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UP Open Debate held

Members of the UPIS Forum attend the 25th Annual Open Debate
Tournament last September 11. (c) Ms. Jean Sales
The UPIS English Club - Forum was invited to watch the championship round of the 25th annual UP Pi Sigma Fraternity Open Debate tournament last September 11, 2012 at the Malcolm Theater, Malcom Hall UP Diliman.

The affirmative side from the UP Manila Debate Circle and the negative side from UP Diliman’s Indie A debated on the proposition “RH bill should be implemented for the better of women.”

Each side had two speakers and a scribe. The speakers were given 7 minutes each to give their speeches and were then asked questions for 3 minutes. After all speeches and questions, each speaker gave rebuttals. The jury consisting of 7 professors decided that the negative side won.

The debate was opened by guest speaker, Mrs. Maria Corazon Tan, a lecturer from the UP College of Mass Communications and was moderated by Mr. Jose Bayani D. Baylon. ● by Joanna Pagulayan, Camille Custodio, and Hannah Garay

UPIS team wins Teen Debate

UPIS won against Philippine Science Highschool in the 7th biennal convention hosted by the Society of Adolescent Medicine of the Philippines, Inc. (SAMPI) held last September 3 at the Diamond Hotel in Roxas Boulevard.

The judges pronounced the UPIS team composed of Red Bartolome, Mikee Neri, and Joanna Pagulayan as the overall winner and Bartolome as the best speaker.

The topic of the debate was “Social Networking: Boon or Bane” which was given last July for the teams to research on UPIS was given the affirmative stand.

The debate consisted of two rounds. The first in which both sides gave two constructive speeches and two rebuttals. The second round was a question and answer portion. There were two guest reactors, one blogger and the other a professor from the UP Institute of Tourism. ● by Aliyah Rojo and Juanito Gregorio
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