by Joshua R | Mar 1, 2011 | Research Tips, Strategy
I am not writing this to convince you that a plan advocate is needed for your plan. I will assume you’ve read the first two links at the bottom of my post* before this, and are agreed: You need a plan advocate. But Affirmatives aren’t the only ones that...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 15, 2011 | Coaching, Featured, Strategy, Video
Ethos author Drew Chambers (and partner Katie Bode) paired off against fellow Vector team Chloe Lorence and Rachell Smith in semifinals at last week’s Region IX tournament. Drew and Katie went on to win the tournament (their second tournament win in three...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 1, 2011 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy, Video
In quarterfinals at NCFCA Nationals 2010, Josiah McPeak and Patrick Shipsey were negative against a team that had lost their AFF case once the entire year. Obviously, this team couldn’t be beat on their own ground. Through some in-depth analysis, Patrick and...
by Patrick S | Jan 23, 2011 | Technique
My grandfather might be the scariest man I know. He’s a nuclear physicist who’s taught at universities all over the world. He was intimately involved in the Mars Rover project in the 1970’s. When you ask him if he has been to Area 51, he sighs and...
by Zack Voell | Jan 18, 2011 | Strategy
Games. We play games in everyday life. Chess teaches us strategic thinking. Chess masters learn the stratagems necessary to win the game. Many card games teach the power of bluffing an opponent and are quite strategic in nature. We even apply the concepts we learn in...
by Andrew Min | Dec 27, 2010 | Strategy
I’m a true policy debater at heart. I’m applying to schools as a political science major and RealClearPolitics is to me what Gawker is to gossip queens. And I seem to have alienated all of my non-debate friends by constantly going on and on about India or the...
