The National Educational Debate Association (NEDA) is a collegiate debate association emphasizing typical Public Forum Debate. NEDA is a reactionary league, which arose in opposotion to the more dominant Cross Examination Debate Association, famous for its intellectual rigor and openness. Colleges compete at eight tournaments each year: four in the fall semester and four in the spring semester, including the National Tournament. The fall topic is a value resolution, while the spring topic is a policy resolution. Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... Public Forum Debate, sometimes called by its former names, Controversy Debate or Ted Turner Debate, and sometimes called Crossfire Debate, is a relatively new style of debate practiced in National Forensic League and National Catholic Forensic League competitions. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet, generally used as a pejorative, originally applied in the context of the French Revolution to counter-revolutionaries who wished to restore the real or imagined conditions of the monarchical Ancien Régime. ... Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) is the largest intercollegiate debate association in the United States. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a single sport or game. ... An academic term is the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. ... Lincoln-Douglas Debate, sometimes called Lincoln-Douglas, LD debate, or simply L/D, L-D, or LD, is a style of debate practiced in National Forensic League competitions, and widely used in related debate leagues, such as the National Catholic Forensic League, National Educational Debate Association and NFLs analogous... Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two debate whether or not a specific policy action should be enacted. ...

Variations from NDT/CEDA debate include the ability to decide topicality at the end of the constructive speeches, closed cross examination, and a focus on delivery and argumentation. Also, half of all tournament judges are 'lay judges' - that is, they are not debate coaches. Membership in NEDA is by invitation only. The intended focus is on the clash over the issues central to the debate proposition. The debate is similar to Public Forum debate in that it is audience-friendly, but is more formal, and more evidence-based. Unlike mainstream CEDA debate, NEDA has an extensive set of resrictive rules that prohibit a myriad of arguments that are commonly accepted in CEDA debate, where the ethic is to allow debaters to argue about how the debate itself should unfold. In policy debate, topicality describes whether or not a specific plan action falls within the wording of the resolution at hand. ... In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by ones opponent. ... Childbirth in a hospital. ... Argumentation theory, or argumentation, is the science of effective civil debate or dialogue and the effective propagation thereof, using rules of inference and logic, as applied in the real world setting. ... Judges may refer to the Book of Judges in the Bible more than one judge. ... Public Forum Debate, sometimes called by its former names, Controversy Debate or Ted Turner Debate, and sometimes called Crossfire Debate, is a relatively new style of debate practiced in National Forensic League and National Catholic Forensic League competitions. ...

History

NEDA began in the fall of 1994 at the Central States convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. About thirty schools left the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) because they felt CEDA did not represent audience-centered debate. The resulting organization was founded by Gary Horn, professor at Ferris State University, and others. In 1999, the Western division of NEDA became the Great Plains Forensic Conference. Nickname: Capital of the New Century, O-K-C, O-City, O-C Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ... Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) is the largest intercollegiate debate association in the United States. ... Ferris State University is an institute of higher learning whose main campus is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, in Mecosta County, with a secondary campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and smaller programs located throughout the region. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Divisions

Teams in NEDA compete in one of three categories:

• Novice - Standard CX-style debate for competitors new to academic debate.
• Open - Standard CX-style debate for experienced debaters who have competed at five or more tournaments.
• Crossfire Debate - New for the 2005-2006 school year. Developed from Ted Turner style televised debates, this division is more informal than the other two, and emphasizes good presentation and succinct arguments.

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Colleges in NEDA

• Anderson University (AU)
• Ball State University (BSU)
• Bob Jones University (BJU)
• Capital University (CAP)
• Duquesne University (DUQ)
• Hillsdale College (HILL)
• Owensboro Community College (OCTC)
• Patrick Henry College (PHC)
• Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO)
• Transylvania University (TRA)
• University of Dayton (DAY)

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Colleges formerly in NEDA

• Baptist Bible College, Missouri
• Carthage College
• Cedarville University
• DePauw University
• East Central University
• Eastern New Mexico University
• Ferris State University
• Missouri Southern State University
• Murray State University
• Northeastern State University
• Northern Oklahoma College
• University of Oklahoma
• University of South Dakota
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
• Western Illinois University
• Wheaton College, Illinois

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Resolutions

• Spring 2007: Resolved: The U.S. Government should significantly increase the acceptance of immigrants.
• Fall 2006: Resolved: U.S. foreign policy inappropriately emphasizes military action over diplomacy.
• Spring 2006: Resolved: Non-violent crimes should not carry prison sentences.
• Fall 2005: Resolved: Wal-Mart's business practices are detrimental to the United States.
• Spring 2005: Resolved: The United States should substantially reform public secondary school education.
• Fall 2004: Resolved: Separation of church and state is being inappropriately eroded.
• Spring 2004: Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce its foreign military commitments.
• Fall 2003: Resolved: United States corporations are insufficiently loyal to American workers.
• Spring 2003: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its citizens' access to affordable health care.
• Fall 2002: Resolved: Civil liberties are being inappropriately eroded.
• Spring 2002: Resolved: The United States should substantially expand its efforts to prevent terrorism.
• Fall 2001: Resolved: A national missile defense system would be beneficial to the security of this nation.
• Spring 2001: Resolved: The United States should significantly decrease its dependence on foreign oil.
• Spring 2000: Resolved: The federal government should significantly increase the use of privately operated prisons.
• Fall 1998: Resolved: Corporate emphasis on profit is excessive.
• Spring 1998: Resolved: The United States should abolish the use of peer jurors.
• Spring 1997: Resolved: The Central Intelligence Agency should be eliminated.

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See also

• List of NEDA Tournament Results

This is a complete list of the NEDA National Educational Debate Association debate tournament results. ...

External links

• National Educational Debate Association