Archive for October, 2006
New Look!
I’ve updated the look of SoCal-LD.net I hope this new design will allow for more text to be on the screen. Same great content! new great look! Share on Facebook
Demonstration Video
Thanks to Riley Schnitz (Cerritos) and Kaitlin Bundock (NAU) for allowing me to record their quarterfinal debate from the 2006 APU Cougar Classic Debate tournament. You can view the entire video here. Congratulations to both debaters for their success in the event! Share on Facebook
Wikipedia – Renewable Energy
I think Wikipedia is a great resource to start researching on this year’s topic. I just came across their main renewable energy page and it has tons of information on lots of different forms of renewable energy. After a tournament I think this would be a great place to go and begin your negative research [...]
2006 APU Cougar Classic
2006 APU Cougar Classic NFA-LD Results. Congratulations to everyone who did NFA-LD! With 19 entries it was easily the largest NFA-LD tournament in Southern California. Here are the awards: Quarters Cerritos S Riley Schnitz Pepperdine P Zachary Parsons Northern Arizona R Travis Risner SD Christian B Darren Burdett Semis Univ of Pacific D Raman Deol [...]
Hydrogen Cars
Here are some good negative cards against hydrogen cars. This is a really neat case in that it will probably actually happen in the next few years =) Imagine that – you debate a topic all year long, and then in 10 years, when you are filling up your car with hydrogen instead of gas, [...]
Biomass File
Here are some cards for your Biomass Neg File from the UVM high school evidence packet – it was published in 1998. Most of the cards are quite dated – but this hopefully is a good start for your research. Take the ideas from these cards and find more recent ones. Thanks to Danny Iberri-Shea, [...]
Topicality
I’m not sure how much topicality gets argued in NFA-LD rounds, but here are two files that should help you get started. One is on the word “adopt” (Thanks to John Boyer, Lafayette College) and the other is “renewable energy.” My viewpoint is that it’s always good to have topicality to fall back on if [...]
Global Warming
One of the reasons I think this year’s NFA-LD topic is so great for new debaters is that almost all of your debates will include a discussion of global warming. This type of generic position (which may get boring by the end of the year) allows new competitors to dive into most rounds with some [...]
Generic Counterplans
From Mike Marse (Cal Baptist’s coach) Let me welcome myself to this blog by offering many thanks to Danny for this wonderful forum. I am very excited about the number of LD entries at the APU tournament this weekend, and really appreciate his willingness to post his own team’s affirmative. I thought this would be [...]
RPS
Renewable Porfolio Standards is a great case for this year’s topic. It is a policy directly aimed at “increasing the production of energy from renewable sources.” Here is a set of evidence for RPS Here is an Affirmative Case, Aff Answers, and Neg Answers. Good luck! Share on Facebook
Wind Power Neg
Got a great email from Brandon Smith, Debate Captain at Abilene Christian University, who wanted to help out with the site and the growth of NFA-LD in Southern California. He sent some great cards for your Wind Power – Negative file. I reformated a few of the cards and added a table of contents. Thanks [...]
Introduction to NFA-LD in NFA Journal
Came across this great article by Audra R. Diers, Mesa State College in the NFA Journal v23. It has a lot of great background information on NFA-LD! Click here for the article. Share on Facebook
