EDS UI has successfuly defended the champion title of ALSA e-COMP Debating Championship. With a split decision, EDS UI A is crowned as this year’s champion, winning the championship back-to-back. This is EDS UI’s first champion trophy in 2012.
After five preliminary rounds, EDS UI A (Aulia Anggita Larasati, Dennys V. Kapa, Albert Santoso) and EDS UI B (Ade Bimi, Colley Windya, Nisna) both managed to proceed to the eliminary rounds, breaking 4th and 11th consecutively. While EDS UI B must stop their journey at the octofinal round against Universitas Bakrie, EDS UI A managed to proceed to the final round.
In the final round, EDS UI A faced UGM, champion of the 2007 ALSA e-COMP. They debated upon the motion “THBT the West should stop using proxy war to resolve further conflict” in the final round. With a 5-2 split decision, EDS UI steps out as the winner of the tournament.
Dennys V. Kapa of EDS UI A is in the top ten best speakers list, standing at number eight. His teammates Aulia Anggita Larasati and Albert Santoso are also in the top twenty five best speakers list. EDS UI also tops the adjudicators list, with five members and alumnis in the top ten adjudicators list
After South East Asia English Olympics (SEO) last year, Binus University upgraded the level of the competition into Asian. This is an annual Olympic held by Binus University year to year and has resounded throughout Indonesia and some neighbouring countries. This year EDS UI sent 3 teams for debate and 3 delegates in speech competition. This year’s participant was not only from Indonesia, but also from Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines. As for the result EDS UI A (Bramesada – Fpsi 08 and Albert santoso – FT 10) and EDS UI C (Elghafiky – FE 10 and Terry Muthahari – FISIP 11) reached Quarter final round, while EDS UI B (Aulia Anggita – FISIP 10 and Stella Kusumawardhani – FISIP 10) reached Semi final round. In speech Achmad Reza Mardian (FIK 10) got into Semi final round, while Oktorilla Fiskasianita (FIK 09) and Asih Dwi Hayu Pangesti (FIK 08) reached only into quarter round.
Throughout the debate, EDS UI Teams met top -ranked teams such as NUS, Petronas University, and other well-known debate teams. Bramesada (EDS UI A) got 8th Best Speaker on the main tabulation and trespassed several top-notched speakers from other institution like, NUS and Petronas. Aulia Angita (EDS UI B) and Elghafiky Bimardhika (EDS UI C) shared place on 9th Best Speaker on the main tabulation, while Terry Muthahari (EDS UI C), who actually got 10th Best Speaker on the main tabulation, ranked 1st on Novice Speaker Category. University of Indonesia was ranked 3rd on overall institution score.