Fulton,+Joel

I have about 8 years of involved debate experience. I debated for three years at Westside High School in Omaha, NE, and for a year and a half at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. I have worked at summer camps for middle and high schoolers, and have instructed debate during the school year. However, I have been away from the activity the previous two years. I am now in my first year at the University of Nebraska College of Law.

As far as paradigm goes, I am open to most arguments. I just want to be persuaded. I want to see the students debate their best arguments. If a debate must be critical, it should be well done. I would rather see bad policy arguments than bad critical arguments. I do appreciate creativity in round and encourage the debaters to innovate from within themselves.

I'm a big believer in offense versus defense. The team that does the best job handling their opponent's arguments, not just their own, will probably win.

I evaluate T and theory just like any other argument on the flow. In that sense debaters will be best served if they establish a framework for which the round should be evaluated and then win they best support that framework.