#3 Binus International (Christian Leonardo, Caroline Herlina, Astrio Feligent) won the UMM English Fiesta debating competition in Malang after defeating #5 Universitas Negeri Malang A (Irna Fibianti, Erich Zanurdhi, Prima Kartikasari), giving the Jakarta-based institution its second trophy in 2011.Chris, Astrio and Caroline successfully defended the motion "This House Would Partition Libya" in the grand final that only started at 9 p.m. last night after three knockout debates. The final announcement that took place close to midnight revealed five out of seven adjudicators sided with the winner.
Binus International won the ALSA Unpad E-Challenge in Bandung last February with an entirely different line up, showing depth in the squad known as Bipeds. Another Bipeds team, consisting of two members of the winning Bandung squad, will debate in the semifinals of the ALSA UI E-Comp in Depok today.
Alvine Stefan from Universitas Gadjah Mada grabbed the best speaker award, providing consolation for the Yogyakarta-based university that topped the tab but fell in the semifinals.
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