by Anthony Severin | Jul 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Counterplans, Fiat, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Uncategorized
What must an affirmative team do to win a policy debate round? The affirmative should win if they convince the judge that the audience and the debaters are better off if the judge votes affirmative. Conversely, the negative should win if they convince the judge that...
by Patrick McDonald | Jun 12, 2021 | Speaking, Technique
For most of my life, I have been an avid baseball player. The primary reason I have stuck with the sport thus far is that I find it incredibly fun to partake in, at least when my team isn’t getting pulverized. (Side-note: When you are getting pulverized, it is...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | May 25, 2021 | Speaking, Speech Events
https://pixabay.com/photos/clock-alarm-clock-watch-time-old-1274699/ It’s a simple truth that oftentimes, if we choose to make life a little bit harder for ourselves in the short term, it becomes a lot easier in the long term. In my opinion, the impromptu speech...
by Ellie Harris | May 1, 2021 | Advocacy, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative
In Voting Issues Part I, we discussed three common problems surrounding voters and how to avoid them by not running voters at all. But this doesn’t mean you should never run voters! It’s important to understand how to debate without voters, but at the same time many...
by Patrick McDonald | Apr 22, 2021 | Speaking, Technique
If you have been around forensics for any substantial length of time, you have likely, at some point, watched a truly fascinating speech, only to be left asking a single question. “Why?” Whenever this happens, the speech’s entertainment value is typically off the...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Apr 10, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Strategy, Team Policy
https://pixabay.com/photos/stress-ball-anti-stress-ball-6071852/ You’ve just delivered the greatest 2NR of your life. Certain that you’ve just won the round, you sit back in your seat with a grin. There may be one more speech left, but the round is essentially over....
