Mia Abujawdeh - class of 2025

Currently competitive speech - specialize in Original Oratory (2 years)

Former varsity debater - experience in policy and public forum (2 years)

Email chain - miaabujawdeh25@marist.com

I specialize in speech, so I focus heavily on speech format, execution, and clarity.

Adjudicator

Hey everyone! I'm a senior at Midtown High School in Atlanta, GA, and have experience in both Policy and PF. I'm a pretty traditional judge and mainly want to see good persuasion and a direct clash with the other team's ideas throughout the round.

General Preferences

1. I'm generally Tech > Truth, but if something by the opposing team is dropped, you need to tell me that and explain why that matters for the round.
2. Signposting is hard, but please try your best to do it. I can understand pretty fast speaking, but don't spread.
3. Please time yourselves. I give some leniency on speeches but I won't flow past about 7 seconds after time.
4. Collapsing in the summary and FF is fine, but you need to briefly defend your argument if the other team runs a turn.
5. The second rebuttal speaker should frontline (defend against the opponent's attacks on their case in the first rebuttal). If the second rebuttal speaker does not frontline, then the opponent has to bring this up in the proceeding speech and explain its implications for the round.
6. Throughout the round, you should try to extend your warrants, especially in the summary speeches. It doesn't need to be long, but just enough so that I understand the basis behind your claim.
7. I don't flow crossfire but rather watch it to help me determine speaker points. If something important is said, I strongly encourage you to bring it up in your proceeding speech(es).
8. Weighing in summary and final focus is super important. At the end of the round, if I buy the links to both sides' impacts, I will generally look to which side weighed the impacts better to determine the winner. I like it when people weigh using the acronym MRT (Magnitude-Risk-Timeframe).
9. Be respectful to your opponents. Shake hands after.
10. Have fun!!

Kaitlyn Escayg 26'

I am a second year PF debater at Marist.

Add me to the email chain: kaitlynescayg26@marist.com

About Me:

Debater at Midtown High School in Ga. Experience in Both PF and Policy

• Time Yourself (I give some leniency on speeches and CX, but I'll stop flowing after about 10 secs past time)
• Weigh Impacts
• Extend Arguments if you want the judge to vote on them (Collapsing args in FF is ok)
• Have Fun

I realize this is a pretty bare bones paradigm (mostly because my approach to judging is fluid). I'll run you through some more detailed prefs before rounds. If you have any questions after the round, feel free to ask!

I'm a 4th year PF debater at Marist School in Georgia.

Add me to your email chains

matthewhorne24@marist.com maristpublicforum@gmail.com

If you spread, send a speech doc

Tech>truth

Time your own speeches, prep, and crossfires.

I pay attention to cross solely for speaker points, if something happens that I should know about, let me know in the speech.

Please weigh and

Collapse in your summaries. Narrowing down the debate is important in the back half of rounds

Email me if you have any questions about rfd.

Hi, my name is Abby Hyken and I’m a varsity debater for the Midtown HS debate team. I've competed in Public Forum for 4 years.

Preferences for PF:

• I like comparative weighing, so tell me what to vote off of. Put your impacts side by side and show me why yours are more significant.
• I can understand pretty fast speaking, but make sure you don't sacrifice clarity for speed.
• I won't flow cross, so if something important comes up make sure to mention it in your next speech.
• Time yourself, but don’t abuse this. I will still be paying attention.
• Excessively calling for cards is one of the most obnoxious things that can happen in a debate round. Call for a card if you really want it, but don't use it as an excuse to steal prep time.
• If your opponents drop something, bring it up, but only if they truly dropped it. I don’t like when teams fib about dropping arguments.
• I don’t really like or understand theory, but I still consider myself a tech>truth judge when it comes to traditional PF tech.

All other events:

• Never judged any other event before, so treat me as you would a lay judge.
• That being said, I obviously understand argumentation more than a parent judge, but I most likely won't be very familiar with your topic.

Marist School (Class of 25')

Hi y'all my name is Faiza.

here is my email for chains: faizakhaled25@marist.com

I’m a third year competitor for Marist! I primarily compete in POI (and other speech events) but did a little policy and also judge public forum, so I understand the debate basics. It is to your benefit to treat me like a lay judge, but that being said, there are a couple things you can do to increase your chance of winning

1) Slow down! Your goal is to be persuasive, not make as many arguments as possible. Use your time to your advantage, but remember, quality over quantity. A short but fully developed speech is much more impactful to me rather than a lengthy speech that regurgitates your case redundantly and doesn't extend or weigh the opposing sides case or show any impact.

- On the note of time, respect the time of both your judges as well as the other competitors. This applies to everyone in terms of being prepared to start the debate on time as well as during the debate round, especially during prep time.

2) Signpost, if you tell me to write something down I’ll definitely be included on my flow.

3) Use cross to highlight important parts of the debate, if I hear it more often I’ll remember it.

4) Weigh! I think that weighing your case with the opposing side is a fantastic mechanism to contest the opposing argument while creating nuance within your own argument in a effective and efficient way. Also, extend every part of your argument and show its impact.

5) Speaking points will be based on clarity and quality.

6) Unless it is serious, theory should be avoided. Disclosure is good.

Remember to have fun and be respectful! If an argument seems true it will be more likely to decide my ballot. I’ll only evaluate arguments made in the round, but I come from a background that emphasizes persuasion. Good luck!

I do not like spreading.  Clear communication is key.  Evidence makes your case stronger.

Hey guys, I'm Archana! I'm a senior and varsity on the Vestavia Hills High School PF Debate Team. I've been doing debate for three years, and am currently captain!

For the Vestavia Novice tourney:

- debating for the first few times can be scary, don't freak out or be stressed. we all make mistakes, everyone is a novice and are learning, just focus on giving it your best!

- take everything with a grain of salt, and use this tournament as a learning experience for you to build up on your experience and skills

- any feedback i give is constructive criticism, to give advice/help you improve

GOOD LUCK! :))

Here are some gen things to take note of in round:

- NO derogatory, discriminatory or offensive comments of any kind!!

- tech > truth, ill flow any arg as long as it is throughly warranted

- i usually adapt myself to your debating style

- try to use all of your speech time pls

- speak loud and clear

- extend args

- signpost during speechs so i'm not lost, give me an off time roadmap

- weigh, weigh, weigh! i wanna hear why your impacts are better than your opponents

- collapse

- ok w/speed but if you spread send me your speech doc

- i don't flow cross so if your opponent mentions something important bring it back up in one of your speechs for me to flow it through the round

- be nice to your opponents in cross!

- i strongly prefer for you to keep your own time, but i will be too just incase

- i'll disclose if everyone is ok with it

PF:

- i don't flow through new arguments that are brought up after summary

- start weighing early on in the round

- frontline

- pls dont cause chaos/yell over each other in grandcross :))

- not as accustomed with theory/prog args but go ahead, just explain it well

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- i've seen enough LD rounds to gauge what's going on and know how it works

- i'm g with trad debates (focus on weighing and fw); i will say i'm open to but definitely not experienced with anything prog -- such as theory, K's, DA's, plans, tricks etc -- but i'll do my best to understand if explained throughly

- weigh framework properly

- im ok with speed but if you spread send speech doc

feel free to add me to the email chain: archanaraja.nkl@gmail.com

if you have any questions pre/post round, reach out to me and i'll be happy to answer

don't stress, have fun with debate, and make the best out of it. you're gonna do great, i believe in you GOOD LUCK!!! :)

I know it's a somewhat long paradigm but reading it will help you in round, I promise.

My Experience/Preferences: I'm a fourth-year PF debater at Midtown High School so I'm very knowledgeable about debate in general. If I'm judging you in LD or Policy, I'm fine with most theory and Ks, but less experienced with very progressive debate, so you may need to explain things to me in your speeches. Also, explain the basics of your topic to me if you're not in PF because I won't have done much research on it. Also, plz give an offtime roadmap, it just helps me flow.

Speaking: Do not spread, if you do I will give you low speaks and will tell you to slow down. Otherwise, I can understand pretty fast speaking as long as you're clear. Make sure you're speaking loud enough and showing passion in what you're debating.

Evidence: I don't need to be on an evidence-sharing doc or email chain and usually won't ask to see evidence unless I really need to accurately judge to round. Also, do not excessively call for cards. No one should ever ask for 8 cards at the end of a speech, because they'll only end up actually evaluating two or three them. Doing this to try to gain prep time is very obnoxious and will lose you speaks. Only ask for cards if you are actually going to evaluate them well or need to examine the credibility of the source.

Time: Time yourselves, I will try to time as well but I may forget. I will be keeping track of your prep so don't try to steal any, doing so will result in a loss of speaker points. Also, be sure to use up all of your speech time.

How I Judge: I'm definitely prioritize tech over truth so if you point out your opponent's nontopicality, their running of a plan (PF), their failure to respond to something, or that they're bringing up new evidence or arguments when they're not supposed to, I will flow that argument to you. If you don't respond to your opponent's framework or alternative situation, I will go with whatever they say.

This does not mean, however, that you will get away with any type of response you want. If you have a bad turn, your opponent's impact will flow through. The same goes with your case, if your impact isn't true, terminal, and specific, I will only weigh as however important as I see it is. Your link chain also has to be clear and make sense for me to consider the impact.

I don't flow CSX but how you speak and respond will influence your speaker points. If you bring up a good point in cross, bring it up in your next speech. The same goes with other speeches, if you read it in one speech, you need to keep running that point, try not to drop arguments unless you intentionally drop it to collapse on one argument or save time and focus on more important things.

Another thing thats very important to me is giving a good explanation. Explain why the points you make impact the round and always link the points you make to your value criterion (LD) and your impacts.

I will vote on impacts, so GIVE COMPARATIVE VOTERS, tell me why you win the round and why your impacts are better in Magnitude, Risk, and/or Timeframe than your opponents.

Most importantly, have fun!! Debate is all just a game so try not to get too frustrated with anything your opponents say. Also, Ill give you 0.5 extra speaker points if you make a joke during one of your speeches, but only if it makes me laugh.