Ornelas,+Angel

Name: Angel Ornelas, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA Email: ornelasangelbolivar@gmail.com Edited Summer 2018

Please feel free to email me with any questions if any of this philosophy is unclear.

Background: I debated for four years at the School of Science and Engineering, a STEM oriented high school with a budding policy debate program in south Dallas. The new and current debate coach, Mary Gregg, is a former alumni of Northwestern Debate. I am currently a student at Claremont McKenna College, a small liberal arts college in southern California. Since my undergraduate institution has no policy debate team, my debate knowledge is limited to my high school experience. In high school, I was mostly interested in traditional policy debate and rarely used critical arguments. My high school coach, Mary Gregg, encouraged traditional policy debate.


 * 1) Although I didn’t spend much time in the policy debate world as a debater, I will flow any and all arguments as long as you take the time to explain clearly what it is you’re running. I prefer quality over speed. (But that also doesn’t mean go slow as a snail, I can keep up with you) I appreciate and commend you for being able to achieve such rapid speeds, but spreading complex kritiks will get you nowhere with me. If I am unable to keep up with you I will set my pen down and stop flowing.
 * 2) Please have fun, be nice, and play fair! Policy debate was a wonderful experience for me in high school and I want to see that sentiment be expressed with every future generation of debaters. If you make me feel uncomfortable or pursue an aggressive ad hominem strategy, I will dock speaker points and stop flowing. Do not abuse prep time, flash evidence quickly, and do not speak/interact with your partner during prep! Your CX time is yours, not your partners.
 * 3) For non-traditional styles, please make sure you make direct links to the topic and important aspects of debate. Since my background is in traditional policy debate, I will be very unfamiliar with the current literature base. However, if you will be presenting narratives, music, performances, etc., make sure you extend and make it clear to me what it is you are arguing and how this applies to policy debate.