by Jala Boyer | Apr 15, 2022 | Speech Events, Uncategorized
It barely counts as a speech category, right? I mean, every time someone lists out the the speeches that they are competing in, they always end with, “Oh yeah, and I’m competing in impromptu”. It sometimes feels as if impromptu has been permanently...
by Nathanael Arroyave | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
(Image Credit: Pixabay) Before we begin this round- er, this article, I think it’s best that we look at some points of Resolutional Analysis. Let’s take a look at the resolutions presented to us by the Stoa board. It’s important to understand the choices we’re making...
by Anthony Severin | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
We debaters are taught that having nothing to say is bad. We have been taught that “I don’t know what I think about that” is is not an acceptable response under cross-examination. We are pushed to evaluate and respond immediately. When the...
by Ben Brown | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mere days ago, NCFCA and Stoa announced that, in response to several practices in debate they disagree with, they will be implementing several new rule changes for their upcoming tournaments. In this article, we hope to give you a comprehensive summary of these...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
I really really like charts and outlines, so when I was debating I would organize a lot of my note on the best ways to debate in charts or outlines. Recently I’ve been trying to go through all my notes and update them with all the new knowledge I’ve gained on how to...
by Noah McKay | Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Speaker points” is an appropriate but potentially misleading label for the individual scores debaters receive on their ballots. One widespread misconception (especially among LD debaters) is that the “speaker” in “speaker points” refers to the quality of a...
