Archive for January, 2007

Sun God Results

Congratulations to the 5 LD competitors who did NFA-LD at the 2007 UCSD Sun God Invitational! We broke straight to a final round where San Diego Christian’s Darren Burdett defeated Cerritos’ Riley Schnitz on a 3-2 decision. Competing at the tournament were Cerritos’ Riley Schnitz, Jesus Caro, and Angel Castellanos, UCSD’s Zack Schultz, and San [...]

Writing a Case, pt 2 of 5, research

Here are some general tips for researching NFA-LD: Researching is important in any format of debate whether it be policy or parli. It’s just that what you do with the evidence is different. I know that when I was competing in parli keeping up with the news by reading the economist – along with specific [...]

Writing a Case, pt 1 of 5, overview

I thought it might be helpful to illustrate the case writing process. Over the next five posts I will be writing a case on solar power satellites – a interesting and fun case on this year’s topic. I’ll go over my research process, card cutting tricks, and case construction. These are the four steps to [...]

2007 Southern California LD Championships Invite

Cerritos College is proud to host the first ever Southern California LD Championships on Friday, February 18, 2007.  The tournament will feature an open division of NFA-LD with four rounds of preliminary competition and outrounds appropriate to the size of the field.  For the NFA-LD division all community college and university students are welcome to [...]

SCUDL – CSU Fullerton – Invite Available

Erick Roebuck (of Biola) just posted the invitation for the SCUDL Swing tournament held at CSU Fullerton Jan 26-28, 2007. This year the tournament will feature a swing of parli and NFA-LD! It should feature great competition. Here is a copy of the invitation. SCUDL Invite Share on Facebook