Judge Philosophies
Adam Xu - Lake O
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Ameena Amdahl-Mason - Clackamas
<p>I competed in policy debate in high school, APDA in college, and I have been coaching all forms of debate, but primarily parliamentary, policy, and LD, since 2001. To me, your jobs as debaters is want to provide me with compelling reasons why you should win the debate, including organized refutations and voting issues in your final speech. I keep a rigorous flow, so organization, including a clear organizational system of lettering or numbering is important. Line-by-line refutation as well as overviews and underviews can provide clarity to the debate.</p> <p>CX: I would consider myself a tabula rasa judge, as much as that is possible. I feel comfortable with any line of argumentation, including theory and kritiks. However, I do not appreciate rudeness, including cursing, either between or among teams. Generic argumentation, weak links, and time sucks are not appreciated. I enjoy judging policy, especially when new and interesting ideas enter the debate.</p> <p>LD: I feel comfortable with any line of argumentation, as long as it clearly linked to the topic being debated. I prefer philosophical argumentation in LD, rather than more policy style argumentation. However, I do judge a lot of policy debate, so I am capable of evaluating a policy oriented round.</p> <p>Parli: I will evaluate what I hear in the round, not what I wish I had heard, so if there are things that need to be pointed out as fallacies, etc., please do so. I am not a fan of topicality/definitional debates in parli, unless the affirmative's definition is extremely skewed.</p> <p>PF: I don't flow PF, because I don't believe it is intended to be flowed in the same way as other debates. Otherwise, everything above applies.</p>
Ashley Leap - RPHS
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Ben Mann - West Linn
Brian Gutowski - West Linn
David Barringer - OCHS
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Eric Samuelson - Lake O
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George Shearer - OCHS
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Hellen Kelley - OCHS
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Jennifer Gruter - Clackamas
Jo Meskel - OCHS
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Joe Provencher - Lake O
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Ken Kwartler - Lake O
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Lisa Pozzebon - Lake O
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Madie Hurst - OCHS
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Michael Evans - Lake O
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Stephen Dvorchak - RPHS
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Steve Root - La Salle Prep
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Steven Taylor - Clackamas
Tina Beltrone - Lake O
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