I want to hear all your arguments, even if they feel like a stretch. Be creative!

As a judge, I am to objectively evaluate the arguments presented to me, by the standards presented to me in round to make my decision and see who has most effectively proven their case. I will be weighing based on the quality of arguments, evidence, and logical reasoning; I keep personal biases and preferences out of the debate world. I'm an open policy debater and am pretty flexible and am okay with about any speed as long as you can be clear and articulated. Roadmaps, Signposting, and Eye Contact are all important factors of a debate and go into consideration when giving speaker points.

Burden of Proof-the aff has the burden to present a compelling case that affirms the resolution, is better than the squo, and as the Neg it's your team's job to refute the aff's case and show me why I should prefer your case.

Argumentation- I will assess the strengths of the arguments presented by each team; looking for a clear, logical, and well-structured case and how you can support your contentions. You tell me and justify the quality of evidence, relevance, and how you incorporate it into the debate.

Clash- I love it! Very important to debate and the whole reason we're here! I'm looking for debaters who will engage with each other's points and directly address the issues of the debate.

Voting Issues- You should explicitly identify the reasons to vote for your side, and have evidence to back you up. Tell mewhy you deserve the vote.

Topicality-if you're going to bring it up it better be justified, have evidence to back it up, and you can tell me as the judge why it's important to me in the debate world to vote on T. If by your last speech, your the Neg and you still are going for T; you should be 100% in. T is important in the debate world and we're here for an educational and interesting debate. I want to see that.

K's- ew. If you're going to bring up a K it should be justified and you better understand it; I don't appreciate wasting a round away to Kritik's and theory in general. I believe there is always a time for those arguments, be able to identify when those times are. And PLEASE if you're going to bring it up; have the evidence with it.

I come into the debate as a neutral party and I want you guys to tell me what I should believe and why I should believe it. I will follow the rules but it's also imperative that you can call each other out and make those arguments for yourself. If there is any kind of ill-mannered comments or statements about someone based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual/gender orientation; I will immediately dock your speaker points and it could cost you the debate. The debate world is heavily reliant on logic and analytical analysis, but ethics are still an important part that comes into play and I should see them represented.

Migyelle Ganuelas

Junction City '27

My names pronounced "Miguel"; I know it can be confusing for a lot of people :(.

(Get my crumbl or a coke and I'll love you forever)

I don't really mind what you run, but policy debate does have a set a rule, and don't break/bend them.

I'll be judging mostly novice, so if you're running a K/CP, explain why it is relevant and links/outweighs the aff. Also, please talk at a speed and with clarity so I can understand you. I have competed with people who spread and have lost the round because the judge couldn't understand them.

Don't be rude or discriminatory in any way shape or form; you'll auto-lose the round, no further explaining.

Random Stuff

I outweigh probability>timeframe>magnitude

Please don't lie in the 2AR and use the neg block to your advantage.

I don't like paper debate, it's abusive and unfair.

Add me to the speechdrop so I can flow the round.

Don't make CX uncomfortable/aggressive.

Make eye contact to me, judges will take that as a reason to vote you in the novice division.

Impacts like poverty and structural violence outweigh extinction and nuclear war for me.

Don't go for T in the novice division; it's blatantly topical.

Make sure your DA has UQ,L,IL,I.

Tell me why squo does/doesn't solve.

Rebuttals are super important to me

HAVE FUN ! :)

I am a current third year debater at Eisenhower high school.

Don't be a bully because at the end of the day debate is just a game.

I will only flow cards that are signposted and tagged clearly.

I will not flow cards that I cannot hear you read. I should not have to rely on files to understand your evidence.

Line by line is good in rebuttals but don't forget to analyze it for me and tell me why you win on each argument.

I generally fall under the tabula rasa category when judging

Hi its Katelyn I'm a 4th Year debater it's me, so you could say I'm ready for it.

I am a Stock issues and Tabula Rasa judge. I will be flowing, but i want you to essentially write it for me TELL ME WHAT TO FLOW. not only will this make it easier for me to judge but it will also be very helpful for you and your opponents to have a good organized round.

For speed, I'm okay with speed reading just make sure your able to explain your cards afterwards to make it fully clear, and if you are going to spread make sure you can actually do it well. PLEASE SPEAK WELL, once again its just going to make it easier for everyone and I want to listen to something that you actually seem INTERESTED in.

For the overall round please explain your cards and state how they relate to the other teams arguments I WANT CLASH. also please please please have a road map for the beginning of each of your speeches once again it will just make it easier for everyone (exception for the 1AC of course unless you have framework). I really appreciate focusing on the stock issues but please don't let that be the only thing you bring up in the debate.

Rebuttals please run through the entire debate I appreciate the wording of "They said" "We said" its just once again very helpful for everyone. Just keep them neat organized, and I'm looking for impact calc here once again TELL ME WHAT TO FLOW.

I also want to mention that I won't decide who wins in the constructive speeches I will wait for every single speech to speak. So please don't give up if you feel your losing you still have time to sway me.

Also just for fun you can make any Taylor Swift references you might just make my day and get extra credit but you wont be graded on a curve.

Pet Peeves:

- Rudeness

- Saying you're going to lose the round before it even starts or even in the room for me to hear

- Talking AT me instead of TO me

- Not taking the round seriously (wasting everyone's time)

Examples:

- Say the Neg Answered all stock issues well enough that the majority of their arguments flow I will vote for the Neg.

- Neg will win on Topicality.

- CP it depends I feel it removes a lot of ground and it can be hard to win with but it is possible.

- Aff chooses framework and team that best fits that framework will win.

• I LOVE TURN ARGS and if you debate those well you will win (depends on the rest of the round of course).

TLDR:

Talk good. Stock Issues. Clean Slate.

I approach debate from a policy maker paradigm with a bit of tab and game theory tossed in and I see the value of stock issues. In other words, I want the debaters to convince me that adoption of a policy is good or bad idea. The stock issues are a convenient frame of reference. I will not vote on issues that don't arise in a round, although I might note these on the ballot for the students' benefit. I consider sound logic and reason to be essential to good argumentation. As important as evidence is, good reasoning is more important.

I really like signposting, structure and direct clash. Your job as a debater is to make the judge's job as easy as possible. Make it easy for me to flow: signpost, recite a clear structure (outline structures really work well) and clearly show me how arguments relate to those of the other team. Generic arguments are fine if they are linked sufficiently to be genuinely relevant; time suck arguments annoy me. Off-case arguments are fine if they are actually relevant to the round.

Hello! I'm Hollow and this is my 3rd year debating.

If there's one thing you get out of reading my paradigm it's that, if you are not the 1AC, give a roadmap for your speech! It's tough to follow along if there is no roadmap.

Sharing your evidence is also really helpful. It makes it a lot easier for me to understand what you're saying and helps me make sure you respond to all arguments and haven't dropped any arguments. I'm pretty flexible with evidence-sharing methods so if you want to use speechdrop, email, or whatever, go ahead.

I judge based on how well arguments are responded to. If you don't respond to an argument or you don't extend your own, it automatically goes to the other team. I am begging you to not just repeat yourself over and over again, build up your arguments, and analyze them! Also, don't shy away from clash. Debate is about critically engaging in different arguments; without it, you're just reading something off a computer.

Please only use CX to ask questions. Just ask your question directly, and save your comments for the rebuttals.

I'm cool with any kind of argument (CP's, T's, K's, DA's, etc.) as long as you bring compelling evidence to the table, you can explain it well, and it clearly relates to the debate. Please don't run a K or a super complex argument if you cannot explain it or you don't understand it.

Please stay off your phones if you're not setting a timer or if it's not an emergency. It comes off as super disrespectful to the other team. On that same note, any sort of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. is an automatic loss, I do not tolerate it at all.

Most importantly, have fun. Don't take this too seriously and don't stress out over it. I, personally, have stressed out so much about debate, so I'm telling you from firsthand experience, that it's not worth stressing out about and it's supposed to be fun.

Don't take the fun out of debate. Talk in a manner that you can be understood, I shouldn't have to rely on files to follow along. I don't tolerate hate whatsoever.