12/20/2005 - 3:00pm
TOWSON — After the snow cancelled the Dec 9th tournament, everybody was crossing their fingers about the weather for monday, but the weather cooperated and 175 students, teachers, parents, and excited observers made Middle School Tournament #3 a great success.
Thurgood Marshall Middle School...[more]
12/18/2005 - 3:00pm
TOWSON UNIVERSITY — For the seventh year in a row, Towson University hosted the largest high school debate tournament in Maryland. Despite bad weather during the week, students came from as far away as Frederick to compete. The tournament has grown each year, and this year was so large that not all...[more]
12/15/2005 - 3:00pm
It appears we will be able to host the rescheduled middle school tournament tomorrow at Towson University. If there are emergency last minute changes, we will update this webpage. However, the good in_the_news is that things look absolutely good for Monday! See everyone there.
Chris Baron
BUDL...[more]
12/13/2005 - 3:00pm
I am preparing another affirmative (and negative arguments to go along with it) so that students can have debates about some new things in the second semester. I would like you to vote on one of the options presented and return the ballot to me before noon on Thursday December 22nd.The results will be announced...[more]
12/12/2005 - 3:00pm
Hello these are additional notes for the December 19th Snow Makeup Tournament, the previous tournament 3 notes still apply unless otherwise noted.
1) Busses- We would like to know how many students you will be brining by Tuesday at 6:00 PM. We will try to release the bus schedule by Wednesday ....[more]
12/02/2005 - 3:00pm
MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT #3 WILL BE AT TOWSON!!!
Please note the December 9th BUDL Middle School tournament will be held at Towson University. This will cause a few changes in planning.
Time: The busses will still pick up students between 12:15 and 12:45 (pay attention in the next week for bus...[more]
11/20/2005 - 3:00pm
SAM BANKS/ACCE — The second high school tournament of the season was full of excitement. Due to increased participation, the tournament location was moved from Frederick Douglass to Sam Banks and ACCE, a relatively new school (both in their second year of existence). In addition to being excellent...[more]
11/16/2005 - 3:00pm
We have a tenatative list of results done from the second tournament and will be emailing it to each teacher to double check. We believe we have caught most of the changes and will be giving people the appropriate results and awards, but there could still be some mistakes, so please make sure that pairings and...[more]
11/15/2005 - 3:00pm
TALLINN, ESTONIA — I had the good fortune to be able to travel to the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) general assembly and academic conference this fall. The meetings, held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, were attended by dozens of national debate programs from around the world. The...[more]
11/14/2005 - 3:00pm
LAKE CLIFTON — Congratulations to the coaches and students from the 18 different middle schools that competed at the second tournament, many for the very first time! In addition to the schools that are part of our Middle School Program, BUDL also welcomed teams from The Barclay School and Waverly Middle, both...[more]
10/29/2005 - 3:00pm
THOMAS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL — At the second Baltimore Catholic Forensic League tournament, BUDL teams met with success in both novice and varsity divisions. BUDL came with teams from Balitmore City College, Digital Harbor, Walbrook, and Forest Park.
In the varsity division, the City College team of Ian...[more]
10/25/2005 - 3:00pm
Hello Middle School Coaches:
As we get ready for the next tournament there are a few things that I would like to discuss with you.
1) The next tournament is November 11th. This will be a joint tournament with the YMCA League, which means we will be bigger than last time. We will most likely be...[more]