Author: Steve
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The Weeekend, Reflection
No tournament for me this weekend, so a bit of time to reflect on teaching and work on scholarship. As a full time faculty member, debate teaching is just one part of my job. Teaching and research are the other 2/3rds of it. Anyway, here is a great quote about teaching that I recently found…
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Cornell IV Videos
Here are two videos I took while at the Cornell IV. I was running around a lot and didn’t make as many as I normally do. But here are 2. I have been experimenting with AudioBoo as well and wonder if anyone else is using it for debates. This might be a better (read: faster,…
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Romancing the Novice
What does it mean to be a novice? According to the US, for the most part, it means being in your first year of University level debating. That’s the definition that Cornell University is going with in their first ever WUDC USA Novice National Championship tournament. For years, back when there was just policy debate…
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Old School
Image via Wikipedia Talking with one of my students the other night after Adelphi brought up this old public debate I helped conduct when I was a student at the University of Pittsburgh. As a case study for public argument, we were looking at David Horowitz and his crusade to make sure that every college…
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Adelphi Brown & Gold Debates Video update #3
Round 3: This House would prefer a world without national sports teams.
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LIVE it’s Adelphi Round 2
Round 1: This House believes that politicians should be forced to publicly defend significant campaign contributions. Round 2: This House believes that feminism has succeeded. More debates to come. Here is some between round action. Related articles Top 127 donors gave $16.8 million last year (timesunion.com) Now You Can Own Rick Santorum’s Sweater Vest…For A $100 Campaign…
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Live from Adelphi Brown & Gold Debates
Image via Wikipedia All day I will be trying my best to upload live videos from the Brown & Gold Debates at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY!
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Teaching Keeps You Honest
Image via Wikipedia This week I am teaching my Worlds debate class, and the group I have is pretty impressive. All quite sharp, all very interested, and all excited to learn the art of debate. I started as I usually do by showing the WUDC Koc Worlds Final round – a round that many still…
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Stretching the Debate Club Model: Student Lectures
Always looking for or at ways to stretch the rather 2 dimensional debate club model of practicing, going to tournaments, and practicing some more. One of my goals is to push the envelope of the “skills and drills” defense of having a debate club. There has to be more to it than improving your chances…
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