Norgard,+Mary-Madeliene+(Maddy)

6/27/12 I was very impressed with your 2AC time allocation; however, be more assertive in cross x. Sometimes it was obvious you knew what you wanted to say, or had smart arguments but you seemed sometimes too unsure of yourself to go with your gut. Trust in yourself that you know your affirmative better than the neg does, and you'll come across much stronger."

6/28/12 Cx: good clarification questions, 1nc: great speaking skills, make sure to label your flows in the 1nc, make sure to distinguish between analytics and cards by changing the pitch of your voice Cx: good questions, press him harder on questions he struggles with answering, 2a needs to understand the turns better 2nc: sign-post more, keep track of what you’ve already read, make sure you answer all the 2ac args on the cp 1nr: no prep!!!! Give an overview on the dropped DA, clarify why your impacts are more correct than their turns 2nr: good overview, extend evidence by author name

6/29/12 2AC- fast and clear! good job signposting. thank you for extending evidence from the 1AC AND explainng what that evidence was not seeing a lot of clash on the energy flow- make sure to answer their specific evidence about oil dependence re: other economies! you read a lot of good cards but tell me why they apply to their arguments, give warrants! also, on theory, tell me why it's a voter/what it's a voter on. if you want me to vote on theory, it better be a convincing abuse story. on budget, you could try to cross-apply your handy dandy econ advtantage. on ptx, point out how out of date their cards are. good catch re: uniqueness. good time allocation CX- maddy, you have some good ideas that i'm hearing in cross ex! don't be afraid to put some analytics into your speech! as long as it's balanced out by/supported by evidence, you're golden. both you and aya could be more assertive in cross ex CX- maddy, try to use cross-ex for more than just clarification- you should hopefully have gotten all that from your flow 2AR- i appreciate the overview! very nice thank you for addressing the racism postdating issue and finally addressing world economy oil issue thank you for extending evidence through the last speech, it makes you a lot more convincing good impact weighing + going line by line. i like "even if" scenarios, good job telling me exactly why and how you win make your cross-applications earlier in the debate, please overall a good 2AR!!

7/1


7/2 Round 6 Nafaddy (AFF) vs. Tranor Judge: Thorn 2AC Put solvency always on the top (underneath T/procedurals). Dropping solvency gets you into big trouble. You’re on the brink of a double turn on the elections DA (looks like lack of time stopped you), so be careful on that. 2NC C/X – don’t concede the card contestation, it ends with a predictive claim that Obama will lose the key states. 2AR Good explanation of the Barndt evidence and racism impact in the 2AR, and leveraging vs. the neg’s impacts. The link to the states CP isn’t extended in 1AR however.

**7/3**
Round 7, Milky Luke

Your first speech was well timed—you covered everything you needed to. I would just suggest to make sure and answer the link debate. Even if you just kick the econ advantage, answer them. The neg was able to claim that even a risk of link meant a neg vote because of the root cause of your impacts is capitalism and then you ended up in a double bind because either your perm, which still included the impact, couldn’t solve as you still linked or your you failed to solve because the perm failed. On something like the CP, which has no real impact, point that out. Point out the contradictions between their cases. One wants to save money by having the states do it and the other wants to end money because it’s evil.

I liked your “perm do the plan and reject all aspects of capitalism”, but you risk still linking. Add other perms such as “Perm do the plan and then the K” which solves the timeframe problem and then capitalism or “Perm do the plan in mindset of the K” which allows you to fight racism and economic problems with knowing what the end issue (cap) will do. These will get you into theory debates, but you’ll be ready for them.

The2AR was a good speech. The overview was done perfectly, a rarity for debate. It nicely explained to me why I should vote for you and really pushed the moral obligation. You need to point out warrants that prove the judge should reject any racism or make some analytical on why taking a stand against racism in debate will do anything. This is a deeply personal issue, so it make that. In this round, both sides told me I had to vote for them, so make yours more of an ethical choice. Your weighing of timeframe was good, but also explain magnitude and probability. We’ve had capitalism for a long time and it hasn’t killed us yet, so what changed? Doesn’t transit reset the equation, especially if you read the environment advantage? How can we save the world from capitalism if the plan only involves the US? There are no real answers to those questions, so push the neg into a corner with them. It was an excellent round and I enjoyed watching, so good luck in debate!

7/06
Round 2 Camp Tournament