VanEenenaam,+Bonnie

Portage Northern
I am a policy oriented judge. My decision calculus is almost always an attempt to strictly determine which policy will do the most good.

TOPICALITY is always a voting issue.

COUNTERPLANS are encouraged. It is the affirmative's burden to demonstrate their plan is better than the status quo or any competitive policy option.

I like clear debates. Most debates are too fast and too much emphasis is put on the technical and not on the persuasive. Speed is over used in debate; analysis and critical thinking skills are an underutilized tool.

CRITIQUES must be a reason to reject the affirmative. Negatives can't simply say that they did something good; they must prove the affirmative definitively prohibits that from happening.