Judge Philosophies
Alexei Kojenov - Southridge
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Andrew Riley - Lincoln
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Ashley Almqvist-Ingersoll - Silverton
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Bill Messer - Lincoln
Brian Cekoric - Cleveland
Chris Selker - Lincoln
Courtney Angeli - Lincoln
Don Steiner - Wilson
Frank Selker - Lincoln
Gabby White - Westview
Gena Dwyer - North
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Gopinatth Selvaraje - Westview
Gus Garcia - Cleveland
Hannah Shilling - Cleveland
Jenny Owen - Lincoln
Previous debate and practical experience: High school policy debate (1977-1981); legal career; past seven years judging all forms of debate, individual events & Student Congress in Pacific NW for 15-20 tournaments/year as well as 2-3 ToC Tournaments/year; and, six years of coaching a large, comprehensive speech and debate team. I value and thank debaters for pre-round research and preparation, but I view the actual round as the place where even more is required, namely: Engagement, clash, aggressive advocacy/defense of positions, respectful behavior and proportionality. Use of canned arguments, kritiks and counterplans without specific links into the actual debate fail even if they are entertaining, well planned and/or superior to the alternative. I prefer the substance of the debate over the form. Taglines make flowing easier, but do not warrant claims nor constitute extensions of arguments per se. I try to flow all of the debate but not robotically. I aim to judge competitors on their round at hand, not on all the arguments that could have/should have been made, but were not. I do not view the ballot as my chance to cure all that is wrong in the world though I wish it were that easy. I offer a caveat: Rude or malicious conduct are ill-advised. I will default to the rules of that form of debate (to which I will refer if they are called into question) as the base for my decision within the context of debate before me.
Jim Raible - Ione
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Jimmy Nguyen - Sunset
Katie Kantrowitz - Silverton
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Ken Hiatt - Southridge
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Melissa Lowry Sullivan - Southridge
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Michael Lovett - Judge
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Petter Almqvist-Ingersoll - Silverton
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Salome Chimuku - Lincoln
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