Judge Philosophies

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&nbsp;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: &nbsp;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:&nbsp;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:&nbsp;&nbsp;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&#39;s definition is extremely skewed.</p> <p>PF: I don&#39;t flow PF, because I don&#39;t believe it is intended to be flowed in the same way as other debates. Otherwise, everything above applies.</p>


Badrinarayan Rajagopal Dhandapani - Westview


Beau Woodward - Lakeridge

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Bethany Dozier - Wilson


Bharti Gupta - Westview


Carrie Strecker - Neah-Kah-Nie

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Catie Easter - Barlow

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Christopher Keller - Liberty HS

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Colin Stroup - Glencoe Tide

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Cristian Boanca - Centennial

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Daniel Shelton - Centennial

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Dave Schaefer - Nestucca

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David Welsh - Glencoe Tide

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Don Steiner - Wilson


Eli Morgan-Steiner - Wilson


Emily McLain - Glencoe Tide

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Emily Tribble - Westview


Eric Lowe - Wilson

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Erin Bray - DDHS

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Eva Knowles - DDHS

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Gordana Dragosavac - Lincoln


Henry Phipps - Lincoln


Jane Berry-Eddings - Sprague


Jaswinder Guliani - Southridge

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Jennifer LeSieur - Clackamas


Jenny Sewell - Nestucca

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Jerry Dobesh - Centennial

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John Watkins - Glencoe Tide

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June Gerst - Century

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Karen Armstrong - Glencoe Tide


Katie Wilson - Lakeridge

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Kim McLain - Glencoe Tide

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Kris Igawa - Beaverton

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Larry Burke - Clackamas


Marie Krueger - Nestucca

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Meena Mishra - Westview


Melissa Winters - Glencoe Tide

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Michael Doran - La Salle Prep

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Michael Theofelis - DDHS

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Pat Johnson - Lakeridge

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Patrick Johnson - Westview

<p>Real world arguments win- theoretical/improbable impacts do not</p> <p>Comparative impacts critical for a win</p> <p>Topicality is legit, again, only for real world probability</p> <p>CLASH! and signpost where your arguments clash with opponents AND why your impact is more significant</p> <p>No tagteam when prohibited</p> <p>Speed is not your friend when I&#39;m judging, if you have firmly established your contentions and have time, then spreading ok w/o speed</p>


Rachel Wilczewski - Barlow

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Rahul Goyal - Westview


Ramnath Devulapalli - Westview


Ryan Endsley - Barlow

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Sarah Armitage - Glencoe Tide

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Sarah Hart Coyle - Glencoe Tide

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Selena Breazile - Neah-Kah-Nie

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Sherry Groshong - Glencoe Tide

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Steve Root - La Salle Prep

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Stewart Reed - Southridge

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Sudhakar Srinivasan - Westview


Suhas Kurse - Westview


Susan McLain - Glencoe Tide

<p>I love all types of debate. CX, PF, PARLI, AND LD. I am a real world Policy Maker. I am always looking for good solid critical thinking, support ideas or evidence as per event style and type. I believe debate is a persuasive speaking event with strong developed arguments. I am happy to answer questions before round starts.</p> <p>Individual Events are all unique and interesting! I like to judge a variety of events! My extemp, impromptu, radio, oratory and interp speakers have all had strong showings over the years.&nbsp; I have coached for 43 years. Susan McLain</p>


Tom Hughes - Glencoe Tide

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Victor Kojenov - Southridge

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