Archive for March, 2007
NFA L/D at NCCFI and next year’s camp?
Southern California hosted the National Christian College Forensics Invitational on Mar. 2nd-4th, and So. Cal did very well in competition. Open went to Quarters, and while CBU had two in quarters, Pt. Loma (San Diego area) defeated Bethel (Minnesota) in both sems for a closeout. Novice went straight to finals where Kansas Wesleyan defeated Pt. [...]
great biomass answer card
here is an interesting thing I came across in researching biomass – it turns out it’s carbon neutral! Biomass is carbon neutral – even if not burned it would still release Carbon into the environment Tiwari & Ghosal, 2005 (Renewable Energy Resources: basic principles and applications By G. N. Tiwari, M. K. Ghosal, Published 2005 [...]
interesting oil card
Came across this good oil card – could use with a variety of arguments. US Oil demand will increase under present policies Samuelson, 2006 (An Oil Habit America Cannot Break; [FINAL Edition] Robert J. Samuelson. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Oct 18, 2006. pg. A.21) Under present policies, U.S. oil demand will expand 34 percent [...]
NFA-LD Added to CCCFA!!!
Good news to report – The California Community College Forensics Association (CCCFA) has added NFA-LD as an event at the State Championship! And the REALLY good news is that it WILL NOT run against PARLI! It will run against Parli-LD and other pattern A events but people who are interested in Parli and NFA-LD will [...]
Judging NFA-LD
At the Pt Loma tournament I judged all four prelims of NFA-LD (there were no outrounds because WKY destroyed the tournament!) and learned a lot about judging the event. Here are a few key points: Speed: Competitors will go as fast as judges will let them go. In order to key the event a communication [...]
CAFE Standards
Not sure if anyone is running CAFE standards – I think this is generally a good idea but not sure if it’s renewable energy…. Here is a good negative card in case anyone runs it as a counterplan. Raising fuel economy standards would take 10 to 20 years and hardly perceptible Samuelson, 2006 (An Oil [...]
General Renewables Good
In case you need some generic renewable energy good cards here are two great ones from the Denver Post. The economy card could be very helpful in answering any economy disadvantages! General Renewables Share on Facebook
Topicality
Well…. I learned a lot about NFA-LD this year – especially that like in every format of debate teams run Topicality! I remember before APU thinking that topicality probably would not get argued much – especially against RPS which seems EXACTLY the resolution =) But I think a good topicality debate is good debate and [...]
