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We are halfway through this year’s Round Robin. The last round was experimental and questions were over very obscure subject matters such as the American trucking industry, upcoming elections in Lesotho, the closing of Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear power plant, and tax reform in the Seychelles.
The topic area for this upcoming round is the Obama administration.
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Here are the pairings for round five. This is one of two experimental rounds at the tournament, which means that the questions extempers receive will differ from a usual tournament.
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The pairings for round four have been released.
The topic area for this round is U.S. economics.
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Draw for round three is underway as day two begins at the 2015 MBA Extemp Round Robin. Competitors will face off in six rounds today, with the last two rounds finishing at the tournament hotel tomorrow.
The topic area for this round is U.S. foreign policy.
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Here are the pairings for round two of the 2015 MBA Extemp Round Robin.
The topic area for this round is American elections.
Draw for tomorrow’s third round takes place at 8:00 a.m. CST. Check back tomorrow for more pairings and happenings at the tournament.
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Pairings have been released for the first round of this year’s Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin.
For those unfamiliar with the tournament, the sixteen competitors are divided into four sections of four for ten rounds with each competitor hitting the other twice. The tournament results are determined by a competitor’s scores across all ten rounds, all of which are adjudicated by three judge panels. The top five competitors compete in an Exhibition Round on Sunday, which serves as its own stand alone round, and the eleven extempers who did not make the Exhibition Round serve as the judges. In case of ties, a panel composed of former Round Robin competitors breaks it. If two extempers tie for first place, coaches have the option of letting the Exhibition Round decide the tournament, with the former Round Robin competitors ballots serving as the tiebreaker. In that situation coaches will be able to strike one of the judges.
The topic area for round one is international relations and organizations.
Competitors National Points Race ranking is indicated in italics next to their name.
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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of December 29, 2014-January 4, 2015.
How economics and politics unfolded in 2014, as told in 10 charts http://t.co/1iy3kNjxlD via @nytopinion pic.twitter.com/6Q3lZf6h95
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 1, 2015
The most disruptive events of 2014 could all lose their potency in 2015, writes @MoisesNaim: http://t.co/WRVWSKlVsw
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) January 1, 2015
The 2014 controversies you found most outrageous and those you thought were overblown: http://t.co/oNh2tHI5gr pic.twitter.com/EtRQ4phtsw
— Slate (@Slate) January 1, 2015
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This R&D provides resources on the Nicaragua Canal, otherwise known as the Nicaraguan Grand Canal. The canal will be longer, deeper, and wider than the Panama Canal. In 2013, the Nicaraguan National Assembly granted a fifty-year concession to the Hong Kong-based HKND group to construct the canal for $50 billion. Critics argue that the canal is not necessary, is not financially feasible, and will harm the environment.
Extemp Central also wishes all extempers across the country a Happy New Year!
Military beachhead for Chinese interests in Central America Is Nicaragua canal a watershed for China’s influence? http://t.co/oa9XVBVTle
— Carla Chamorro (@CarlaChamorros) December 31, 2014
Why is #China leading the way on the #Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal? @rbeckhusen knows http://t.co/YXAqvvp8EB cc @offiziere
— ISN Zurich (@ISN_Zurich) December 31, 2014
There goes the lake, certainly… Why the Nicaragua canal may be a disaster http://t.co/qYVRQ1qtyA
— Nirmal Ghosh (@karmanomad) December 27, 2014
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