Wednesday, May 25, 2011

UI Wins Metro TV Debates, Second Triumph at Home in a Month

Universitas Indonesia championed another debating contest on its Depok campus today after beating Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara in the final of Metro TV's "Bangkit Indonesiaku" debates. The UI team (Boby Ruitang, Emir Adi Syailendra, Riza Aryani) defended the controversial construction of the new Indonesian parliament building, deflecting opposition from STAN (By Charles Butar-butar, Talisa Noor, Tifara Ashari). Earlier this month, another UI squad won the ALSA UI E-Comp debates that took place at the university's law school.

Metro TV, Indonesia's first television news channel, only invited 8 schools to the debates at UI's Balairung graduation hall and used a shortened version of the 3-on-3 debating format. All debates used motions related to current national affairs and were part of the private broadcaster's off-air program.   

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