It was a sad day for the history of Woman Kind when it turned out that Lady Gaga was no longer a Lady. Furthermore, when the only affair on Margaret Iron-Man Thatcher's record was the Westland Affair 1986  - where she was allegedly fully dressed the whole time - women of the globe feel the pain of it. But no more. One splendid Friday 25th - Monday28th September Macquarie University hosted a magical National Women's Intervarsity Tournamentfor 2009. Women's is heralded as having the most delicious + fancy foodand cutest cocktails out of all the Debating Champs, though this standard only really surfaced after Anh Tran Nam pionerred Women's in2008.  Women's is a celebration of the development of female excellence in debating. It explains why so many of the top ranked debaters in the world such as Lauren Humphrey, Naomi Oreb and Sarah Lynch  (the Adjudication Core for 2009) are excessively feminine and why UNSW Debsoc, for instance, has had to instigate a Recruit Men and Boys back into Debsoc Emergency Initiative Plan no. 2089932.

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After some grueling competition, the contingent for the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships has been announced!

The UNSW Debating Society would like to thank the lovely people at Magazines4Students who are great supporters of the UNSW Debating Society and who kindly donated the Time Magazine packs you would have received if you signed up at our O-Week Stall.

On behalf of the University of New South Wales Debating Society, we are delighted to invite your school to participate in the UNSW Schools Day program in 2009!

On Monday 13 October, the DebSoc AGM was held.

There were no constitutional amendments to be passed.  The sole purpose was to elect a new executive committee.  Positions are as follows:

On 1 July, a second schools tournament was for years 5 through to 8.  This followed on from our successful intermediate/senior tournament held in February.

In the primary division, Abbotsleigh School for Girls topped the table, and in the junior division, Sydney Boys High School retained the title they have never lost in the three years we have run tournaments.