Judge Philosophies
AJ Moorehead - CSULA
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Allan Axibal - Azusa
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Bethany Beck - WTAMU
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Collette Blumer - CSUF
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Connie McKee - WTAMU
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Douglas Kresse - Fullerton Col
Harish Rao - AVC
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Jay Arntson - Glendale-AZ
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Jesus Valles - Long Beach
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John Kephart - CSUN
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Josh Fleming - PCC
<p> I have been judging debate for 10 years now. I never competed in it but teach/coach it regularly. I'm not a fan of technical debate. I'd much rather watch a good exchange of arguments/ideas that will persuade me to buy in to whomever upheld the criteria the best. That being said I am still a fan of the old school stuff like stock issues, so feel free to integrate that into your constructive. I use my flow to guide my decision but don't feel it's necessarily a "who-has-more-Xs-or-Os" type thing. Don't talk fast. There's no need. I'd rather you have fewer arguments with more substance than a ton of taglines with no backbones. I rarely vote on T, especially when things get metaphorical. And just because you prepped out a T response doesn't mean you have to run it. Be organized. Don't be a jerk. I have no qualms voting you down simply because you were mean and rude. Also, don't be that person who talks over their partner while they are giving their constructive or answering a POI. That's so lame and it communicates to me that you don't have the confidence in your partner and therefore your case.Use common sense, avoid hypothetical and potential scenarios unless you can provide real-life examples that warrant them. Counter-plans are fine but rarely necessary and often the opp loses on them. Finally, I don't live in a vaccuum and do read the newspaper ocassionally, so if you start telling me stuff I know to be untrue or inaccurate--no matter how passionate you were or how little your opponent responded to it--I won't include it into my decision. </p>
Josh Hamzehee - UNI
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Paul Davis - Azusa
Rebecca Buel - UNI
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Rina Sweeney - Glendale, CA
Roxan Arntson - Glendale-AZ
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Ryan Lauth - Northwestern
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Ryan Castillo - Long Beach
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