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VBT 2012: Lincoln-Douglas Results Packet
The results packets are now available for the Victory Briefs Tournament 2012.
VBT2012-LD Packet
VBT2012-LD Elim Results
VBT2012-LD Side Report
Stanford Seeks Hired Judges
Hello HS Judging Community,
The Stanford Debate Society is seeking judges for its upcoming High School Invitational from February 11-13, 2012 in Palo Alto, CA. We can use judges in all categories, but are highly interested in hiring for Varsity Policy & Lincoln Douglas debate. We will pay up to $25/round ($15/one flight) for your services.
Certain highly preferred judges may be contracted for the entire tournament and offered a package deal including housing/transportation. Feel free to inquire if you believe you are one of these people.
Please contact Brian Manuel (brian.manuel@stanforddebate.com) if you are interested in judging, as soon as possible.
For complete information, please read our invitation located at www.snfi.org
Thank you and we look forward to you joining us at Stanford!!
Brian Manuel
Director of Policy Debate
Stanford Debate Society
Stanford University
Drew McCormick wins VBT 2012
Strake Jesuit’s Drew McCormick defeated Aliso Niguel’s Regan Grishaber on a 2-1 decision. The panel for the final round was John Scoggin, Becca Traber and Adam Torson. Scoggin dissented.
More results after the jump.
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Paradigms and Principles: A Round-Up
Adam Torson posted a number of articles discussing different aspects of judging paradigms with the purpose of coming up with some norms in LD judging. For those who may have missed, here is a round-up of all of them:
Withholding Advice
… Is it appropriate for a judge to withhold advice in post-round critiques so that weaknesses in a debater’s case position or strategy can later be exploited by the judge’s own students …
Ballot Writing
… Should judges write comments and/or a reason for decision on the ballot? …
Miscut Evidence
… What should judges do when debaters use miscut evidence? …
Must Arguments be on the Flow
… Should judges require that an argument be noted on the flow in order to vote on it?…
2AR Theory
… How should judges evaluate new theory in the 2AR?…
CLEAR!
… A. Should judges yell “clear” when debaters are speaking unclearly?
B. If so, under what circumstances is it appropriate to yell clear?…
Paradigms
… A. Should a judge’s declared paradigm be subject to in-round argumentation?…
9 Issues Facing the LD Community by Mike Bietz
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