Tiffany

1) Speed/clarity issues with constructive or rebuttal: Speed 2) Recommended Drills: Speed 3) Assess use of evidence in constructive and rebuttal: quantity, quality, and comparison: Needed to use the aff’s evidence for link spin much better 4) Strategic Choice and Execution of Block/1NR: Needs to have a much more fleshed out link and alternative. Hard to give comments when she took a flow with 2 answers on it. Maybe take the econ and solvency case flows as well? 5) Rebuttal Re-do suggestions: Above
 * __ Practice Debate #10 - Neg vs. James/Andrew - 07/27/2012 - Comments by Rahim __**

1) Speed/clarity issues with constructive or rebuttal: Good job having blocks for generic arguments, but use these as initial tool and not a crutch because they make you a little inefficient Make sure you do more impact comparison starting earlier Good clarity, work on speed 3) 2AC—technical skill and coverage for case and off-case arguments: nice work—need to impact your solvency defecits more and explain the difference between the internal link for the economy for the aff and neg 4) Assess use of evidence in constructive and rebuttal: quantity, quality, and comparison: Know your evidence better by working with it for speaking drills <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5) Strategic Choice and Execution of 2AC/2AR: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">need to do a lot more comparison—explain why your impacts are not just bigger than theirs, but why they access the neg’s impacts and why the speed that they do this matters
 * __Practice Debate #9 - Aff vs. Niti/Jennifer -07/26/2012 - Comments by Nate__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1NC <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- To make the case/disad a viable strategy I might get to case with more time so you can read a diversity of defense <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1NR <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Why not go for just spending DA instead? One disad or the other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Good overview – make turns case arguments, and start discussion of why one standard is better <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Answer warrants of their evidence- indict recency/quals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Careful with line by line on politics – need specific answers to different 2AC arguments (no deficit spending etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- For spending don’t do impact calc since it’s the same impact – instead should be doing calculations about the link to the economy – so magnitude/timeframe/prob of the link because its about who accesses the same impact <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Must use all your time – you had :25 leftover
 * __Practice Debate #8 - Neg vs. Ashwin - 07/25/2012 - Comments by Peyton__ **

--I stopped Tiffany about 20 seconds into the speech to do two things when we restarted the 1NC - (a) label the first off-case (the capitalism K) and (b) build into your speed so the first ten seconds are clear. I restarted her and it was perfect. --A couple of strategic things about the CP shell in the 1NC - (1) can the CP actually work? Can the 50 states do Next Gen? Do the 50 states have jurisdiction to just take-over the airports? We will discuss this in lab in the next few days but your CP first has to have the federal government give up jurisdiction of the airports; (2) we need an impact to our federalism net-benefit - CP increases federalism, but there is no impact read. --Good diversity of case defense. --I would have loved to have seen some analyticals thrown in the case debate - utilize some of the traction that Abby got in CX (i.e. no job growth creation). --Pretty good CX questions on how the permutation actually operates. --You also did a nice job letting the 2AC answer questions but interrupting when it was time. --Typically, a DA and a CP is a lot to take in the 1NR. I think you are okay in this debate due to the number of answers, but this would be a hard 1NR to give in a typical varsity round. I think the block should have kicked out of a position (either the K or the CP). --I am not sure how your "Hispanics will swing the election" helps you...it would be super great if you had link cards about why Hispanics did not like the plan. I am not sure how the plan changes the minds of Hispanic voters. --You do a good job making evidence comparisons. --You are right that the Aff dropped Federalism, but you did not read an impact! :) --Good overview at the top of the CP. It may have been a bit long. --Where do you answer the permutation? That was the 2AC 1.
 * __Practice Debate #6 - Neg vs James/Andrew - 07/23/2012 - Comments by Tara__ **


 * __Practice Debate #5 - Aff vs. Noah/Avi - 07/21/2012 - Comments by Linda__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1) Speed/clarity issues with constructive or rebuttal: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work on speed and emphasis.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2) Recommended Drills: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> You should be opening your mouth more for speaking, to help you take bigger breaths and use more emphasis.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3) 2AC—technical skill and coverage for case and off-case arguments: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2AC time allocation – I think your 2AC time allocation was decent, but since you had a little bit extra time, you should have read another card or two. You should have spent more time on the privatization counterplan, and you should explain specific reasons why the plan cannot be implemented by private corporations.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">More offense – I don’t know if such evidence exists in the camp files, but you should read more offense, particularly an add-on or two in the 2AC.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Case debate – you need to go more in-depth on case.
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Internal links – isolate your internal links to the military and to the economy.
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Economy uniqueness – you should explain why the economy is low now, and only you solve it. This non-uniques both their spending disadvantage (there’s only a risk that you make it better) and the politics disadvantage (because if Obama’s platform is the economy, and the economy is low now, he will probably lose).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spending DA defense – be careful, the Ferguson impact defense card your read also takes out your case impact because it says that economic decline will not lead to war.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4) Assess use of evidence in constructive and rebuttal: quantity, quality, and comparison: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5) Strategic Choice and Execution of 2AC/2AR: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great 2AR overview
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spending DA
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">You need to spend a lot more time in the 2AR answering the spending DA – specifically the link.
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how your internal links to the economy outweigh.
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spend a lot of time on the uniqueness question – if you win the economy is low down, it provides uniqueness for your advantage and non-uniques the disadvantage as well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hegemony advantage
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are way ahead on the hegemony advantage – make sure to extend and explain this well, and explain how your hegemony impacts solve the disadvantage and outweigh.
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Make sure to extend your internal links to hegemony – these links are predicted on the military, so you could argue that even if the US economy collapses, the US would still be a hegemon if you solve for these internal links.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5) Rebuttal Re-do suggestions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Give your rebuttal with the above suggestions.

__**Practice Debate #3**__

--Good to start your speech with the "Aff drops federalism DA" in your overview and to pre-empt new 1AR arguments. --Good impact calculus on the Federalism Net-Benefit. --I thought you did a good job extending the Federalism net-benefit without making new arguments that would justify 1AR arguments. --I thought the overview on the Politics DA was better but it was still really wordy. The next time you do a Politics overview, I would really like for you to focus on word efficiency and be choosy about the arguments that you include. --Good expansion of the uniqueness debate. -- --Overall, I thought that your delivery was pretty good in the 1NC. I think I would like us to work a bit more on just increasing our volume just a bit. I can certainly hear you but I want you to command the room more. I would also like for us to continue to work on your speed. You had good clarity and you were very easy to flow. --Watch the order of the cards on the 1NC CP shell. You read a CP solvency card, then a Federalism link, then another CP solvency card, and then a Federalism impact. Keep the net-benefit together (the two federalism cards should be together at the bottom). --Watch your timing a bit more. You want to avoid jumping back and forth between the case flows. --Overall, good variety of case arguments in the 1NC. --I would like to see us have a bit more presence when being cross-examined. I felt we were struggling at times with the questions we are asked. Try to give the appearance you know what the answer is (even if you don't :) ). You just have a confused look on your face. :) --Good OV on the federalism net-benefit. I thought you did a good job extending on this but (a) I would mention that the 2AC dropped it and (b) why the permutation does not solve for it. Federalism is a balance of power between the federal government and the states. On face, the permutation is that. --I am glad we are trying to utilize impact calculus wording, but it is difficult to invoke magnitude and so forth when extending case defense on the oil dependence. --I am glad we have an overview on Politics - I would like to see it a bit more structured. Utilize those impact calc words more often - magnitude, timeframe, probability, DA turns case. --You do a pretty good job on the uniqueness portion on the Politics DA. I would like one more card about why it would not pass. You are definitely winning that Obama is pushing the blockage but you need to secure that it won't pass now. --Good arguments against the "fiat solves the link". I would add that fiat does not solve the aftermath. Lawmakers may vote for the plan but they may do so begrudgingly AND it may costs Obama a lot of influence. Fiat does not solve post-vote. --REBUTTAL REDO: (1) Structure your overview a bit more on politics; (2) Read another "won't pass now" card on the uniqueness debate; (3) avoid trying to make impact calculus overviews on your case defense; (4) Explain why the perm does not solve for federalism and argue that the Aff 100% conceded the net-benefit.
 * __Rebuttal Redo for Practice Debate #2 - 07/16/2012 - Comments by Tara__ **
 * __Practice Debate #2 - Neg vs. Avi/Isabella - 07/13/2012 - Comments by Tara__ **

__**Practice Debate #1**__

--Overall, I am very impressed with two things: the number of cards you turned in and the perfect formatting of the cards. There are a ton of cards here, which shows that you are focused in and out of lab, which I love seeing. Also, these cards are formatted perfectly - I did not have to do any tweaking. -- If I had one overall piece of advice for you as we move forward is to try to make sure you are assessing the utility of the cards. Do cards that talk about ATC tech in other countries apply? How can I use those cards in a debate? Are my cards making an argument or just giving me factual statements that will never be contested by the Negative? Those questions get easier to answer as you do more and more research. -- You have the fundamentals down - I am excited to see the progress in your research you are certainly going to make while you are here!
 * __Research Feedback - Research Set #1 from Wave #1 - Due on 07/10 - feedback given on 07/12 by Tara__ **

--Students were asked to create a five minute Negative block speech to extend an Obama Good Elections DA. Students were given the 1NC shell and a file of potential cards they could use for their extensions. They used their own 2ACs from the night before as the 2AC to answer when they gave the extension speech. --Look up more --Nice speed and clarity—don’t they have an internal to warming? --Nice job with gw v. econ --What is your impact absent warming? --Nice job with indicting their ability to solve? --Uniqueness--Good "even if"/Impact the timing even more/Explain why polls are better than their stuff --Link--Good extension of the 1nc evidence/Nice indict of their evidence/Good to read another card in additions/WATCH OUT OUT FOR “ANY SPENDING” --Very good to read ev about a gw agreement --Good short term/long term distinction --Anthropogenic—why do you solve if its not anthro--How does Obama solve non-anthropogenic causes --:20 secs left
 * __Elections Negative Block Extension Speech - 07/10/2012 - Comments by Nate__ **