Judge Philosophies
Alberto Rincon - Wilson
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Allison Quarles - RPHS
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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>
Anne Badgley - Lincoln
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Anurag Singhal - Westview
Audrey Umber - Canby
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Austin Ewing - MHS
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Beau Woodward - Lakeridge
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Benjamin Agre - Cleveland
Bethany Dozier - Wilson
Bina Mehta - Lincoln
Brian Malan - Gresham
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Brittany Brock - DDHS
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Cary Doyle - Crescent Valley
Changmin Park - Westview
Courtney Walsh - MHS
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Cynthia Hung - Cleveland
Dave Schaefer - Nestucca
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David Augustine - Lincoln
DeLona Campos-Davis - Hood River
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Debbie Groff - Canby
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Eileen Stone - Cleveland
Eli Morgan-Steiner - Wilson
Erin Bray - DDHS
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Eva Knowles - DDHS
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Heidi Sivers-Boyce - Wilson
Jacob Buck - MHS
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Jason Miller - Lake Oswego
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Jen O'Conner - Cleveland
Jennifer Clark - Hood River
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Jennifer Felberg - Wilson
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Jennifer LeSieur - Clackamas
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.
John Stump - Cleveland
Jordan Witt - Canby
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Judge 3 - Southridge
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Julie Siewert - Westview
Kaitlin Gilbert - MHS
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Kathy Wolff - Cleveland
Ken Teschner - Tigard
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Kris Igawa - Beaverton
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Laura Foran - Wilson
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Lisa Sloan - Wilson
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M Griffiths - Lake Oswego
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Marie Krueger - Nestucca
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Matthew Compton - MHS
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Meg Holden - Lincoln
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Michael Theofelis - DDHS
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Michael Doran - La Salle Prep
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Nalini Agarwal - Westview
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Nancy Silverman - Westview
Nilesh Jain - Westview
Patrick Gonzales - Cleveland
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'm judging, if you have firmly established your contentions and have time, then spreading ok w/o speed</p>
Patrick Leahy - SAHS
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Ramnath Devulapalli - Westview
Rick Gonzales - Cleveland
Robyn Rose - Lake Oswego
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Rock Pizzo - Wilson
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Ronnie Ontiveros - Hood River
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Sandeep Jain - Westview
Sanjay Vankudre - Westview
Sony Felberg - Wilson
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Steve Root - La Salle Prep
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Stewart Reed - Southridge
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Travis Root - La Salle Prep
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Victor Kojenov - Southridge
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Zhenya Abbruzzese - Lincoln
sue martines - Corvallis
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