Email- camillechaffin33@gmail.com

Pronouns- She/Her

Hello! I am a fourth-year kdc debater from Olathe Northwest.

Do what you see fit, I will try to be as tabula rasa as possible.

Be kind and treat the round with respect and we should be good!

(If you are reading any evidence from paper, please give me a copy or let me take a picture before your speech so I can flow it. If you do not and I cannot understand what you are saying, it will not be flown.)

He/Him pronouns

*ANY FORM OF BIGTORY/PREJUDICE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ANY HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, RACISM, ETC WILL BE AN AUTO LOSS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE ROUND GOES*

Current junior, I have debated at Olathe Northwest for three years. Mostly Open, some DCI. I will be flowing, and am cool with whatever arguments you want to run. Tech over truth. I default policymaker, but will defer to in-round framing. I mostly run policy args, so that's what I am most comfortable/familiar with, but I am good with K stuff, as long as you explain your stuff.

TLDR: I will be able to follow (and vote for) anything, so run what you feel most comfortable with.

Hi ! I am Kiley Chartrand and I am a junior in high school. This is my third year in debate. I love analytical over cards any day. Eye contact is a big must for me to put you as the first speaker. Biggest reminder is to talk to me, not to each other. This is about learning, not winning ! Be nice to each other you both are people with emotions.

(feel free to email me about questions !)

Add me to the email chain or share the speechdrop with me.

Email: earvin4444@gmail.com

• I'm a 3rd-year varsity debater at Olathe Northwest
• I'm good with any arguments, just make sure you correctly structure and carry out each of them
• I will be flowing the round
• I am fine with speed as long as it is comprehensible

Hey guys!

I am a Varsity debater at Olathe Northwest. I enjoy more policy-driven debate rounds. K's are okay if you explain them well. Any other argument pretty much flies.

Be nice to each other!

Hello! My name is Allie Ellsworth (she/her), and if you are reading this, I am probably going to be judging you in a debate round. I am currently a fourth year debater at Olathe Northwest and I have judged for several tournaments in the past years. Here are a few of my judging preferences:

Talking speed: Do. Not. Talk. Monotone. Give me some inflection. Use the tone of your voice to show me what parts of your speech I should care about. For novices, I don't think spreading is going to be a problem. But generally, talk at a medium/fast speed.

CX: Be nice during CX!! Do not get aggressive, do not be rude to your opponent. Please let each other finish, or be polite about moving on to the next questions. You don't have to be mean to prove your point!

I'm going to be judging you on your speaking as well as the arguments being made. I will most likely join your speechdrop/email chain to look at your speech structure as well.

Qualifications: I am a 4th year debater and I am highly active in debate and forensics. I have qualified for nationals 3 times in different forms of debate

Judging style:

• I will flow, so I know when you drop arguments, please do not say a team dropped an argument when you know they did not. (It is my biggest pet- peeve.)
• I will follow well so it is extremely important- even if you don't have evidence- give analyticals!! Well thought out and explained analyticals can be very helpful. I think it is very important for an educational debate, that serves a purpose to understand what you are talking about.
• use cross ex wisely.
• As for on- case arguments, solvency is so important, if you can prove the affirmative cannot solve for everything they say they solve for, you win.
• Too many people get caught up in topicality, it is the biggest time waster in a round so do not drop it- but do not waste your time.
• For off- case arguments DAs and CPs (in my opinions) are the most productive use of your time.
• Theory debate gets a thumbs up
• I also will not tolerate any kind of sexism, racism, or homophobia- I will immediately vote to the other team regardless of how good your arguments are, and I will report it to the tournament director. No one should feel like debate is not a safe place for all to express themselves and be educational.
• Good luck and have fun, debate is very important to the education of our youth and I am happy to judge!

Hello, my name is Ruby Godsey (she/any) and I'm a debater for Lawrence Free State - SKO' BIRDS!

Contact me Here: rubygodsey22@gmail.com

Please, please be kind and respectful! DO NOT be sexist, racist, transphobic, ableist, or bigoted in any other way. I will immediately vote for the other team and report you to whomever I deem necessary.

Now that we've got that out of the way...remember to have fun! It's awesome you've chosen to do debate and I really hope you continue with it!

I do have my preferences about specific arguments but I will try my best to judge the round based on the contents of the argument rather than the type of argument.

I'm here to be convinced. Use your evidence to persuade me, and make sure you can explain why you deserve the vote.

Experience:

I debated throughout high school, and am the head coach at Bonner Springs. I stay current on politics and law.

Top Level -

1. Keep it civil. I want absolutely no personal attacks on your opponents. Stick to the evidence they use and what they actually say.

2. I want clash. I need to see that teams are meeting their burden of proof and refuting with evidence. If it Links, you can argue it. I don't mind if things get philosophical or existential, or just weird, but it has to have a credible link.

3. I will not tolerate homophobic, racist, sexist, etc. arguments. If they are presented, that team will lose the debate with lowest possible speaks. This includes coded language and dog-whistles.

Case and Disads -

Always the best place to start. Stock issues are fundamental, and essential, in all attacks and defenses. I'm not too hung up on having cards for every individual issue; feel free to cross apply Inherency and Harms, etc.

A Neg team won't necessarily lose if they don’t present a DA, but if Neg only attacks case, they better be really strong arguments.

Topicality -

I absolutely do not want T to be the only issue that ends up being debated. If it devolves into full speeches that are only arguing T, I might as well flip a coin to decide the winner.

Pair it with On-case or a CP and keep rolling.

Counterplans –

I love a good Counterplan, as long as it has clear and specific links to the Aff. Just make sure you commit to what you run. If you kick a CP, you will probably lose the round.

Kritiks –

You have my full attention when you run a K. I feel that a K is an all or nothing gambit, so don’t dare try to sneak any DAs, CPs, or on-case (Solvency is the exception) into your speeches. Commit fully or don’t even try. And make sure it’s clear, well organized, and you actually know what you are talking about.

For the Aff: Confront it head on and actually debate the Neg. Kritiks are not inherently abusive, so figure out how your case combats their philosophy or attack the K directly.

Honestly, I tend to be old-fashioned in that I like a debate round with a good solid case that is argued. I will listen to counter plans and DAs but they do need to be applicable to the case.

I do not mind some speed but I still like there to be some emphasis on speaking skills and presentation.

I will vote on Topicality if it truly is applicable but make sure you are doing T instead of significance.

I have voted for K before but it needs to be good, applicable and succinct.

Be polite, logical and please do not change history.... For example don't say something such as World War II was the only world war. Doesn't the two imply a one?

If you have questions, ask. I always forget something.

I'm a third year -- i prefer speechdrop but will do what is agreed on in round

You can speak slow, mid, or fast (spread if u want).

I'm really ok with any argument, DA's, CP's, or T's (i especially like T's, but this year sucks for them so wtv), if you're gonna run a K make sure you understand it, and please make sure its not nonsense, and please for the love of everything, read slower than you would evidence.

clipping: if you clip evidence i WILL ignore it, just follow the rules please. analytic arguments are ok, but dont cite something, and then not have a card of the cited info

please flow the debate, and flow properly, dont say you read a card if you didnt.

using an opponents evidence to prove your point is wonderful, as long as the evidence actually proves your point

all in all, this is supposed to be educational, dont use this space to bully, harass, or harm your opponents in any way.

(p.s. if youre reading this you already have a head up over your opponents, ALWAYS look up paradigms, if they dont have one, i recommend asking)

(He/They)
I'm a 2-Year debater 3-Year forensicator at ONW

I don't care how you share evidence just share it with me. jeremystefanik6@gmail.com for email chains.
Make the subject line "(Tournament Name) Round # Speechs)" or else I will probably lose it in my inbox.

General Info

>I'm open to anything, so feel free to run weird stuff in front of me. >PLEASE DO IMPACT CALC IT WILL HELP BOTH OF US GREATLY
>2NC/1NR - Please split the block. Also, don't put new arguments in the 2nc its generally bad practice >KDC pace max, please. >Default to policymaker, but giving a good performance is a good way to get more speaker points >I'm not huge on flowing, but you should still do it and I will too

>If the tournament allows, I will give an RFD and some other commentary >Stock Issues are important, and hitting them will help you win, but not getting all the stock issues won't be held against you

Keep the debate educational and respectful, and above all, have a good time

Neg Stuff

>K's are ok; I don't know much about them but you can run them and I will probably get what you're telling me
>CPs - There isn't really a CP that fazes me, so run whatever CPs you like
>DA's - Nothing really to say here; Weigh your impacts and you'll be fine>Topicality - im meh on T, I think it can be interesting but it's nothing special

Other Important things
>Theory - Yes please I love theory. Is the other team acting a fool? call them out. Good use of theory is a great way for me to give you more speaker points
>Analogies are fun and silly and I love them but if you're gonna use one please use one that makes sense
>Open CrossEx is fine as long as your partner isn't answering questions for you
>you will get one (1) (uno) (ein) (un) extra speaker point if you make a good joke in your speech
>The only time i will vote down a team instead of an argument is if you are being abusive/exclusionary in the round. The round will end there and your coach will be informed. You have no right to make the debate space unsafe
>I don't believe in docking speaker points for not making eye contact, fidgeting, etc.; The obsession with professionalism in debate is lowkey kinda ableist.

If you plan on using an E-mail chain please include the following email: jack.turec@gmail.com

Hello, my name is Jonathan Turec and I use They/Them pronouns. I am a 3rd-year debater at Olathe Northwest High School. I have competed in the Novice, JV, and Open divisions. I have seen most policy arguments and can follow most major CPs, K's, and DAs but you have to make sure they make sense in the scope of the debate.

Novice: The things I want to see in a novice debate are teams who are invested in and understand the debate and don't just mindlessly read off your documents. I need to be able to understand what you are saying in your speeches so please speak up and annunciate. I do factor in your behavior in round as well as the arguments you present. If you act rudely towards your opponent or your partner you will be much more likely to lose that round, so please be cordial. Furthermore, any racist, sexist, transphobic, or homophobic arguments or behavior presented will result in the debater getting the bottom speaker position and very likely result in that team losing the round.

Plan: You need to have clear and easy-to-understand plantexts to let me follow the debate and allow a fair debate for the Neg. I would prefer not to have an entire debate just on the wording of the plan as that will take away from all the impact and DA arguments. If you fail to read your plan in the 1AC I have nothing to judge the Aff case off of and will award the round to the Neg.

CX: During cross-examination, I want both the questioner and recipient to face me to allow me to hear and understand both sides of CX better, you should remain polite and cordial in your CX as well as not asking hateful or derogatory questions if it is your time for questioning. While I am fine with open CX I would prefer that you allow those who are meant to be speaking to have the majority of time in the CX.

Topicality: While I enjoy T arguments, you need to provide good reasoning for your T and make sure it makes sense. If you decide to run topicality on a case that is very clearly topical the affirmative team will have the upper hand in the debate. Overall I like T debate but make sure your T isn't too out there.

CP: If you are going to run a counter plan you need to show both how the affirmative team is wrong in enacting their plan and how your plan solves the affirmative team's impacts/advantages better. I usually enjoy counter-plan debates and will take the CP into heavy consideration when deciding the round. When it comes to perms you need to explain to me why you are perming and how perming solves the CP's issues. It would help if you also showed how perming is possible with both the Aff Plan and Neg CP.

K: It is essential that if you decide to run a K you understand the arguments and reasoning in the kritik, if on the Neg you run a Cap K or some other K and don't understand the basic reasoning and arguments of it then the Aff will get the upper hand in the round. Furthermore, you need to explicitly show how your K links to the Aff case, if you don't then it won't be considered in my RFD.

Overall the debate round will hopefully go smoothly. There should be no interruptions unless it is urgent or a technological issue. I will try to give as much feedback as possible on my ballot but if you would like more feedback please feel free to talk to me after the round so I can explain parts in depth for you.

Don't forget to have fun!!!

Good Luck Debaters!!!