Archive for November, 2008
What happens during a NFA-LD debate round? Pt 1 of 2
If you are brand new to debate and/or NFA-LD debate, you may be wondering what happens during a typical debate round. This series will try to give you an understanding of what to expect. This post will cover the constructives and the next post will cover the rebuttals. As always, feel free to comment if [...]
Generic Neg Evidence
As PSCFA Fall Champs approaches I’m sure a lot of students will be attending their first NFA-LD tournament of the semester. One of the things that always reassured me as a debater was to have a set of evidence that would apply to 99% of cases the affirmative can run. Here is a set of [...]
UOP LD Results!
Hey Folks, Below are the results from the Paul Winters at UOP last weekend. This is the first partial doubles break of NFALD on the west coast, and one of the rare ones nationally. All 3-1 records cleared. Special thanks to those who traveled from So-cal and other districts to come to the tournament we [...]
Wow – inaccurate quotations from the McCain campaign?
We’ve talked about how to cut evidence before but it’s always a good thing to brush up on. Cards are the evidence that you read during a debate round. They should include three things: Tag, Citation, Quotation. The tag is a one sentence summary of the point of the article. Avoid powertagging or removing qualifiers [...]
GO VOTE
Enough said. If you’re in San Diego County Orange County Los Angeles County San Bernardino Riverside No excuses. Share on Facebook
Interesting Article on Cuba Economy
Great article from INHT available here. Discusses both the fact that Cuba’s economy is was growing before the hurricane, and that the way the Cuban economy is measured may be circumspect. Good article to cut for both aff and neg! Cuba’s measurement of GDP includes spending on free health care, education through college and monthly [...]
