by Harrison Durland | Sep 21, 2019 | Announcements, Ethos Info, For Alumni
Have you ever wanted to share your views on aspects of speech and debate with an audience? To tell others about a drill you found really effective for practicing? To help debaters overall take their debating to the next level? Personally, I loved sharing my thoughts...
by Harrison Durland | Sep 9, 2019 | For Alumni, Judging/Judges, Soapbox, Team Policy
In the previous article in this series, I broadly described hybrid and purist judging approaches, but I didn’t dive into comparing the approaches’ pros and cons. Thus, I will devote this article to outlining some of the main arguments I see for and against each...
by Harrison Durland | Aug 16, 2019 | For Alumni, Judging/Judges, Soapbox
Yes, I absolutely used to sneer at community judging—as well as anything else that I didn’t see as very flow-heavy and “objective.” Thus, in high school I resolved that when I returned to judge policy debate I would be a righteous and noble flow monk, steadfast in...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 24, 2019 | Best Resources, Communication/Rhetoric, Featured, For Alumni, From Advanced to National-Class, Question and Answer, Stoa, Team Policy, Technique, Uncategorized
Last year, Ethos brought on Jadon Buzzard as a coach and sourcebook writer. From the beginning, Jadon showed a real knack for grasping Ethos’ core mission and teaching it to his students. Today – we sit down with Jadon and talk about his debate career, and...
by Anna Johansen | Sep 22, 2018 | Communication/Rhetoric, For Alumni, Soapbox
On Wednesday, I told you that we’re on the hunt for some new Ethos team members. Since then, I’ve gotten resumes, writing samples–and questions. Questions about Ethos, about the blog, about writing. And as I look over them, I keep coming back to one...
by Anna Johansen | Sep 19, 2018 | Ethos Info, For Alumni
One day in September, I got an email welcoming me to the Ethos team. I’d seen a post asking for applicants, sent in my resume, and landed a spot as a blogger. That was two years ago, almost to the day. Since then, I’ve gotten to see hundreds of posts from other...
