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CDC Congressional Debaters Excel at 3 Tournaments! 

In Ohio, on December 13, at Glenoak, 4 of the top 10 congressional debaters in the final session were former CDC campers: Arjun Tuli won 2nd place, Grace Swihart won 5th, James Page won 8th, and Andrew Hetrick won 10th. At Olentangy, Calvin Wisniewski won 1st place in his chamber, and Meera Srini won 5th place in her chamber. And at Vermilion, Matthew Lewis won 1st place. 
 
In LD, at Glenoak, Neil Heckman won 2nd place, Reese Dunnington advanced to the semis, Amelia Butler made it to quarters, and Sophia Gehring and Radha Kontamwar both reached the octafinals. At Vermilion, Grace Voudris won 1st place and Reagan Carnes won 3rd. 
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In PF, at Glenoak, Jack Shein and Ben Lyndall advanced to semis, Aleka Dodla and Hannah Rosenfeld and Ava Flansburg and Alara Ozcan made it to quarters. And Maverick O'Hara and Ben Sayer, Sanvi Jha and Anushka Doshi, and Cameron Stansifer and Ellie D'Intino all reached the octa-finals.  
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CDC Debaters Start December by Closing Out GMU Patriot Games! 

In Virginia, at the 2025 George Mason University Patriot Games, Anshul Sharma and Sahas Chhabra were co-champions in LD. Anshul and Sahas both debate for University School, coached by CDC co-founder James Lewis. Anshul attended CDC in 2023 and 2024, and Sahas attended in 2025. Evelyn Turner advanced to the semifinal round. Venya Gulati made it to the quarters, and Zach Thies made it to the octafinal round. In PF, the team of Zaid Anwar and Nolan Samuels advanced to the octafinals. 
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In Ohio, at New Philadelphia, CDC LDers won 3 of the top 6 places: Neil Heckman won 1st, Reese Dunnington won 2nd, and Ben Kurian won 4th. At Perrysburg, CDC LDers also won 3 places: Shobhit Goel won 2nd, Abbie Saxen won 3rd, and Ethan Thomas won 6th. And at Olmsted Falls, Thomas Daly won 1st in LD, and the team of Sanvi Jha and Anushka Doshi won 3rd in PF. 
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More results and pictures will be posted as we receive them. Campers, please email us your good news and your photos from your tournaments! We love to hear from you!
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Watch the Final LD Round of the CDC2025 Camp Tournament on the Jan-Feb Topic!

The topic of the final round was Resolved: The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral, which is the reolution that will be debated in January and February 2026.  Joyce Xiao of Lewis House was on the AFF, and Amelia Butler of Edith House was on the NEG. Enjoy the round!
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CDC PF Instructor Abraham Paik Finishes the Appalachian Trail in 4 months and 2 days!

After graduating from college and attending the 2025 NSDA national tournament, Abraham started the Trail on June 23 and finished it on October 25. He hiked all 2197 miles of the Trail. Abraham said his only regret was missing CDC2025. He is committed to returning to Classic Debate Camp in 2026 for his fifth year as a PF instructor. Two of the students he coached at CDC have become CDC instructors themselves, Bohan Pan and Matthew Walton. See Abraham's bio here.  
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Classic Debate Camp Is Moving to Oberlin College! 

 
We have decided to make this move to Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, for two main reasons. First, we believe it will make our camp geographically more accessible to the majority of debaters in Ohio, who are concentrated in the OSDA districts that are in the northern part of the state. Second, the move brings us a lot closer to a larger airport, the Cleveland Hopkins Airport, which will make transportation to camp easier for out-of-state students and staff members. While we will certainly miss some things about Miami University, we believe that the Oberlin College campus and facilities will fulfill all the needs of our program and our campers very well. We hope you will join us at Oberlin College in July 2026!
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