pkagine1@jh.edu

southlake carroll ’22 | johns hopkins ’26

general:

12x career bids, 2x toc qual. 6-1 vs bea culligan. truth = tech. arguments = claim + warrant + impact. be nice. dont cheat. good debating can overcome preferences.

i actively coach for the debatedrills club team so i will be familiar with the topic. click here to access incident reporting forms, roster, and info regarding mjp's and conflicts.

good for:

• any policy strategy
• infinite conditionality
• substantive topicality arguments
• framework (t-usfg not phil)
• topical k affs
• ks that disagree with the plan
• disclosure theory
• <3 impact turn only 1ncs

okay for:

• substantive philosophy
• decent theory arguments
• most kritiks
• planless affs

bad for:

• philosophy with no cards
• stupid theory
• tricks
• ks that don't change topic to topic
• "the role of the ballot is to [vote for the k]"
• nebel