Why WNDI?

Individual attention 4 to 1 staff to student ratio and the vast majority of your time will be spent in small labs with four to six people and a staff member, not in a lecture room with 100 people; not in a lab with 12 to 16 people with two staff members. Practice and drills You engage in 8 drills and 10 policy or 14 LD debates with clear feedback and re-dos in just the first two weeks. Public forum debaters engage in 8 debates during their first week plus many drills. These begin on the second day of camp, so you improve day after day—not just at the very end when it is too late.
	Research You won’t go home with a few paltry pieces of evidence and you won’t spend endless hours as a research slave. Our unique staff jump-started research program gives you the tools to produce high quality evidence in large volumes. In 2007, we produced over 4,500 policy, 750 LD pages (on all ten NFL LD topics), and several hundred pages on Public Forum topics. Each debater receives prints of files they choose plus electronic versions of all of the files.
Instruction diversity You won’t get stuck in one lab with one or two lab leaders you might not work with best. We rotate labs so you work with many if not all of our staff. And you’ll work with them one-on-one, not just listening to them lecture.

Beautiful location
Whitman College is located in the Walla Walla valley at the foothills of the Blue Mountains in southeast Washington. Easily accessed via two airports as well as Greyhound, the campus is the home of our nationally recognized liberal arts school with beautiful brick buildings, grass fields, trees, and rolling streams. Modern, comfortable classrooms feature fast wireless Internet access with multiple computers and an excellent library.

Family feel
People at our camp feel connected, not isolated. Whether you are shy, into sports, critical, outgoing, whatever, you’ll find your niche. We have delicious and fun picnics, movie nights, ultimate Frisbee, live concerts, and more fun activities. We make an effort to reach out to students, to build up community, and to give people space to be who they are.

Transportation to and from the airport
Our safety certified driver will pick you up at and take you back to the Walla Walla airport free of charge or to the Pasco airport or bus station for a $20 fee each way. Check our web page for details.

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