by emilyerose | Jun 2, 2017 | Communication/Rhetoric, Soapbox
Here’s a question I sent to Isaiah: I’m trying to discern how we can stick true to our principles as truth-seekers and only argue for positions we believe in and still debate resolutions we inherently disagree with. Like in the ‘USFG should guarantee a...
by Joshua Hu | May 30, 2017 | Coaching, Communication/Rhetoric, Speech Events
Although I’ve had success in debate, I’ve never been a fluent nor eloquent speaker. Unfortunately, I never committed to improving my extemporaneous delivery until my senior year. This post is lengthy, but if you read through and put into practice what I’m...
by emilyerose | May 26, 2017 | Coaching, Featured, From Intermediate to Advanced
As I write this, I’m jam-packed in between all 6 of my siblings, way too many pillows, never enough snacks, and stacks of suit bags in our family’s van as we head to NITOC. The national tournament for Stoa begins Monday, NCFCA kicks off in 18 days, and NSDA kicks off...
by emilyerose | May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Blah-blah-blah. Hot off the presses! New resolutions! We’ve published four of these bad boys in the past month so you know the drill. 😉 Check out our TP analysis here as well as our analysis for Stoa’s resolutions here and here! Without further ado, here...
by emilyerose | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
The new resolutions for NCFCA have just been released! And since everyone who’s done policy debate over the past two years is DONE talking about China, we’ve got domestic resolutions out the wazoo! Let’s check them out from the perspective of four...