Priya Khaitan

Eight days before the Ivy Spires Invitational, the preparation phase is over and the taper phase begins. Here is the exact distinction between the two — and why confusing them is the most common final-week error.

Misinformation in a debate round does not arrive labelled. It arrives as a confident claim with an authoritative-sounding source, a statistic with no denominator, or a narrative that embeds a false conclusion inside a sequence of true facts. Here is how to spot each one in real time — with eight days left to make the recognition a reflex.

Nine days out. Here is the complete Ivy Spires Invitational schedule — every session, every transition, every moment from registration on August 28 through the awards ceremony on August 30.