Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Visayas-Mindanao Debating Championships 2007 University of the Philippines -Cebu and University of San Carlos July 26-29, 2007
Speaker Roles
Prime Minister Leader of opposition The Deputies The Members The Whips
Definitional Challenges
Squirrel Truism Time/Place Set Tautology
Dynamism/Responsiveness Consistency Fulfillment of Roles Know the issue and rules, but dont impose arguments - ARP
Counterproposals
Not everything has to be mutually exclusive! (if the debate is on the nonmut-ex part)
Federalism example
Other Issues
Box out Matter battle Shafts Conflicts (romantic, institutional, etc.)
Adjudicator marking
4-pt scale in adj exam 5-pt scale on adj feedback Final score: 50% test, 50% feedback
Feedback
Mandatory 1 is an automatic complaint