Bill West Memorial Tournament at NOC Enid
2016 — OK/US
Varsity Policy Paradigm List
All Paradigms: Show HideExperience: 2yrs HS debater for Cherokee HS. 4yrs Collegient debater for NOC-Tonkawa and Ferris State University. This is my 6th year to coach HS debate: 5yrs at Cherokee, 1yr at Trinity Academy Wichita KS.
Judging Paradigm: Have no problem with speed reading, although I do use audience presentation to evaluate speaker points/ranks (not necessarily argument effectiveness and/or creativity). Generally, I use stock issues, specifically harms, solvency and of course, topicality to make a policy-maker decision in most rounds. I am not opposed to K AFFs so long as the alternative is a policy that could be deployed in the real world (or even a hypothetical world). I'm somewhat more lenient on NEG K alt's, although I dislike generic alt's like "reject the aff" or "anything but X". I'd prefer alt's that lend to solvency clash compared to these generic alt's. I'll listen to T, but dislike it being run as a time-suck. I'll listen to generic DAs. I'll listen to CPs: I'd prefer non-T CPs but T CPs are okay as long as they solve for AFF harms and are competitive. I'll listen to framework and theory arguments.
If further questions exist of how I evalute rounds, beyond this paradigm, ask me! I like to think I'm approachable, and I enjoy discussing policy debate.