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A three-day long International English Debate Tournament, titled 'IUB Ascension 2017' was held recently at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). The university organised this tournament to encourage students to be more pragmatic, insightful and exposed to real issues which will eventually enable them taking leadership roles. Eighty-four teams from 54 different schools, colleges and universities from the country and abroad participated in this international debate tournament. Apart from all renowned schools, colleges and universities of the country, participants came from the UK, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Nepal. In the Open category, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore clinched the championship trophy while International Islamic University, Malaysia became the runner-up. In High School category, Mastermind School, Dhaka became the champion and European Standard School, Dhaka became the runner-up. In Novice category, Institute of Business...

Memorial for Alfred “Tuna” Snider A memorial for Alfred “Tuna” Snider, the Coach of Team USA who died in December, will be held at 4pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) tomorrow, the 29th April.  His many friends, colleagues and students around the world can watch a live stream of the memorial. Program Live music: Bobby Hackney, A Band Called Death, Lambsbread Welcome William Falls Professor, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Video “Until We Meet Again…” Charlie Chafer Chief Executive Officer, Space Services Holdings, Inc. Scott Wunn Executive Director of the National Speech & Debate Association. Video “Traveling globally for debate to make a world a better place” Guohong Xu Head of Department of Rhetoric and Communication, School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University, Beijing, China. Video “Stop Complaining and Start Producing!” Becca White ‘15, former LDU team president. Current solar power organizer and Vice chair of Select Board, Hartford,...

But the US and Europe have argued that Iran has sought to develop nuclear weapons, is therefore in breach of the NPT, and thus legitimately subject to the full weight of international punishments.  Debate has been raging over the deal, and the impact it will have on oil prices, regional powers, regional stability, global stability, the war in Syria and so on. All of these are important subjects that should be understood and discussed. However, what has hardly been discussed is the fundamental principle at stake here – the right to have nuclear weapons. Regardless of what the Iranian nuclear programme has been for, Iran has as much of a right to have nuclear weapons as Britain or the US, both in terms of the principles of the NPT and the justness of the underlying international order that produced it. Iran’s nuclear programme was initiated during the days of the Shah, and built with US aid under the ‘Atoms for Peace’ programme. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the...

Beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Dr Annika Mombauer explores the opposing debates about the origins of World War One. Is it possible for historians to arrive at a consensus? The hundred-year debate How could the death of one man, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated on 28 June 1914, lead to the deaths of millions in a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity? This is the question at the heart of the debate on the origins of the First World War. How did Europe get from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife to the situation at the beginning of August when Germany and Austria-Hungary were at war with Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, and Britain? Finding the answer to this question has exercised historians for 100 years, and arriving at a convincing consensus has proved impossible.

The One Hundred Year Debate Beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Dr Annika Mombauer explores the opposing debates about the origins of World War One. Is it possible for historians to arrive at a consensus? The hundred-year debate How could the death of one man, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated on 28 June 1914, lead to the deaths of millions in a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity? This is the question at the heart of the debate on the origins of the First World War. How did Europe get from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife to the situation at the beginning of August when Germany and Austria-Hungary were at war with Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, and Britain? Finding the answer to this question has exercised historians for 100 years, and arriving at a convincing consensus has proved impossible.

FACEBOOKFACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. A major Dachau subcamp was liberated the same day by the 42nd Rainbow Division. Established five weeks after Adolf Hitler took power as German chancellor in 1933, Dachau was situated on the outskirts of the town of Dachau, about 10 miles northwest of Munich. During its first year, the camp held about 5,000 political prisoners, consisting primarily of German communists, Social Democrats, and other political opponents of the Nazi regime. During the next few years, the number of prisoners grew dramatically, and other groups were interned at Dachau, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, homosexuals, and repeat criminals. Beginning in 1938, Jews began to comprise a major portion of camp internees. Prisoners at Dachau were used as forced laborers, initially in the construction and expansi...

Part icipate in the online debate and win great prizes! Inorder to participate kindly follow this link Debate Here! The link would drop you on the Roommates discussion network, when you are there take the following steps: 1. Sign up for and account for a room in the Roommates 2. When done with signing up, visit the forum in the navigation bars and search for Nigeria and Governing officials. 3. Post your idea in that forum and save it. 4.When done, congratulations! 5.  Now patiently wait until final announcement has been made on September 29. Before then always visit your room and meet your roommates and also check your post. Key Dates: Submission of Ideas:- 05/08-8/09 finalist Announcement:-12/09 Winners Notification:-18/09 Award:- 01/10 Prizes Winners would be dutifully award prizes on the General Assembly Youth Conference day on October first.