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Eric D. Albert '98 and Justin D. Osofsky '99 won the American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) National Championship held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., this weekend...
Albert, an Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrator who, has debated for eight years, and Osofsky, an economics concentrator who has debated for six years, received trophy cups for their win and will keep the traveling APDA trophy for one year...
...order to qualify for the annual APDA national championship, each team had to reach the finals of a regular-season debate contest...
...Parliamentary debate...stresses rigorous argumentation, logical analysis, quick thinking, breadth of knowledge and rhetorical ability over preparation of evidence," according to the APDA web page...
Osofsky also placed fourth in the speakercompetition, Albert placed ninth and Gallagherplaced eleventh, according to Osofsky, who is theoutgoing vice president of the APDA and theoutgoing president of the Harvard Speech andParliamentary Debate Society (HSPDS). Gallagher isthe incoming president of HSPDS