2008

"Kids need community's help to success," Baltimore Examiner, June 9, 2008. During a single week in April, two Baltimore City public school graduates won the national college debating championship - the first African-Americans to do so - and a video of an altercation between a Baltimore City student and teacher was posted on YouTube and made national in_the_news...By Jonathan Brice.

"Towson U. debaters take national championship," Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2008. Dayvon Love and Deven Cooper don't object to being called argumentative. They thrive on it. The two members of Towson University's debate team happily accepted congratulations yesterday after winning a national championship - the Cross Examination ... By Nick Madigan.

"Gangsta rap's day of poetic justice," Baltimore Sun, February 13, 2008. To punctuate her point during a high school debate competition that gangsta rap has no place in society, Denaya Barnes ended her oral argument with - what else - a rap: 'I propose that hip-hop has the struggle, and you fake MC's need to be muzzled...' By Gus G. Sentementes

"Students take to radio airwaves to encourage their peers to vote," Baltimore Examiner, January 23, 2008. From the basement of a West Baltimore high school, students take to the airwaves on whether to lower the voting age to 16. In the next room, teenagers out voter registration forms on the last day to so...By Kelsey Volkmann.

"After-school special," Urbanite Magazine, January 2008. It's an unlikely spot for a meeting. I'm sitting in the corner of a vast unlit warehouse in a bleak section of Charles Village...I'm talking with Donald and Thibault Manekin, the father-son team behind Seawall Development Company. By Greg Hanscom

2007

"Finding their voices," Washington Post magazine, August 26, 2007.

Encouraging struggling students to argue may seem a debatable strategy. But there's no arguing with success...Iggy and Jermol are participants in what began nine years ago as a pilot program in eight Baltimore schools to teach democracy -- as well as critical thinking, basic literacy and research skills -- to underprivileged urban kids but has snowballed into a wildly popular competition drawing more than 1,000 students from 60 schools to Baltimore's tournaments on any given weekend. By Karen Houppert.

"No debate about BUDL at Opportunity Summit," Baltimore Times, March 25, 2007. When it comes to debate, the Baltimore Urban Debate League has always been up to the challenge. Saturday was no expection. Although they were excited to be at Baltimore's Safe and Sound Campaigns's Second Baltimore Opportunity Summit at the Baltimore Convention Center, there was just no room at the inn. By Ron Kipling Williams

2005

Baltimore’s best young orators: ‘For arguments sake’ – March 19, 2005, The Baltimore Afro-American

The American Dream Debated – January 2005, Urbanite Magazine

2004

Debate: The New Teaching Method – December 10, 2004, The Baltimore Afro-American

Walbrook's New Fire – November 27, 2004, The Baltimore Afro-American

Walbrook Debate Team Rules – November 13, 2004, The Baltimore Afro-American

A Student Competition Where Every Word Counts – October 15, 2004, The Baltimore Sun

Mayor O'Malley Proclaims February "Public Debate Month" – February 2004

2003

For teens, finding voice was a matter of debate - June 7, 2003, The Baltimore Sun

2002

League of Their Own – June 17, 2002, U.S. News & World Report

High School Students Argue World Issues - – February 2, 2002, The Towerlight

2001

Transcript of Radio Debate between BUDL and NYUDL aired on Marc Stiener show on October 31st, 2001

Arguing the Point – August 29, 2001, Citypaper

Can Debate Leagues Work Where Conventional School Reforms Don't? - August 29,2001, Citypaper

2000

Raising Their Voices - June 18, 2000, The Baltimore Sun

Keynote Speeches