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Judge Intervention is Academic Colonialism
As we approach the announcement of this years LD resolution, I find it pertinent to attempt to start up a discussion on judge intervention. Additionally, judge intervention is an issue in debate that I’m particularly passionate about, hence my desire to start up a dialogue on the issue. So I decided to post this short [...]
Winning LD in Cross Examination
Despite there only being a few LD tournaments left, I find it pertinent to discuss the importance of establishing perceptual credibility with your critic. One of the big complaints from Negative debaters this year is the lack of generic offensive arguments which most topics provide. For example, last year there were generic DA’s on decreasing [...]
CP Ground in LD
Considering the fact that this Sunday is the So Cal LD Championship tournament (held at Cerritos College), I find it pertinent to spark up some discussion on the utility of the counter-plan in Lincoln-Douglas debate. A good CP can be a lifesaver, in both Parli and LD. CP’s allow the Negative to admit that the [...]
Lincoln Douglas Round Robin for So Cal
As my esteemed colleague and former teammate Robert suggested, I think an end of the year Round Robin for So Cal LD debaters would be awesome for a number of reasons: 1. It would provide an extra incentive to compete at more tournaments. If debaters know that they have a shot at being offered a [...]
Reflections on the LD Tournament at APU Pt. 2
Round 3: El Camino BS (NEG) vs. Cal Baptist VR (AFF) Critic: Ed Martel Case was to make LSD (magical mushrooms as he called them) a Schedule 2 Drug, thus allowing research and for states to now allow it to be prescribed by licensed medical professionals. Your basic research Aff. In general, I think research [...]
Reflections on the LD Tournament at APU
Hey folks! If you competed this weekend, and you’re an average human being, chances are you are still resting up from that behemoth of a tournament. I for one, am still exhausted and probably won’t fully recuperate until later in the week. Despite the toll it took on all of us, I’m confident that most [...]
Research Process for APU
Being the first big LD tournament of the year, the Negative research burden is always the biggest worry for most debaters. What can you do to make sure your tub has viable Negative cards/strategies? Well to be honest, nothing. For this tournament, hardly any (no one?) LD debaters will be running camp Affirmatives (this is [...]
LD at the California Double Up
As many (hopefully all) of you know, the first major LD tournament of the year will be October 17th at Azusa Pacific University. I, for one, am really excited to see what cases people are running and what negative arguments people will be advancing. The LD tournament at APU last year was my first time [...]
Survey for possible LD Camp
Hey everyone! As the season nears many of us are sitting in anticipation, cutting cards (hopefully), waiting for the Lafayette camp evidence to come out so we can start getting some practice rounds in. Seeing to the fact that we will all have this evidence in the next week or so, Zach Moss and Matthew [...]
Let the fun begin!
Greetings fellow LD’ers! I figured I should formally introduce myself and share some of my aspirations for the upcoming year. As most of you know, my name is David Saulet (many simply call me “Bear”) and I attend, and debate for, El Camino College. This will technically be my 3rd year of debate, although I [...]
