Etch Announcement!

Here is the much anticipated (and promised) Etch announcement!

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Etch by Ethos on Prezi

 

In addition, we’re looking for a permanent staff of interns for Etch!

If you’re interested in joining the team and being apart of this monumentous project, then email us . . . → Read More: Etch Announcement!

Etch by Ethos.

More information coming within the week. Be excited.

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Knowledge is Power, Or, How I Win Debate Rounds.

Debate has failed me. Over five years of competition, my quality of life was directly proportional to the amount of files I printed. I thought a catchy opener might be stunning numbers of how many forests I, Peter Voell, killed during my high school tenure.  Sadly, I have only eliminated 5.99880024 trees, according to data . . . → Read More: Knowledge is Power, Or, How I Win Debate Rounds.

Parli Case Structures

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What’s a Kritical Aff

I received a question over the weekend: What’s a Kritical aff and how does it work? I decided to respond to the whole debate community as the issue is so commonly misunderstood.

The truth is, people mean several different things when they say “Kritical Aff”. Do you know someone who says they are trying one? . . . → Read More: What’s a Kritical Aff

Quick Kritik Responses: An Example

Today’s post is an example of a Kritik and some potential responses. The K itself is geared at a higher level of both debate theory and political theory understanding and the responses also debate at a higher level of debate theory.

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So first off, here’s a shell of the K. It’s essentially a . . . → Read More: Quick Kritik Responses: An Example

Three Ways to Improve Your 1AC

Thanks to our dual sourcebook manager, Lydia Bode, for writing today’s post.

The 1AC is important. But I’m sure you already knew that – or at least, think you know that. Which is why I’m sitting here wondering why almost everybody thinks of the 1AC as “an eight minute speech with a plan text”. Those . . . → Read More: Three Ways to Improve Your 1AC

Ethos Sourcebook Released!

After an intense summer teaching over 400 students nationwide at our debate camps, Ethos is happy to announce that we have also completed the 6th edition of our Sourcebook. At over 1,300 pages each, the Stoa and NCFCA sourcebooks are the best tools to start (and, according to many users, finish) your debate season.

Our . . . → Read More: Ethos Sourcebook Released!

Online Instruction: Register by 8/26

Ethos summer debate camps are fantastic, but there’s one problem: students can only learn and practice so much in five days. Being the solving type, we created: weekly instruction during the fall semester. This is exciting, because it allows students to be coached for a whole semester, creating the opportunity for continued study, practice, and improvement.

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A Different Way to Run a Tournament: “Fun Tournament” Feedback

~~CORRECTION: I had previously erroneously reported that the negative review from an alumni was from someone who was not at the tournament the whole time. In fact, the alumni WAS at the tournament the whole time. Apologies~~

Back in March I posted about the Vector Fun Tournament, a tournament we ran as a national pilot . . . → Read More: A Different Way to Run a Tournament: “Fun Tournament” Feedback