Dymit,+Ellen

6/28/12 1AC: You’re really fast! Try to keep your speed steady – you have a tendency to slow down in certain places. I like how you put the impact extensions in the econ advantage – that’s really helpful for the 2AC. Stand up straight when you’re speaking – if you bend over your computer it makes it harder for you to breathe and makes it harder for the judge to hear you because you’re speaking into your computer. Impact underview at the bottom of the 1AC is unnecessary – it would be better to add another card. 1AC CX: Good answers for the most part and you sound confident. If you’re not sure what the answer to a question is supposed to be, don’t be afraid to pause for a second to think about it. 1NC CX: Yay! You asked about the status first! You should ask more aggressive questions, like “what does the alternative actually do” and “how does it break down capitalism” “Is capitalism scary” is probably not the best line of questioning. 1AR: Nice theory debating on 50 state fiat. Organization—theory should be on the flows where the argument was made, not all grouped together. Extend the racism solvency deficit on the states counterplan. More arguments on the cap K – extend Gibson graham and make new arguments about why the alternative doesn’t solve. Arguing severance and intrinsic perms good is a waste of your time.


 * Ellen Dymit__ **


 * Round 1: Logauch (AFF) vs. Ellalen (NEG) – Judge Thorn Chen **


 * 1AC ** CX (LOGAN/ELLEN)– Direct questions spec. to the evidence; For Ellen, your “traps” should be set by citations of their evidence. For Logan,


 * 2NC ** – (ELLEN) Too many cards read at the top of the debate. Integrate your evidence into the line by line, such to make them answer the 2AC arguments. Try to structure your entire speech around the 2AC – it will enhance the amount of clash your arguments generate. You’ll also want an overview that compares the kritik’s impacts to case and why you outweigh (unless you can put this somewhere on the flow). 1AC time should be spent (for the 2NC) drafting specific links to the aff plan/1AC’s assumptions. Quote their evidence to solidfy your link. Why is it that the aff, because it engages in capitalism, will cause their own harms (error replication)? Need to provide warrants on the case turn.

GENERAL
 * 2NR ** – (ELLEN) Your impact discussion is great, but there needs to be more on the alternative and why it solves for case. Many of the link arguments you make (e.g. your link off the competitiveness advantage) should be earlier in the debate. You might want to work out how exactly you want your kritik story to look like: be attentive to the questions, // why does capitalism turn the case, specifically? Why prefer the alternative to the case? // It’s important to tell me what the alternative entails, and explain the Zizek evidence in depth (this should probably already be in the 2NC). Leverage your Delgado evidence on case (the “legal solutions ignore that the law is racist”) cards against the case o/w arguments on the kritik.

This was a very good first debate. A lot of the problems that I cited above were stylistic, but argumentation was remarkably in-depth. This was a very good first debate. A lot of the problems that I cited above were stylistic, but argumentation was remarkably in-depth. The AFF should stick closer to the specific claims made by the 2AC evidence, which argues, essentially, for engaging in capitalist institutions to destroy the system from within. I think the neg ends up framing this debate (and the aff consents to it) as a question of “purity,” e.g. “aff engages in some capitalist mechanisms, is hence impure, and hence should be rejected.” If you take a look at the Grossman evidence, it specifically indicts this “purist” critique of capitalism. Gibson-Graham also argue that it is exactly this view of capitalism as an all consuming monster that actually disables resistance. See how this evidence directly clashes with how the neg frames the debate. This gives you a basis on which to say that the aff, even if “impure,” is necessary; and that, as Mao said, revolution is not a dinner party, which means that sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. Which is all support for the permutation.

ROUND II (6/27) Ellalen (Aff) v. Antyle (Neg) Judge: Weber/Bratvold (weberdebate@gmail.com with questions)

1AC: Good clarity and speed. Be sure your podium doesn’t force you to lean over to read your evidence, though. It strains your voice and will limit your breathing (you’re out of breath halfway through your speech). Try not to skip the bulk of the text on key I/L cards; you don’t get links you don’t read. On the advantage underviews, be more specific about how transportation disparity //specifically// causes racial and socio-economic barriers to prosperity; expanding on an analogy isn’t the best time tradeoff here. Good job moving up to the front of the room during CX; don’t let your opponent upstage you.

CX of 1NC: Good CX but careful that you don’t badger your opponent on questions that don’t get you a meaningful response (e.g. “What is capitalism?”). You ask a lot of good questions (e.g. “…aren’t these contradictory?); focus on these. Also, work on “yes/no” questioning (one way you can do this by ending your questions with, “is that correct?”) Control your CX.

1AR: Great comparative analysis and impact calc. Your speed is good for a 1AR but careful that you don’t get ahead of yourself and start ending arguments with “blah blah blah.” Same goes for warrant analysis; when you’re doing work at the warrant level, it is //essential// that you’re using card-specifics to compare your and their arguments; doing this would be much more effective than generalizing large ideas like mutually assured destruction.

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7/1/12 Aff (maverick): good cross x answers and questions 2N: ask more directed questions that help s7/et up your positions--letting him reexplain his internal links is only more speech time for him 1N:in your 1NC, put the offcase positions first so you don't risk running out of time for your offense  Aff: don't read the k unconditionally when you spent 4 min of the 1nc on budget and elections  2N: utilize your flow in terms of matching your arguments up on the line by line  1N: good theory block off the top of your head  Everyone: Chill in cross x.  neg block: i am confused as to why the 2nc was a cap overview and the 1nr was the entire rest of the debate, make sure to split up offense,  <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff smart move going for cede the political  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff: need more structure and organization to your thoughts  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">2N; your 2nr was a 2nc overview--the same one you already gave: you did an excellent job with explanation during this debate and gave a thorough explanation of marxist ideology but now you need to go the extra step and contextualize your argumnets in terms of the aff'  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">7/2/12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Start speech slower
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Try to use more natural voice
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Slow down on tags and differentiate them from card text more
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Don’t read 2 heg advantages
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Look at judge during cross x
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Be able to give 1ar order w/o help
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">flow