Tag: judging

  • 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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  • Expert Adjudicators or Extra Adjudicators

    I was having coffee with a good friend of mine and colleague from the debating world recently, when the subject of debate theory came up. My colleague mused about how lucky American debaters were to have such a rich tradition of theory behind what they do. At the time, I disagreed. I like BP/WUDC debating…

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  • Cork Worlds Reflections 1 – Consensus Judging

    The judges assemble as the pairing scrolls by. So today I just uploaded to facebook all my pictures from Cork. And I caught up on some email and other things. A pretty throw away day, except I picked up lunch for my wife and dropped it off on campus for her, which gave me a…

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