Judge Philosophies
Abena Yeboah - DVC
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Alina Mohammadian - DVC
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Andrew Morgan - DVC
Updated 2/24/24 at 7:46 AM.
I view debate as an educational event. That being said, both sides need to have equal access to debate. If you run 8 off case positions against a novice because the divisions were collapsed, I will drop you. Theres no education in that debate. If you are a junior level debater and you want to run the super cool and fun K that your open teammates are running against the junior level competition, I will drop you for a few reasons:
- You are trying to skip learning the fundamentals of argumentation and debate so that you can do cool stuff
- Its abusive to your opponents
- Neither you nor your opponents are learning anything from that debate. I certainly wont be either.
My position on Ks changes in the open division. While I personally think its incredibly silly to try to explain Marx or Buddhism in 8 minutes or less, I will vote for them as long as you can link the K to the topic. If novice or junior are collapsed into open, please do not run a K against them. Please just debate the topic. If you are an open competitor, you should be totally fine without needing to spread a novice/junior debater/debate team in order to win.
Lastly, I am not a fan of potential abuse when running a topicality. I also think its weird and contradictory to run Disadvantages that clearly link to the plan but then say the plan is untopical.
Overall, I am some fine with speed as long as you are also clear. Articulation is key here. I also appreciate it when debaters are very organized throughout the round. Off time road maps are good; just signpost as you get there. My experience in debate is very limited. I almost exclusively competed in Individual Events.
Archana Naik - ACDS
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Ava Perry - DVC
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Azlan Brown - DVC
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Brigitte Charaus - ACDS
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Christina Sun - DVC
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Daniel Mendelson - DVC
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Dean Behzad - DVC
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Emma Chigbu - DVC
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Floris Brossaard - DVC
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Garret Slody - DVC
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Hali Hussein - DVC
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Hannah Schroers - DVC
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Jane Wilson - DVC
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Jet Deghan-Fard - DVC
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Kaitlyn Kawamoto - DVC
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Kenza Aya Djez - DVC
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Khushi Chhajer - Hired
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Kylie Bryan - DVC
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Mariska Jedzinak-Webb - DVC
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Marta Kashif - ACDS
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Matt Ng - DVC
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Michelle Marovich - ACDS
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Naila Surahmat - DVC
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Natalie Falsafi - DVC
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Noah Finnegan - ACDS
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Nour Barakat - DVC
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Sachin Mohan - Brooks Debate
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Samantha Perez - DVC
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Tristan Espana - DVC
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Wei Jiang - GSA
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