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01.29.09College Debates Hit Second LifeDebating is one of the verbal exercises that draws its strength from the intensity of a physical meeting between two or more people. That close contact and the gestures and facial expressions made during a debate are almost as critical to the arguments being made. The question, then: can debates work online? St. John's University in New York is going to give it a try. It is organizing what it is billing as "the first formal academic debate conducted in a virtual online environment." The St. John’s Debate Society members will debate the University of Vermont’s Lawrence Debate Union on ...
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