Anguiera,+Meredith

Meredith Angueira Brown University Debated in high school for 4 years at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

The following are ways I tend to think about certain arguments. With that said, everything is debatable. I will use my flow to inform my decision (so be CLEAR). ---I tend to default to the belief that I should vote for the best policy option --The aff must defend a plan implemented by the United States federal government -- Dropped arguments are true --2NR should be protected

**DAs**: I generally tend to believe that link controls the direction of uniqueness – unless you give me a reason not to Turns the case – Tell me which I should evaluate first in my decision: Magnitude? Timeframe? Probability? 1ar needs to explicitly answer turns the case args (extending the link/internal link to the advantage)

**Counterplans**: CP should have high quality solvency advocates Perms are a better way to eliminate unproductive counterplan discussions than theory! Textual vs. Functional competition – it’s up to the debaters to tell me how I should evaluate CP competition <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Conditionality Good – with that said I am more sympathetic to the affirmative when the neg has read multiple conditional options <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Consult/Condition – Context specific, well-crafted perms can generally solve NBs (at least for CPs like consult NATO, etc.) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">PICs Good – especially when they are aff specific, PIC out of the mandates of the plan <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Word PICs – Neg leaning <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Alternate non-USFG actors – Aff leaning <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Frame theory and competition args in terms of offense-defense. Interpretations need offensive reasons to prefer, and why it outweighs the opponent’s offense.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Topicality**: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Voting issue (not a reverse voting issue) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">T is about competing interpretations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Both sides need case lists <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">High quality evidence and source comparison are crucial

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The more aff specific the better <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">You must give me a reason why it is good to disregard my conceptions of rationality, pragmatism, and aversion to unnecessary death
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Performance Strategies**: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">You must make a clear argument throughout the debate <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The team that best resolves the impact framework debate will have a good chance of winning the debate <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I generally believe debate is a good, educational activity.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Clarity – this is a speaking activity and the manner in which you present your arguments matters <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The more apparent it is that debaters have worked hard (case specific strategies, good case debates, mastery of the material), the higher their speaker points will be
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Debate is a safe for the exchange of ideas. I will not tolerate any forms of discrimination or harassment during rounds. Do not clip cards or read them out of context. Debaters generally work hard to cut evidence, don’t save their cards or keep them without the other teams permission. With that said, if a team asks you for cites, you should give them cites. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">As a tip for being a generally good person, follow disclosure policies and be honest with the other team when disclosing what you have read in past rounds, and whether the “new” aff or advantage you are breaking is actually new. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Prep time stops when the jump drive is out of the computer. When the other team is opening the speech doc, do not prep! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I would like speeches jumped to me if they are going to be read off of the computer.