences VeRa))
20. Anais Negron ((ICE PN))
21. Miosotis Perez (Manhattan Ctr PA))
22. Jillian Louellen (Douglass LoSi))
23. Stacey Shaw ( (Brandeis SL))
24. Kimberly Newman ((Newark Sci ND))
25. Tiana Mack ( (Clinton MaRh))










CONTESTANTS IN ORDER - DIV: NOVICE DEBATE
1. Newark PB (Elizabeth Powell & Regina Burris)
2. Lane DS (Gary Scott & Lorena Dalgadillo)
3. Bronx Science KK (Rafael Kuhn & Patty Kim)
4. Bronx Science WS (Natalie Wachter & Rosa Squillacote)
5. Bronx Science HB (Caitlin Bruce & Carla Hung)
6. Bronx Science TH (Ivy Hume & Sepedeh Tofigh)
7. Stuyvesant BB (Leo Biselman & Ernest Baskin)
8. ICE PN (Erma Pfeffer & Anais Negron)
9. Bronx LGJ GS ( Storm Gray & Julio Santiago)
10. Lexington HD (Mike DeWolf & Ed Hornig)
11. Grace Dodge FM (Marvin Figueroa & Leocadia Mosquea)
12. Wadleigh AA (Alaila Abreu & Abreu 2)
13. Stuyvesant CB (Stella Binkevich & Ana Chireno)
14. Erasmus/EBT SP (Daveria Providence & Shalisha Samuel)
15. Cobble TB (Shana Bryce & Chastiry Torres)
16. Wings TM (Steven Tutien & Amanda Mulero)
17. Clinton/BronxLGJ MA (Nikkia McLaren & Joyce Akwaa)
18. Lexington CJ (Elick Coval & Greg Jetty)
19. ICE WR (Sophie Reiter & Carol Wilson)
20. Stuyvesant DY (Hamilton Davis & MingYang Liu)

SPEAKERS IN ORDER - DIV: NOVICE DEBATE
1. Joyce Akwaa ( (Clinton/BronxLGJ MA))
2. Marquis Harrison ( (MCSM HM))
3. Patty Kim ( (Bronx Science KK))
4. Regina Burris ( (Newark PB))
5. Lorena Dalgadillo (Lane DS))
6. Golda Covington (Newark CN))
7. Elizabeth Powell (Newark PB))
8. Shalisha Samuel (Erasmus/EBT SP))
9. Takeya Patterson (Grace Dodge PK))
10. Natalie Wachter (Bronx Science WS))
11. Greg Jetty ( (Lexington CJ))
12. Lizainne Gomes ((Newark GM))
13. Stella Binkevich ( (Stuyvesant CB))
14. Ana Chireno ( (Stuyvesant CB))
15. Amanda Mulero ((Wings TM))
16. Danealia Copps ( (Wings RC))
17. Chastity Torres ( (Cobble TB))
18. Ivy Hume ( (Bronx Science TH))
19. Carla Hung ( (Bronx Science HB))
20. Shenika Wiltshire ( (Legal CW)

TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Christiry Torres
( (COBBLE HILL BT))
2. Marquis Harrison ((MANHATTAN CTR HM))
3. Carol Wilson ((TAFT/ICE GW))
4. Karen Hendricks ( (EBT HP))
5. Takeya Patterson ( (GRACE DODGE GP))
6. Vanessa Gonzalez ( (TAFT/ICE GW))
7. Leocadia Mosquea ( (G ACE DODGE MF))
8. Rebecca Santiago ( (BRONX LDRSHIP SH))
9. Bellony Anglade ((LEGAL STUDIES AG))
10. Humberto Martinez ( (TAFT OM))
11. Zoraima Garcia ( (GRACE DODGE GP))
12. Joyce Akwaa ((CLINTON PA))
13. Marcus Sapkosky ((GRACE DODGE SO))
14. Juan Rosario ( (BRANDEIS YR))
15. Emma Pfeffer ( (ICE PN))
16. Susan Yarde ((BRANDEIS YR))
17. Shana Bryce ((COBBLE HILL BT))
18. Kayla Hales ((MANHATTAN CTR HE))
19. Anais Negron ( (ICE PN))
20. Lorena Dalgadillo ((COBBLE HILL/LANE LD))

TOP NOVICE TEAMS
1. COBBLE HILL
BT (Shana Bryce & Christiry Torres)
2. LEGAL
STUDIES AG (Bellony Anglade & Tracy Gibson)
3. MANHATTAN
CTR HM (Jeffrey Monlows & Marquis Harrison)
4. ICE
MR (Valerie Morgan & Sylvia Romero)
5. GRCE
DODGE MF (Marvin Figueroa & Leocadia Mosquea)
6. MANHATTAN
CTR FS (Anup Saha & Derrick Fields)
7. TAFT/ICE
GW (Carol Wilson & Vanessa Gonzalez)
8. BRANDEIS
YR (Susan Yarde & Juan Rosario)
9. BRONX
LDRSHIP SH (Jimmia Hart & Rebecca Santiago)
10. EBT
HP (Daveria Providence & Karen Hendricks)
11. ICE
PN (Emma Pfeffer & Anais Negron)
12. CLINTON
PA (Jessica Powell & Joyce Akwaa)
13. BRANDEIS
SB (Barnes & Stephen)
14. BRONX
LDRSHIP AT (Joyce Ayala & Sarah Tores)
15. COBBLE
HILL/LANE LD (MaIuola Lewis & Lorena Dalgadillo)
16. BRANDEIS
FF (Roberto Feliz & Iris Ferguson)

TOP VARSITY SPEAKERS
1 . Stacey Martin
( (LANE FM))
2. Ian McKenzie
((HOSTOS
LM))
3. Jamaal Smith ((BANNEKER SL))
4. Tawanna James ((MANHATTAN CTR JM))
5. Thierry Turene ((LEGAL STUDIES TV))
6. Vasily Kapolovitch ((COBBLE HILL KR))
7. Venus Anderson ((McKEE DA))
8. Patricia Socorro ( (LANE BS))
9. Jose Rodriguez ((COBBLE/BRONX LAW GR))
10. Jennifer Martinez ((MANHATTAN CTR JM))
11. Edwin Owusu ((DOUGLASS OM))
12. Tiffany Brown ( (WINGS SB))
13. Ebony Mackson ((LEGAL STUDIES ME))
14. David Vanette Jr ( (LEGAL STUDIES TV))
15. Albert Sarduy Jr ( (FREEDOM BS))
16. Alham Usman ((GRACE DODGE BA))
17. Adaeze Ubawike ((MANHATTAN CTR SU))
18. Kyle Leonard ((BANNEKER SL))
19. Erika Lerner
((HOSTOS
LM))
20. Miner-Lin Franco ((LANE FM))

TOP VARSITY TEAMS & COACHES
1. LANE FM (Miner-Lin
Franco & Stacey Martin)
2. MANHATTAN
CTR JM (Jennifer Martinez & Tawanna James)
3. LEGAL
STUDIES TV (David Vanette Jr & Thierry Turene)
4. LANE
BS (Patricia Socorro & Rauldon Boyce)
5. LEGAL
STUDIES ME (Jose Escobosa & Ebony Mackson)
6. McKEE
DA (Ian DeDier & Venus Anderson)
7. HOSTOS
HC (Nadia Hernandez & Yaritza Cedeno)
8. FREEDOM
HW (Reasy Ward & Richard Haggwood)
9. HOSTOS
LM (Erika Lerner & Ian McKenzie)
10. BANNEKER
SL (Kyle Leonard & Jamaal Smith)
11. COBBLE
HILL KR (Ruth Roman & Vasily Kapolovitch)
12. WINGS
SB (Heidy Sanchez & Tiffany Brown)
13. HOSTOS
RG (Parice Grant & Reena Ram)
14. EBT
DK (Kareem Knights & Renald Dume)
15. ICE
RW (Tiara Williams & Crystal Rosario)
16. MANHATTAN
CTR SU (Adaeze Ubawike & Ini Sampson)
CITI
ADVANCED WORKSHOP
WADLEIGH SCHOOL, NYC
AUGUST 23 & 24, 2000
CONTESTANTS
IN ORDER - DIV: ADVANCED DEBATE
1. Socorro
& Martin (Patricia Socorro & Stacey Martin)
2. Williams & Turene (Tiara Williams & Thierry Turene)
3. Mobilia & Sylvester (Alexander Mobilia & Chris Sylvester)
4. Nguyen & Ram (Anh Nguyen & Reena Ram)
5. Owusu & Lerner (Edwin Owusu & Erika Lerner)
6. Haggwood & Cedeno (Richard Haggwood & Yaritza Cedeno)
7. Davila & Samuel (Yasin Davila & Nicola Samuel)
8. Boyce & Vanette (Rauldon Boyce & David Vanette)
9. Knights & Evans (Kareem Knights & Charlene Evans)
10. Darden & Williams (Paul Darden & Joshua Williams)
11. Providence & Dume (Andre Providence & Renald Dume)
12. Anglade & Young (Bellony Anglade & Jasmine Young)
13. Crawford & Lopez (Rosario I /Orval Crawford & Amy Lopez)
14. Kopolovich & Furlange (Vasily Kopolovich & Tomlinson I/Furlaqe)
15. Limprevil & Austin (Sheila Limprevil & Gennell Austin)
16. Mackson & Suarez (Ebony Mackson & Edriana Suarez)

SPEAKERS
IN ORDER - DIV: ADVANCED DEBATE
1. Stacey
Martin ( (Socorro & Martin))
2. Erika Lerner ( (Owusu & Lerner))
3. Yaritza Cedeno ( (Haggwood & Cedeno))
4. Edwin Owusu ( (Owusu & Lerner))
5. Patricia Socorro (Socorro & Martin))
6. Rauldon Boyce (Boyce & Vanette))
7. Yasin Davila ( (Davila & Samuel))
8. Richard Haggwood ( (Haggwood & Cedeno))
9. Paul Darden (Darden & Williams))
10. Reena Ram (Nguyen & Rani))
11. Charlene Evans (Knights & Evans))
12. Gennell Austin (Limprevil & Austin))
13. Tawanna James ( (Pierre & James))
14. Curtis Holmes ( (Holmes & Dobson))
15. Alexander Mobilia ( (Mobilia & Sylvester))
16. Carla Atkinson ( (Atkinson & Artis))
17. Jasmine Young ( (Anglade & Young))
18. Thierry Turene ( (Williams & Turene))
19. Sheila Limprevil ( (Limprevil & Austin))
20. Edriana Suarez ( (Mackson & Suarez))
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CITI 2000
NOVICE TOURNAMENT
WADLEIGH
HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST
31, 2000

CONTESTANTS
IN ORDER
1. Mosquea/Tutein
(Leocadia Mosquea & Steven Tutein)
2. Diaz/Samuel
(Monica Diaz & Shalisha Samuel)
3. Biondi/Harrison
(Jonathan Biondi & Marquis Harrison)
4. Ross/Campbell
(Desmond Ross & Kacceeny Campbell)
5. Romero/Wilson
(Carol Wilson & Sylvia Romero)
6. Brown/Yarde
(Tamara Brown & Susan Yarde)
7. Mohammed/Machado
(Rahmah Mohammed & Dennis Machado)
8. Fraser/Vasquez
(Monique Fraser & Saril Vasquez)
9. Garcia/McDowell
(Zoraima Garcia & Darris McDowell)
10. Stefopoulos/Brooks
(Nikolaos Stefopoulos & Kevin Brooks)
SPEAKERS
IN ORDER
1. Leocadia
Mosquea ( (Mosque a/Tutein))
2. Monica Diaz ( (Diaz/Samuel))
3. Steven Tutein ( (Mosquea/Tutein))
4. Shalisha Samuel ( (Diaz/Samuel))
5. Zoraima Garcia ( (Garcia/McDowell))
6. Darris McDowell ( (Garcia/McDowell))
7. Kacceeny Campbell ( (Ross/Campbell))
8. Carol Wilson ( (Romero/Wilson))
9. Marvin Figueroa ( (Cobbs/Figueroa))
10. Nikolaos Stefopoulos ( ( Stefopoulos/B rooks))
11. Sylvia Romero ( (Romero/Wilson))
12. Desmond Ross ( (Ross/Campbell))
13. Dennis Machado ( (Mohammed/Machado))
14. Susan Yarde ( (Brown/Yarde))
15. Mayfred 0poku ( (Opoku/Smith))
16. Vanessa Gonzalez (Gonzalez/Rivera))
17. LaKisha Gerideau (Geri deau/Sennon))
18. Tamara Brown ( (Brown/Yarde))
19. Rahmah Mohammed ( (Mohammed/Machado))
20. Rosalie Baldeo ( (Baldeo/Tifre))
