Author: Steve
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Information Slips
I wasn’t at Cambridge this past weekend, but from Twitter I could see there were a lot of information slides. Why are information slides becoming so prevalent? What function do they serve? I am afraid to say that information slides do not serve us well. They usually function to take attention and focus away from…
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Judge Not!
This past weekend at the Hobart & William Smith Colleges tournament, the round 6 bin room was assigned only one, inexperienced judge. The top rooms, however, were given panels of three, experienced judges. My experience at Oxford last year was similar – break rooms and top rooms, closed adjudication aside, were easily identifiable as the…
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University of Vermont Huber Debate Videos
Here are a number of debate videos from the UVM Huber Debates held last weekend in Burlington, VT. Quarterfinals: Semifinals: Final Round:
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University of Vermont Final Round Video
there are more videos coming, but let’s start with the final round. Motion: THB that black actors, comedians, musicians, and other public figures should not use the n-word. Opening Government: Portland State University Opening Opposition: St. John’s University, New York Closing Government: Cornell University Closing Opposition: Cornell University The performance of each team was heavily…
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UK Tour Workshop
We hosted the British touring team this year and they presented an amazing workshop to our New York City debating family. This workshop is titled “Deep Strategy,” and has a lot of great ideas for people at any level of WUDC debating. It was held at the King’s College in the Empire State Building. This…
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Academic Debate? Let’s hope not.
A student said to me, “I really wish you could write me a recommendation letter, but you haven’t ever been my professor.” This student has been studying debate with me for several years, so I pushed on this to get the response: “It’s not academic, so it doesn’t count.” Debate not academic? How could this be? We’d…
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Debate Videos: A Question of “Access”
Here’s a recent email response I gave on the subject of videotaping debates, addressed to someone who asked me to remove a debate they were in that they didn’t care for their performance. I have placed your video in privacy stasis – nobody can see it at all, and I hope you’ll test that to…
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Middle School Debate: Addressing Public Audiences
Here’s a video of a middle school debate we did today on the subject of whether students should have a say in the courses that they are required to take. Debating for public audiences (i.e. non-“debate community” audiences) is something I am finding more and more important to my pedagogy every year. I think it’s…
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American Debate Sediment 3: Argument “theory”
For those unfamiliar with American debating formats, you might be surprised to learn that built into several formats is the ability to engage your opponent on the rules of debate itself. You can argue that the argument your opponent(s) made violates the rules of good debating, hurts either your ability to debate fairly or your ability to…
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American Debate Sediment 2: Punitive Judging
This is the second of a few pieces that I am working on to try to outline what I think are the biggest hurdles that Worlds debate development faces in the United States. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means, nor is it a list that I think is completely accurate. Judging is hard work. I…
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