The season wasn’t going so well. We had been almost undefeated debating neg, but our affs had been losing rounds we felt like we should have been winning. Something was not working. We had changed cases, changed speaker positions, rewritten cases, expanded our...
Earlier this week, Isaiah made a video for Stoa debaters instructing them on the best way to take advantage of the vast resources that LexisNexis provides. Whether you’re a Value or Policy debater, NCFCA or Stoa member, make sure to take a few minutes (6, to be...
A few days ago, Ethos Head Coach Isaiah McPeak and Ethos Coach Devin Radford tackled this year’s LD resolution for the NCFCA. It’s one of Isaiah and Devin’s first debate rounds of the season. Use it as an example of where some rounds could go…...
In our second backgrounder on the Stoa Team Policy resolution, we examine one of the most controversial tools farms use to control those pesky weeds: herbicides. Ever since the creation of the first modern herbicide, 2.4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (or 2,4-D),...
Today we begin our series of Backgrounders on the NCFCA Team Policy resolution with an overview of one of the most contentious issues surrounding China’s foreign policy: The South China Sea. This issue has been building in intensity over the past few years and has...
