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2010 NFA-LD Coop Evidence Now Available
Hey folks, The LD Coop evidence has been released by John Boyer for general consumption. You can download the full set at this link: http://www.net-benefits.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=439&d=1283189995 I attended the camp, so I’ll just give a little overview of the evidence. But first, a word of caution. This evidence is released by John Boyer and the camp [...]
Qualified Judging in a World of Specialization
There’s been a lot of discussion about the nature of judging vis-à-vis Michael Miller’s previous post, found here. I’m not going to talk about speed, at least not in-depth; my feelings on this were made pretty clear in my comments within the aforementioned post. But I’d like to use the discussion as a jumping off [...]
And the Resolution Is…
The resolution for 2010-2011 is up on the NFA website – a few days early, I might add! There were five potential topics, listed here. Of those, NFA member schools voted for their top choices, and the following resolution was selected: Be it resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially reform the provision of [...]
2010 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative
John Boyer has released details for the 2010 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative, to be held once again at Otterbein College in suburban Columbus, Ohio. Here is his message, originally posted on Net Benefits: The NFA-LD Debate Cooperative is BACK! Dates: July 31st – August 8th Location: Otterbein College – Westerville, Ohio Cost: $400.00 Registration Deadline: July [...]
Affirmative Side Bias
First, I want to congratulate everyone for a fantastic season of NFA-LD in Southern California. The activity is growing by leaps and bounds and there are some phenomenally talented debaters in our area. I’m going to use this forum to discuss one of the biggest problems that NFA-LD had this year – affirmative side bias. [...]
Sunset Cliffs – Open Field Report
The Sunset Cliffs Invitational, hosted by Point Loma Nazarene University in sunny San Diego is now just a week away. As of Sunday afternoon, there were 40 teams representing 14 schools from eight states. This is truly a phenomenal field – by far the largest and most competitive in Southern California this year. I’ll start [...]
APU and a Fresh Perspective
Greetings! For those readers who may find my name unfamiliar, my name is Nick Matthews. I am a first-year student at UCLA, where I am competing in both NFA-LD and parliamentary debate. In high school, I was a policy debater for four years, competing at both the local and the national level. Now that I’m [...]
