by Zack Voell | Oct 13, 2012 | Ethos Info
Ethos continues to welcome guest authors (debaters, coaches, or alumni) who want to contribute to our debate blog. Whether you have an opinion on a particular policy issue, a piece of evidence you’d like Ethos to publish on our blog, or ideas for strategy, we...
by Zack Voell | Sep 21, 2012 | Coaching, Communication/Rhetoric, Technique
“Humor has always played an important role in argument, sometimes as the sugar that makes the medicine go down. You can slip humor into an argument to put readers at ease, thereby making them more open to a proposal you have to offer.” Unfortunately,...
by Zack Voell | Sep 12, 2012 | From Novice to Intermediate, Technique, Tournaments
Taken/compiled from “The Debate Bible”, by Jon Bruschke Partner Interaction: 1. DO NOT interrupt your prepping partner unless they explicitly ask for your help. Immediately before they get up to speak, you get 30 seconds to tell them the 3 or 4 most...
by Zack Voell | Sep 5, 2012 | Parliamentary
Written by Dan Pugh As a college student, I rarely have time to read the news as much as I would like. I have to be economical with what I read. Part of that means picking good sources (BBC, Reuters, New York Times, The Economist, etc.). The more important part is...
