Panchal,+Olivia

oliviapanchal (at) gmail (dot) com Heritage Hall School (OK) University of Southern California Rounds judged on 2017-2018 topic: 5 (as of 10/14/2017)

The following are just MY thoughts on policy debate. In general, you should do what you are comfortable with– this will make the debate better for both of us.

T/Theory: –you must have a counter-interpretation –you must have terminal impacts, like you would for any DA (your standards are not your impacts, they are internal links to greater skills that are integral to debate) –I will typically default to competing interpretations over reasonability

Disads: –case specific links will only help you –strong/creative DA turns case/case turns DA arguments are most convincing to me –impact calculus is very important, but it's more than just magnitude and probability. I am much more convinced by arguments that prove how the DA impacts interact with the case (see above point)

Counterplans: –I will kick the cp for you if told to do so –you must have a solvency advocate –CP's that compete off the mandate of the plan and use the same actor are legitimate –I am not opposed to questionably legitimate CP's, in fact I kind of like them. However, the aff can easily beat them with a WELL-DEVELOPED AND IMPACTED theory argument

Kritiks: –I am not the best person to read high-theory, obscure K's in front of. I am not well versed in the literature and you'll have to do an exceptional job explaining your argument. However, that does not mean I will never vote on the K. –The K does need a specific link to the aff and more importantly, the neg needs to talk about the aff in terms of the K. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

Other thoughts: –i don't take prep for flashing –the last 2 rebuttals should not be a reiteration of the debate so far, but rather you should be telling me what you need to win to win this round and CLOSING DOORS. too often the final rebuttals are just two ships passing in the night, which means I have to resolve things on my own. this will not make you or me happy –over everything... have fun, be nice, and learn stuff

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask. Fight on!