Archive for April, 2008
NFA Results
Hey Y’all, Just wanted to let you know that the hard work paid off and NFA was a great success for both Cali and NFA-LD. Pacific’s Broc Maples and Steve Farias broke to double-octs, and UNR’s Matt Hogan was also a double octa-finalist. Great Job! There was also a coaches meeting at NFA this year [...]
Wrapping up 2007-2008
This was definitely a successful season for NFA-LD in Southern California. In the next few days I’ll be posting a lot of files that people have sent in and doing a end of the season wrap up post. Throughout the summer we’ll be focusing more on learning debate basics and advanced NFA-LD strategy. Look for [...]
NFA-LD at PRP a huge success!
Phi Rho Pi has moved in the direction of electronic postings which are available here. NFA-LD, in its first year at the tournament, has 49 entries! That’s incredible! There is unfortunately no easy way to create a school list based on the posting but I imagine with 49 entries that represents at least 10-15 schools [...]
Resolutions and voting procedure for next year…
From the NFA web page: The 2008-2009 resolution will be from the Latin America topic area. The final 5 resolutions: A. RESOLVED: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following countries: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama and/or Venezuela. B. RESOLVED: The United States Federal Government should [...]
NFA Preparation
I have been preparing for NFA here at Pacific and I wanted to share some of the things I’ve observed with anyone else who might be prepping as well. Attached is an outline of my lecture notes, they cover it pretty well. I don’t know how many programs who read this site are actually going [...]
