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Answering Ks with Katherine Fennell

Looking for introductory instruction or a review on responding to the K? NSD staff member and Philadelphia Assistant Co-Director Katherine Fennell utilizes a popular Kritik from the 2017-Jan/Feb Topic to...

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Learning from College Debate by Brianna Aaron

Learning From College Debate Watching college debates was never really my “thing” as a high school debater. I was lucky enough as a high schooler to have had interaction with some of the smartest minds in the...

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A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic

A Statistical Study of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah Introduction Due to the strong interest in the September-October and November-December side-bias...

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas NSD Update Staff

Answering Ks with Katherine Fennell

April 19, 2019

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Learning from College Debate by Brianna Aaron

March 30, 2019

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas NSD Update Staff

A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic

February 16, 2019

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A Strategic Response to Resource Disparity- Stephen Scopa

A Strategic Response to Debate Privilege Recently, I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number and presence of large prep groups and coaching squads that have begun to dominate the national circuit. While dominant...

December 20, 2018

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Intentional and Functional Models of Judging by JP Stuckert

Intentional and Functional Models of Judging Within academic and public spheres, government officials are often conceptualized in two different ways. On the one hand, a functional approach to these officials regards...

April 7, 2018

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The Art of Affirmation: Part 2 – Delivering the 1AR by Grant Brown

The Art of Affirmation: Part 2 – Delivering the 1AR By Grant Brown Introduction Much of the difficulty and fear individuals face when affirming is due to the dreaded first affirmative rebuttal. This...

March 29, 2018

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Is Judging Good for You? by JP Stuckert

Is Judging Good for You? JP Stuckert I have, in recent posts, been trying to take up some of the questions involved in the claim that students benefit from participating in debate. These questions are, to a certain...

February 11, 2018

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Fiat and Radical Politics by Becca Traber

One striking trend in debate over the last few years is the pairing of an advocacy of radical, “kritikal” politics with a post-fiat policy option. In a “previous era,” the kritik was more uniformly opposed to policy...

January 17, 2018

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What’s the Point of Advocacy Skills? by JP Stuckert

NSD 2018 Dates have been announced! NSD Flagship at the University of Minnesota : June 24-July 14 NSD Philadelphia at Bryn Mawr College: July 15-July 28 NSD Texas:: July 15-July 28 NSD PF at Bryn Mawr College: July 22...

December 14, 2017

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Against Framework Ks by Dino De La O

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Against Framework Ks By Dino De La O...

December 9, 2017

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Intro to K Strategy: The 2NR

Intro to K Strategy: The 2NR Katherine Fennell It is virtually impossible to go to a national circuit tournament in 2017 and not hear words like “racialized assemblage”, or “semiocapitalism”. With the increased...

November 27, 2017

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Does Debating Moral Issues Make You Moral? by JP Stuckert

Does Debating Moral Issues Make You Moral? JP Stuckert We hear that LD debate is “values debate,” but what is the point of having a style of debate that differs from Policy or PF in this way? And what does...

November 2, 2017

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Critical Problems: Going for the Kritik by Grant Brown

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Critical Problems: Going for the Kritik By Grant Brown Introduction There is a serious problem in the current way...

October 24, 2017

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