The sudden decision to have 7 preliminaries in the 2011 National Universities English Debating Championships rather than the scheduled 5 rounds has pushed back the break announcement to June 24, one day later than the original plan. The first day of debates yesterday had 3 rounds and today the 95 universities will endure the same. Round 7 will take place on Friday morning and the top 32 teams with rights to proceed into the knockouts will only be revealed after that.
The first three motions ranged from abolishing affirmative action, building brothels on military bases and pushing away oil companies from green tech patents. Institut Teknologi Bandung (Dito Krista & Rifan Ibnu Rahman) ended the day with a perfect score of 9 but with 4 rounds to go and tough competition in the two top rooms it is still anyone's game.
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