Greek Gods Galore in BIND 2011

Binus International's annual debating competition BIND started its preliminaries yesterday and the break line up will be out later today. All teams must use team codes from Greek mythology in an effort to reduce adjudication bias from institutional recognition (see list below).

Organizers sought to net 80 teams from all over Asia and at first more than 100 teams, including Asian champion National University of Singapore, registered. In the end, 37 teams showed up, including 4 pairs from 3 non-Indonesian universities -- Mahidol University (Thailand), Kyushu University (Japan) and London College of Legal Studies (Bangladesh). After 4 rounds, Mahidol A (Phra Chainarong Sangsranoi & Mabrouq Azeez) cruised into the silent R5 with a perfect score.

BIND boasts an enviable adujudication core as Chief Adjudicator Rajkumar Narendra from Binus International has world class deputies -- WUDC2012 Co-CA Lucinda David (De La Salle University), WUDC2012 DCA Tim Mooney (University of Sydney) and Asian BP 2009 CA Thepparith Senamngern (Assumption University).

Another thing unique to BIND is the top 8 debaters from the preliminaries may see their ranks change. They need to go through a separate round today that will contribute to their overall marks.

BIND 2011's Greek Codes

1. AETHES A (STBA Teknokrat A)
2. AETHES B (STBA Teknokrat B)
3. APHRODITE A (Universitas Indonesia A)
4. APHRODITE B (Universitas Indonesia B)
5. APHRODITE C (Universitas Indonesia C)
6. APHRODITE D (Universitas Indonesia D)
7. APOLLO A (Mahidol University A)
8. ARES A (Binus University A)
9. ARES B (Binus University B)
10. ARTEMIS A (Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta A)
11. ARTEMIS B (Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta B)
12. ATHENA A (Binus International A)
13. ATHENA B (Binus International B)
14. CHRONOS A (Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta A)
15. CHRONOS B (Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta B)
16. CUPID A (Kyushu University A)
17. HADES A (Sampoerna Business School A)
18. HELIOS A (Universitas Parahyangan A)
19. HELIOS B (Universitas Parahyangan B)
20. HERA A (London School of Public Relations A)
21. HERA B (London School of Public Relations B)
22. HERMES A (Universitas Padjajaran A)
23. IRIS A (Universitas Gadjah Mada A)
24. IRIS B (Universitas Gadjah Mada B)
25. MORPHEUS A (Universitas Tarumanegara A)
26. MORPHEUS B (Universitas Tarumanegara B)
27. NYX A (Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara A)
28. PAN A (Universitas Sebelas Maret A)
29. POSEIDON A (Institut Teknologi Bandung A)
30. POSEIDON B (Institut Teknologi Bandung B)
31. RHEA A (Universitas Lampung A)
32. SOCLACIA A (SMA Sang Timur A)
33. THEMIS A (London College of Legal Studies A)
34. THEMIS B (London College of Legal Studies B)
35. TRITON A (Universitas Diponegoro A)
36. ZEUS A (Universitas Brawijaya A)
37. ZEUS B (Universitas Brawijaya B)