2016 State Line Swing 1 (Golden Eagle)
John Brown University - Jan 15-17 | Status: Completed
Judge Philosophies
Amorette Hinderaker - TCU
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Amy White - NSU
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Arline Mejia - JBU
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Bob Alexander - BPCC
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Caleb Rawson - CCU
<p>"My background is that I competed in parli for multiple years in college and now do some assistant coaching on the weekends while I get my PhD in Business. I’ve been told I am a very expressive judge so feel free to utilize that to your advantage. I hold to a very ideological view of debate, especially that access to debate (both as a competitor and as an audience member) should be open and non-discriminatory. This manifests itself in some of the following points.</p> <p> </p> <p>-Courtesy. Both teams need to not only be polite with their words, but also with their nonverbal signals. If an opponent asks a question (and they <em>should</em></p> <p>ask, and you <em>should </em>answer) be polite with your answer. Dramatic sighs or eye rolling <em>will</em> result in a significant drop in speaker points.</p> <p> </p> <p>-Speed. Having debated I know that a fast speaking speed can be beneficial. However, your speed must be at an understandable pace for everyone in the room (including audience members). I will not flow anything I cannot understand and I will not call “clear” or tell you to slow down. If you talk fast you must pay attention to my nonverbals (i.e. do not read directly from a page at a fast pace and expect me to flow everything).</p> <p>-Probable Cause. Impacts, K’s, and abuse must be probable, not just possible.</p> <p>-Generic Politics Argument and Resolutional K’s. See above point. I don’t care if you “feel” the resolution is discriminatory or unfair, you must prove that it is.</p> <p>-Use rebuttals to actually refute your opponents and show why you win instead of using them like a constructive speech. That’s why debate has rebuttals in the first place….</p> <p>I like to have fun as a judge and I like my competitors to have fun."</p>
Chevon Coleman - ORU
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Chris Leland - CCU
<p> </p> <p>Debate has always been and always will be an academic lab for the articulation of good argumentation. I have competed, judged and coached programs at the university level in IE, CEDA, NDT and Parli. As such I am not a novice to debate, but I am relatively new to some forms of theoretical arguments and especially the more recent lingo that surrounds them. I have been out of coaching for 14 years, but have been putting into practice the debate skills in the public forum against philosophers, theolgians, cultural critics, politicians, free thinkers, etc. So I have seen what debate does in the "real world." As such I am not yet convinced that some of the culture of debate doesn't force us into a box that is really pretty particular to our little world. I say that to say, I am not opposed to T or "Kritique" (which I guess is the hip postmodern spelling) or any other theoretical arguments but I can say I would much rather see clearly articulated and communicated arguments that are well constructed and well thought out. It is fair to say I have a much higher threshold for those types of arguments. Debate, I recognize, is also about strategy, but not at the expense of solid argumentation. Having coached CEDA and NDT and now Parli for the last couple of years, I can flow. Have to use my glasses to see what I wrote, which is different from the good ol' days, but ... I will say that the thing that has shocked me the most this year is the casual way in which language is thrown around. I fully don't expect it at this tournament, but there is no room in academic debate (even with the idea of free speech in mind) for foul language. It is unprofessional and rude. Might be considered cool for some, but it is not accepted in any of the professions for which we are training up this group to move onto in the future. Otherwise, I am excited to be back in the debate realm the last couple of years.</p> <p> </p> <p>Chris Leland, Ph.D.</p> <p>Asst. VP for Academic Affairs,</p> <p>Professor of Communication & Director of Debate</p> <p>Colorado Christian University</p>
Faith Makoni - ORU
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Gabby Villalba - JBU
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Gabriel Adkins - Arkansas Tech
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Grant Jones - JBU
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Kendrea James - NSU
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Kenny Hopkinson - Hutchinson CC
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Kristopher Copeland - NSU
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Mallory Marsh - Bethel College
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Melissa Benton - Webster
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Scott Jensen - Webster
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Stephanie Gray - UCA
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Tamara Adkins - Arkansas Tech
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