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Dartmouth Debate Institute
July 15 - August 12, 2012
The Deadline For Receipt of Applications is May 4, 2012
When you consider the quality of the teaching staff, the institute format, the research facilities, and the caliber of students who regularly attend, you will understand why the Dartmouth Debate Institute is generally considered to be the most outstanding summer program for experienced, varsity debaters.
Other programs have attempted to copy Dartmouth, and they may look as good on paper. Only Dartmouth, however, actually delivers on these promises. That is why the nation's best debaters will once again be in Hanover this summer.
Format -- Teaching Staff -- Applications
-- Fees -- Facilities
-- Dartmouth
-- Arrival/Departure -- Transportation
-- Living
-- Coaches
A survey of the curriculum from last summer can be found at http://ddi11.wikispaces.com. The program for 2012 will be similar.
The Institute's schedule and diverse curriculum cover all aspects of cross-examination policy debate. You probably have not experienced as intense and demanding an academic setting as the Dartmouth Debate Institute. In order to accomplish as much as possible in the limited time available, we operate on a full and structured schedule. Students are required to attend classes from about 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and there are usually classes on weekends. The morning schedule includes lectures on the topic, work on generic negative arguments, discussion of theory and practice, and drill sessions working on skills. In addition, there are classes on research techniques and other elective courses on a wide range of subjects. The afternoons are devoted primarily to lab sessions in which small groups work with two instructors (who are both there) on research, analysis, affirmative cases, and negative strategies. The schedule also includes practice debates, rebuttal reworks, a complete tournament, and plenty of library time.
A special feature of the Institute is the focus on individual attention to each debater. A low faculty-student ratio is maintained so that each student receives individual attention, and the curriculum is diversified so that each student has an opportunity to work with virtually all of the instructors. Each debater has the opportunity to design their own curriculum. Debaters are able to select elective classes on topic issues, strategy, and skills from a large number of alternatives.
Individual speaking drill sessions are available most evenings. Institute staff in the library provides individual assistance with research.
We are strongly committed to the idea that students benefit from the opportunity to work with as many different instructors as possible. Thus, unlike some summer programs, the Dartmouth Institute does not limit students to working with only their laboratory group leaders. The variety of classes offered provides each student an opportunity to work with virtually every member of the staff. Additionally, every instructor is available to every student for advice on arguments, research, and other concerns.
Students will receive a paper copy of the evidence produced by their lab during the Institute if they wish, and all the evidence produced in the Institute will be available electronically.
Institute Teaching Staff
Debating and coaching accomplishments of the staff include
More importantly, the staff is noted for its excellence in teaching and coaching.
While all will teach a number of other classes, they are listed below in their lab partnerships. Both instructors will be involved in every scheduled lab meeting.
Michael Antonucci has coached at the University of Iowa, Northwestern University, Lexington High School, and Georgetown University. He currently coaches both Georgetown University and Lexington High School. As a high school coach, he has coached champions, top speaker and/or late elimination round participants at virtually every major national tournament. As a coach for Northwestern, he coached two first rounds, and finalists at both Georgia State and Kentucky. As a coach for Georgetown, he has participated in a rare programmatic renaissance.
Andrew Baker is an assistant debate coach at Dartmouth. He has also worked with several high school programs, including Glenbrook North and Niles North. He was an outstanding high school debater in Kansas, and completed his debating at the University of Texas - Dallas. As a UTD debater Andrew received numerous team and individual awards. He was a two time first round at-large recipient to the NDT.
Seungwon Chung received his MA in Communication from Wake Forest University in 2011, where he also completed his BA in 2009. His teams have advanced to the elimination rounds of every major tournament, including the semifinals of the National Debate Tournament. Seungwon currently coaches at the University of Georgia, where he also teaches a collegiate course on debate and argumentation.
Chris Crowe coaches at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Westwood High School. At the high school level, Chris has coached multiple state champions (WY), TOC qualifiers and top 20 finishes at NFL Nationals. At the college level, his debaters have cleared at every major national tournament, including the NDT and CEDA Nationals. Chris debated at the University of Wyoming where he netted numerous top-ten speaker awards, cleared at every major national tournament and was the 2006 CEDA Debater of the Year. Chris is one of only three people in history to have judged the final debate of CEDA Nationals and the NDT in the same year.
Kathryn Clark Kernoff coaches Dartmouth and has previously coached at the Bronx High School of Science. As a Valley High School (IA) debater, she twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to elimination rounds her senior year. She also was in late elimination rounds of several national tournaments, including the finals of Greenhill as well as the winning Blake and New Trier. Kathryn also won several speaker awards including 2nd place individual speaker at MBA and New Trier. As a Dartmouth debater, Kathryn received a first round at-large bid for the NDT three times and was twice ranked as one of the top 5 teams in the country. In addition to several very late elimination round appearances, Kathryn won the West Georgia tournament, won the Kentucky Round Robin twice, and also won the Dartmouth Round Robin. Kathryn cleared at the NDT three years in a row and is the only college debater to reach the final round of the CEDA national tournament for three consecutive years.
Mikaela Malsin debated for 4 years at Emory University and currently coaches for Wake Forest University and the Westminster Schools. As a debater, she reached the late elimination rounds at multiple regional tournament and was a two-time participant in elimination rounds at CEDA Nationals, as well as being an instrumental component of the team's research effort. She coached the 2010 TOC champions.
Rob Mulholand debated at Northwestern University, where he reached the late elimination rounds of several major tournaments, including the finals of Georgia State. Rob received a first round at-large bid to the NDT, where he reached the quarterfinals. Before then, Rob debated for Celebration High School (FL), where he won a number of tournaments and qualified for the Tournament of Champions. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
Charles Olney is a Ph.D. candidate in Politics at UC-Santa Cruz and coaches debate at Dartmouth. He debated at Oak Harbor High School (WA), where he twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to late elimination rounds at a number of national tournaments. Charles debated in college at Whitman College, where he received three first round at-large bids for the NDT, including twice being ranked among the top 5 teams in the country. Charles was the top speaker at the 2003 NDT, where he also reached the semifinals. He won a number of national college tournaments including Fullerton and the Dartmouth Round Robin, where he was also named the top speaker. Charles has coached at Michigan State University, Harvard, Gonzaga, and Dartmouth. Over that time he has coached one NDT champion, two NDT semi-finalists, one NDT quarterfinalist, three NDT octo-finalists, and one NDT double octo-finalist, as well as eight teams who were first round at-large bid recipients to the NDT.
Dylan Quigley coaches at Dartmouth. He qualified for the TOC once and the NFL Tournament three times as a debater for Wichita High School East in Kansas. As a senior, he was in the semifinals of NFL Nationals. As a debater at the University of Kansas, he was in elimination rounds of CEDA Nationals four times and the National Debate Tournament twice. He was a semi-finalist at CEDA Nationals and received two first-round bids to the NDT. As an senior, he won the Shirley Classic at Wake Forest University.
Nicole Serrano is the Executive Director for the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance and is on the Executive Board of the National Debate Coaches Association. As a Nicolet (WI) debater, she reached the late elimination rounds of Wake Forest, Harvard, and NFL Nationals. She also qualified for the TOC. As a debater at Dartmouth College she reached the late elimination rounds of tournaments such as Northwestern, Wake Forest and Kentucky as well as winning the University of Northern Iowa tournament. As a high school coach, Nicole has coached two teams to the top 6 at NFL nationals, as well as coached a team to the semi-finals or better at every major national high school tournament, including the TOC and NFL. She has also coached students to numerous top ten speaker awards, including a top five speaker at the Glenbrooks, Harvard, Emory University's Barkley Forum, Massachusetts' State, and NFL's tournaments.
Ken Strange is the director of debate at Dartmouth College. He has coached eight teams to the finals of the NDT, including 3 NDT champions. He also coached about a dozen NDT semi- finalists, three CEDA Nationals finalists, and a number of top ten NDT speaker award winners. For almost 30 straight years Ken had at least one first round at-large team to the NDT, including five Copeland Award winners, and had teams winning at least one elimination round at the NDT.
Jon Voss is the assistant director of debate at Glenbrook South HS. Now entering his seventh year as a coach, Jon's teams have achieved tremendous success, reaching the late elimination rounds of virtually every major national tournament in the country. Prior to coaching at GBS, Jon was the director of debate at Sheboygan North High School (WI) for three years before coaching the 2009-2010 National Champions from Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago. Jon was the recipient of the 2011 Acolyte Award, given to the top assistant coach in high school policy debate.
Lab AssignmentEach student will have the opportunity to work with every staff member in the many classes other than labs. Students, however, are usually inordinately concerned about lab placement. Here is how labs are decided. Labs will be assigned primarily on the basis of coaches' requests, constrained by the size of the labs and partner requests. Beyond that, we try to make the labs geographically diverse, similar in gender and age mix, and equal in prior year's record. Typically, each of the labs at Dartmouth have an overall win record of about 70% from tournaments the previous year. Every lab has outstanding instructors and debaters. Historically, students from every DDI lab have done exceptionally well at tournaments across the nation the following year
Our application process does not involve applying to particular labs, but we are almost always able to accommodate the coaches' requests for lab assignments. If a coach requests either of two labs, it is near certain that the debater will be placed in one of them. Conflicts with partner requests are about the only thing that could preclude our honoring one of the two requested labs. Last year, when coaches indicated two labs as preferred, every student but one was placed in one of the two labs; in that one instance, the student was placed in the lab requested by the coach of the partner he had arranged.
Applications
Applications must be RECEIVED by May 4, 2012.
Application requires the following forms which are available on the Application page: Student Application Form, Coach Recommendation Form, and a copy of your high school transcript. For those who are interested, there is also a Scholarship Application Form.
You do not need to send all of the materials together. In fact, you are advised to send each of these forms as soon as possible, even if that means sending them separately. Do not wait on your coach to complete Form 2 or your high school to send the transcript; in the past, such waiting has unnecessarily delayed applications.
There is no application fee. Please do not send money with your application.
Application materials can be sent by US mail to the address on the application forms, by e-mail to Debate.Institute@dartmouth.edu, or by fax to 603-646-0004.
Once we have received the student application, coach recommendation, and transcript, we will send an admissions packet within several weeks or notify you as to your admissions status.
Scholarship decisions will not be mailed until after the application deadline.
All applicants will receive notice regarding their admission by US mail, sent no later than May 11, 2012.
Institute Fees
The fee for the four week session is $4450. This covers tuition, housing, and a declining-balance meal plan. In addition, a $80 damage deposit will be required and returned in cash to students at the time of their departure from the Institute. There are no laboratory fees or other hidden charges.
Those students flying into and out of Boston's Logan airport can be provided transportation on a chartered bus for a fee of $80 round-trip / $40 one-way. Those driving their own cars will be charged a $75 storage fee.
A number of scholarships are available. All are awarded based solely on need. Most range up to a maximum of $2500. Two full scholarships, the Slappey Scholarship named after the Institute's first Administrator, and the Baker, named after former staff members, will be offered; these scholarships are made possible by the contribution of Dartmouth alums Lenny Gail and Mark Koulogeorge, the 1984 NDT Champions, and Steven Sklaver, the 1993 NDT Champion. A scholarship application form with an explanation of the scholarships is available on the application form webpage.
Students will be required to make a $500 non-refundable deposit by May 25, 2012. The remainder of the Institute fee can be paid anytime up through registration on July 15, 2012. All checks should be made payable to the Dartmouth Debate Institute. We prefer that credit cards not be used for payment; if they are, a 7% service fee must be added to the payment.
Research Facilities
Institute students will have full use of the College's library system. Dartmouth's libraries are of the quality one would expect of an Ivy League college. A full time staff of over 100 people administer more than a million volumes and process over 300,000 loan transactions each year.
The College's librarians will provide orientation and on-going assistance to Institute students. The Institute also will have a staff of high school coaches and intercollegiate debaters in the libraries to work with students on the special research needs called for in debate. In addition, the Institute will maintain a special collection containing hundreds of articles on the resolution.
Students also will have use of the College's computer facilities, including hardwire and wireless access from their room in the residence hall.
The College Experience
Dartmouth, College, an Ivy League school established in 1769, is located in Hanover, New Hampshire, a small New England town located on the Connecticut River. The student body includes about 4,100 under-graduate and 1,600 graduate students. Because the Dartmouth Enrollment Plan involves most students attending one summer term, many classes are in session during the Institute. Institute students who are interested may be able to observe classes.
Institute students will live in college residence halls, eat in the college dining hall, use college class-rooms, and have access to the college's recreational facilities.
Arrival and Departure
Students should arrive at the Institute on July 15, 2012, and they should depart on August 12, 2012. Only under the most exceptional circumstances will early/late arrival or departure be permitted; such special arrangements must be made in advance of the Institute with Ken Strange.
Registration for the Institute will be on Sunday, July 15, between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. in the Choate Residence Halls. A campus map will be enclosed with a confirmation letter in June. Students who are not on the chartered buses are advised to register before 5:00 p.m. to avoid the rush. The opening meeting of the Institute will be Sunday, July 15 at 9:00 p.m. Students may depart Dartmouth at any time on Sunday, August 12.
Between July 15 and August 12, students are expected to remain in Hanover. Institute classes and activities are planned throughout this time, including weekends. If a student has some exceptional reason for briefly being out of Hanover, his/her parent(s) should contact Ken Strange, Institute Director, by mail, e-mail, or telephone well in advance of the planned departure so that arrangements can be made.
Transportation
Hanover can be reached by automobile on either Interstate 89 (exit 18 in NH) or Interstate 91 (exit 13 in VT). The college is about a two and one-half hour drive from Boston or about a five hour drive from New York City.
Students who drive themselves to the Institute will not be permitted to drive their cars during the Institute. Our residence hall director will hold the car keys during the Institute. Cars will be parked in a campus storage lot, which is secured by Dartmouth campus security. The charge for automobile storage is $75.
Greyhound buses serve Hanover, and White River Junction, VT. White River Junction is about a ten minute drive from Hanover. Amtrak also runs to White River Junction. We will pick up and return students at the bus and train stations at no additional charge.
Cape Air commuter flights serve Lebanon NH, which is about fifteen minutes from Hanover. Connections can be made through Boston and New York. You should be warned that these are small planes, and that they frequently miss luggage connections. We will pick up and return students at the Lebanon airport at no additional charge.
Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United, and US Air fly into the Manchester NH airport. Manchester is a little over an hour from Hanover. While Manchester Airport is closer than Boston-Logan, the availability of ground transportation is not as good. Greyhound bus line provides transportation between the airport and Hanover. A schedule is available on the Greyhound Webpage. We will pick students up when they arrive on the bus in Hanover. People Movers a private shuttle service, is also available for transportation between Manchester Airport and the Workshop residence halls.
If you choose to fly into and out of Boston's Logan Airport, we will provide transportation on a chartered bus for $80 round trip or $40 one way. On July 15, representatives from the Institute will meet you at Terminal C at Logan. If you arrive at another terminal, you can take an airport shuttle bus to Terminal C. The chartered bus will depart Logan at 3:00 p.m.; we will not be able to hold the bus after that time. On August 12, the bus will depart Hanover at 8:00 a.m. and should arrive at Logan by 11:00 a.m. To be safe, you should arrange arrival at Logan on July 15 prior to 1:30 p.m. and departure from Logan on August 12 after 12:00 noon. Information about the airport is available on the Logan Airport Webpage.
If arrival or departure on the chartered bus from Logan is inconvenient, an alternative is Dartmouth Coach (a private shuttle service, not associated with the College). They make a number of trips daily. A schedule is available on the Dartmouth Coach Webpage. The cost is about $40 each way. Their number is 1-800-637-0123 or 603-448-2800. Another option is Greyhound bus line, which has several buses running between Logan and Hanover. A schedule is available at www.greyhound.com. People Movers, a private shuttle service, is also available for transportation between Logan Airport and the Institute residence halls.
Living Arrangements
Institute students will be housed in the Choate residence hall cluster. Admissions packets will include a map of campus and provide driving directions. Men and women will be housed on different floors if possible, and definitely be on different corridors. There are both double and single rooms. Enrollment materials will request preferences as to the type of room, and we will try to honor as many of those preferences as possible. We also will try to honor mutual requests for roommates. Otherwise, rooms will be assigned randomly, except to assure geographic diversity of the students on each corridor. We believe that one of the opportunities provided by the Institute is for students to get a sampling of what college life is like. This includes the experience of meeting and living with people from different parts of the country and from different backgrounds.
Students will be required to be in the residence halls at 11:00 p.m.; this will be verified by a room check. After room check students may leave their rooms, but they will not be permitted on floors or corridors occupied by the opposite gender after 11:00 p.m. There are common areas available for debate work to continue later than these times. All students must be in their own rooms at 1:00 a.m. There will not be a standing "lights out" policy, but 1:00 a.m. "lights out" may be imposed if it becomes apparent that students need more sleep.
Visitors are not permitted in the residence halls after 11:00 p.m. Under no circumstances may guests stay in the dorm overnight.
Included in your Institute fees is a meal plan in a college dining hall. As a result of changes at the College, we are still negotiating the exact arrangements. When that is settled, it will be explained here.
Mail and Other Deliveries
Letters and packages sent by US mail should be addressed to the student at the Workshop address: Dartmouth Debate Institute, HB6145 Robinson Hall 319, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. With express mail be sure to waive the signature requirement. This is the Director's campus mailbox. Mail will be distributed to student boxes in the residence hall.
Items sent by private delivery services (UPS, Federal Express, etc.) should be sent to the student at Dartmouth Debate Institute, Robinson Hall 319, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. There is no street address on campus. Be sure to waive the signature requirement. This is the Dartmouth Forensic Union Office. We will deliver packages to the students in the residence hall.
During the Institute, students will have Dartmouth e-mail accounts. Their address will be firstname.lastname@dartmouth.edu.
We will make arrangements with UPS pickup at the residence halls for students wishing to ship items home at the end of the Institute.
Telephone Calls
Each student will have a telephone in his/her room in the residence hall. It is the responsibility of students to inform their friends and relatives of their phone numbers upon arrival at the Institute.
Emergency numbers, including that of the Residence Hall Director, will be included in the confirmation letter. They also will be listed on the office answering machine of the Institute Director, 603-646-3877.
Things to Bring
Institute evidence will be available electronically to all and on paper to those who request it. If you are debating paperless, you will need a laptop. If you are debating on paper, the supplies like folders, accordions, and tubs, should be brought.>
You are urged to bring a three ring notebook with dividers and plenty of paper. You will want to keep careful notes during Institute classes. We discourage the use of laptops for taking class notes.
Hanover summers tend to be mild. You should bring warm weather clothing, but a sweater or jacket will be needed for some of the cooler evenings. No Institute activities will require more formal dress.
One set of sheets, a pillow case, and blanket will be provided. Towels will NOT be provided. You should bring a robe or something to wear to the shower. The residence hall is not air-conditioned, so you may want to bring a fan; if that is not convenient, we rent box fans for five dollars. (The temperature on most nights is in the 50s or 60s, but it is usually warmer in the rooms; a fan will bring in the cooler outside air.) You might also want to bring a small desk lamp. Be sure to bring an alarm clock!
Computers
Students will have full access to the Dartmouth College computer facilities, but, if it is convenient, you may want to bring a computer. All of the residence halls rooms have hardwire and remote access into the College mainframe. So, you will be able to do library searches, use the internet and Lexis, access e-mail, etc. from your room; you will also be able to print on the College's public printers.
Spending Money/Cash
The amount of money past students have spent out of pocket during the Institute has varied substantially. There are no lab fees and the meal plan should be sufficient for most students throughout the Institute. Copies of briefed evidence produced by a student's lab are covered in the Institute fees. Students will need to pay for copying articles, books, and other research material; this tends to cost about $50 and rarely exceeds $100 for the four weeks. Those wanting to rent a refrigerator (about $30 for the entire Institute) will need to pay in cash on the first day of the Institute. Students also will need to do laundry during the Institute; machines are in the residence halls. Beyond these expenses student spending varies primarily based additional food expenses: eating at restaurants, ordering pizza, using the vending machines, etc.
To have cash available for the four weeks, travelers checks or use of an ATM card are suggested. We have made arrangements at a local bank for Institute students to cash checks from home; they will cash checks up to $100 each.
Coaches Are Welcome
Coaches are urged to consider attending our Coaches Workshop. Coaches are also welcome to observe all of the Institute's classes. The only expense involved will be a charge of $40 per day should you wish to stay in the college residence hall. Those judging in the Institute tournament, August 7-11, will be housed for free. If you are interested in observing, please notify Ken Strange by mail or email.
Format -- Teaching Staff -- Applications
-- Fees -- Facilities
-- Dartmouth
-- Arrival/Departure -- Transportation
-- Living
-- Coaches
Additional Information:
If you have any questions about the Dartmouth Debate Institute, contact Ken Strange at ken.strange@dartmouth.edu, by writing:
The Dartmouth Debate Institute
H.B. 6145 Robinson Hall Room 319
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
or by calling 603-646-3877