You,+Stephanie

Hello! I debated for 4 years at Interlake High School and am now at Carnegie Mellon University.


 * In General**
 * I read a fairly wide variety of arguments in high school and liked my fair share of both sides of the spectrum.
 * Don’t be an asshole. Please.
 * Debate is first and foremost an educational activity. If you win the flow but are a jerk about it and aren’t helping anyone in the room learn, I will be very unhappy. >:(
 * Run whatever you feel comfortable with and I’ll listen.
 * Buzz words are my nemesis. Grr.
 * It’s been a while since I debated and I’ve never seen any debates on this topic so chances are if you drop acronyms and references to specific cases I might not get it.


 * More Specifically**
 * re: planless affs/kritikal affs, go for it. I read affs with plans and without plans in high school and enjoyed both. But, aff conditionality is probably not a thing so don’t be super shifty and do provide stable ground and room for clash.
 * re: kritiks, spewing jargon at light speed is a sure fire way to make me upset. I probably haven’t read and don’t understand the literature you’re working with in depth so explanations are so very important.
 * re: theory, I default to reject the argument, not the team and think conditionality is good and internal contradictions are bad. I can be convinced otherwise but be prepared to spend a lot of time doing so.
 * Having quality evidence and doing meaningful evidence comparison is an excellent way to get more speaker points!