Patrick Waldinger -- Boston College

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Judging philosophy:

Patrick Waldinger – Boston College

Updated 3.22.09

Background:
I am currently in my fourth year of coaching at Boston College. Before that, I received my Masters at Wake Forest where I was an assistant debate coach. I debated in college at The Catholic University of America and in high school at Cathedral Prep.

General Comments:
I prefer to hear fast, technical, policy debate. I have, however, voted for many different kinds of styles and arguments. I have also voted against many different styles and arguments.

I believe that it is non-negotiable that the affirmative has to defend a plan that is an example of the current CEDA debate resolution. I believe that the affirmative must defend the consequences of their plan as if the United States Federal Government were to actually enact your proposal.

I like to read a lot of cards at the end of debate so they better be good. If you don’t like judges who read a lot of evidence, then I am not the judge for you.

Plan:
You should read one and it should be relevant to the topic. In fact, it should be an example of the current CEDA resolution. Nothing more, nothing less.

Topicality:
Topicality is always a voting issue and never a reverse voting issue. I’m a big fan of having to talk about the topic. There is a reason why we have one. I default to reasonability on T unless you give me a good reason not to.

Disads:
Yes. Good evidence is crucial.

Counterplans:
Sure. Although there are many types of counterplans that I find theoretically dubious – conditioning and consult CPs being high on my list. I don’t think the negative should be able to advocate more than one alternative policy proposal i.e., counterplan or alternative, in a debate.

Kritiks:
Okay. I don’t necessarily dislike the K, but I feel oftentimes it is unnecessarily confusing and fails the negative’s burden of rejoinder. The negative has to prove the plan is a bad idea, yet many times I judge the kritik and the negative makes no attempt to argue why the specific plan the affirmative is proposing is bad.

Theory:
I believe I hold almost opposite beliefs to the current debate community’s notion of what is theoretically legitimate, i.e., I am very conservative when it comes to debate. The only theoretical arguments that I believe are “voting issues” are conditionality and topicality. The rest are just reasons to reject the argument and/or allow the other side to advocate similar shenanigans.

Seasonal voting record:

Tourney Div Rd AFF NEG Decision
WestPt Nov 1 Newark Argenal 27.5 Wang 27.8 Rochstr Ahmed 27.7 Norbu 27.9 NEG
WestPt Open 2 GeoMas Lastovica 28.7 Nichols 29.7 Navy Branton 27.5 Hurt 27.9 AFF
WestPt Open 3 JamesM Brass 28.8 Waugh 27.7 GeoMas Kwon 27.9 Merican 28.1 AFF
WestPt Open 4 Libert Troxclair 29.1 Warren 28.3 GeoMas Frank 27.8 Kyagaba 28.4 AFF
WestPt JV 5 Newark Haughton 27.7 Murphy 27.9 Crnl Kuo 27.5 Naqvi 28.3 AFF
WestPt JV 6 Clarion Lewis 27.9 Picardi 27.7 Crnl Furman 28.2 Yoon 28.1 AFF
WestPt Nov Doub Crnl Dong 0 Matos 0 Army/CUNY Spikol 0 Espinoza 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
WestPt Open Octo JamesM Eszenyi 0 Krishnamoorthy 0 GeoMas Lastovica 0 Nichols 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt Open Qurt Libert Troxclair 0 Warren 0 Rochstr Kasschau 0 Schwartz 0 AFF 2-1 (NEG)
WestPt Open Semi Crnl Cue 0 Wright 0 Libert Troxclair 0 Warren 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
JMU JV 1 Navy Furst 27.3 Hurt 28 GeoMas Miyares 28.2 Woodward 27.9 NEG
JMU Nov 2 JamesM Norby 28 Schrer 27.7 Libert Murray 28.6 Walker 28.8 NEG
JMU Open 3 Libert Bobbitt 27.7 Hedrick 27.9 Pittsb Lee 28.1 Markus 28 NEG
JMU Nov 4 Libert Showalter 27.3 Soward 27.2 JamesM Rand 28.1 Spiker 28 NEG
JMU Nov 6 JamesM Kindel 27.5 Sheffield 27.8 Libert Gardner 28 Streeter 28.2 NEG
JMU Open Octo CUNY Cheung 0 Forbes 0 Pittsb Lee 0 Markus 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
JMU Nov Qurt Vandy Paulo 0 Young 0 Libert Holland 0 Simmons 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
JMU Open Semi JamesM Brass 0 Waugh 0 Libert Troxclair 0 Warren 0 AFF 2-1 (NEG)
GMU Open 1 GeoWas Bertram 28.1 Sommers 28.6 Newark Astacio 28.4 Haughton 28.2 AFF
GMU Open 4 Libert Alsop 27.7 Rossdeutscher 28.1 N/a N/a 0 N/a 0 Bye/FFt
GMU Open 5 VT Deal 27.9 Deevi 27.8 Newark Randall 28.3 Smith 28.5 NEG
GMU Open Qurt GeoWas Andrews 0 Tan 0 Libert Apthorp 0 Edwards 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
Wake Open 1 Indiana Fasone 27.4 Parroco 27.3 Harvard Karlson 28.8 Tandet 28.7 NEG
Wake Open 3 UMW McCleary 28.4 McElhinny 28.3 Cal Gannon 28.5 Weiner 28.6 NEG
Wake Open 4 KState Mays 27.8 Ramirez 27.7 Vandy Stothers 27.9 Williford 28 AFF
Vermont Open 1 Crnl Naqvi 28.2 Tablan 27.6 Army Burroughs 27.7 Hauptman 27.8 NEG
Vermont Open 2 Rochstr Akolkar 27.9 Weddington 27.7 Crnl Chen 27.4 Victor 27.5 AFF
Vermont Open 3 Crnl Gunn 27.9 Yoon 28.1 Army Cornelius 27.7 Hurd 28.3 NEG
Vermont Open Octo Army Cornelius 0 Hurd 0 Rochstr Kasschau 0 Lim 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
Vermont Open Qurt Crnl Huang 0 Powers 0 Bard Jeworski 0 Seyer 0 AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Vermont Open Semi Crnl Huang 0 Powers 0 Rochstr Batha 0 Diamond 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Harvard Open 1 Wake Bencosme 28.5 Carlotti 28.4 UMW Pacheco 27.8 Susko 27.9 AFF
Harvard Open 2 Trinit Bram 28.2 Uzman 28.5 Rochstr Akolkar 27.7 Weddington 27.5 AFF
Harvard Open 6 CSUF bugrov 28.4 cruz 28 Whitman Humble 28.1 Zendeh 28.5 NEG
Harvard Open 7 Michig Deming 28.5 Pappas 28.7 Wake LeDuc 28.6 Quinn 28.4 AFF
Harvard Open Octo GTown Arsht 0 Markoff 0 Libert Garrett 0 Woodruff 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
UTD Open 1 Iowa Long 28 O'Neill 27.8 Trinit Gonzalez 28.7 Murray 28.6 NEG
UTD Open 2 UGA Geddes 28.4 Sharpe 27.8 KState McMillin-Beckman 27.6 Papen 27.7 AFF
UTD Open 3 Baylor Evans 27.7 Morey 27.8 Kansas Getto 27.6 Wood 27.9 AFF
UTD Open 4 UTD Takeda 28.2 Varney 28.5 Trinit Butler 27.4 Hall 27.6 AFF
UTD Open 6 NoTexa Peretz 28.4 Searles 28.2 UGA Beyer 28.1 Shanker 28 AFF
UTD Open 7 Rochstr Batha 27.9 Schwartz 28.1 Iowa Croat 28.2 Lehrman 27.8 AFF
UTD Open Doub Trinit Gonzalez 0 Murray 0 WayneS Justice 0 Meloche 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
UTD Open Qurt NoTexa Quinn 0 Schade 0 Iowa Aufderheide 0 Kann 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Texas Open 1 CSUF bugrov 28.2 cruz 28 Trinit Bram 28.3 Uzman 28.1 NEG
Texas Open 2 UWyo Fanning 28.1 Pauli 27.8 Harvard Ramanujan 28.2 Zhao 28 AFF
Texas Open 3 Clarion Ciak 28.2 Picardi 27.5 Samfor DeFoor 27.9 Sessions 27.6 AFF
Texas Open 4 UMW Pacheco 27.9 Susko 28.3 SMU McAuliffe 27.7 Murray 28 AFF
Texas Open 5 GeoMas Kwon 27.9 Kyagaba 28.2 JamesM Brass 28.3 Waugh 28.1 NEG
Texas Open 6 Harvard Dimitrijevic 28.8 Taylor 29 KState Kowaleski 28.3 Ziegler 29.3 AFF
Texas Open 7 Iowa Croat 28.3 Lehrman 28 Harvard Karlson 28.8 Tandet 28.5 NEG
Texas Open 8 WayneS Justice 28.1 Meloche 28.2 Wichit Box 28.5 Munday 28.7 NEG
UNT Open 1 Baylor Bacon 28.4 White 27.4 WayneS Justice 28.6 Meloche 27.8 NEG
UNT Open 2 Oklhma Baez 27.7 Strachan-Lafon 27.9 Trinit Gonzalez 28.2 Murray 28.6 NEG
UNT Open 3 Kansas Bevens 27.9 Mapes 27.7 Rochstr Akolkar 27.5 Weddington 27.3 AFF
UNT Open 4 Trinit Knoedler 27.9 Mithani 27.8 Wichit Donnell 28 Sullivan 27.7 AFF
UNT JV 5 GeoWas/KState Andrews 28.2 Jackson 27.7 JCCC Cuellar 28.3 Purcell 27.8 AFF
UNT JV 6 Kansas Johansen 27.5 Sears 28 ULL Flemming 27.9 Sorenson 28.5 NEG
UNT Open 7 Iowa Long 28.2 O'Neill 27.8 Trinit Bram 28.5 Uzman 28.6 NEG
UNT JV Qurt UMKC/UWyo Chang 0 Jones 0 ULL Flemming 0 Sorenson 0 AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Monmouth JV 1 Navy Furst 27.7 Hurt 28 Rochstr Davidge 27.5 Taylor 27.6 AFF
Monmouth Open 2 Rochstr Diamond 27.8 Kasschau 28.7 Crnl Huang 28.8 Powers 27.9 NEG
Monmouth Open 3 CUNY Baroudi 27.7 Jackson 27.9 Army Baughman 27.8 Hurd 28.3 NEG
Monmouth Open 4 Rochstr Batha 28.1 Lim 27.7 JamesM Brass 28.5 Waugh 28.4 NEG
Monmouth JV 6 Crnl Kuo 27.5 Naqvi 28.2 Libert Febrizio 28.4 Lotspeich 28.6 NEG
Monmouth Open Octo JamesM Brass 0 Waugh 0 Rochstr Akolkar 0 Weddington 0 AFF 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth Nov Qurt GeoMas Ahmad 0 Kostiuk 0 JamesM Schrer 0 Spiker 0 NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth Nov Semi JamesM Schrer 0 Spiker 0 Libert Edwards 0 Gardner 0 AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Monmouth Nov Final Army Burroughs 0 Hauptman 0 JamesM Schrer 0 Spiker 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Rutgers Nov 1 Newark Ashley 27.6 Kurimella 27.4 MU Craig 27.5 DiGiovanni 27.7 NEG
Rutgers Nov 4 Bing Hall 27.8 Kurian 27.7 Libert Murray 28.5 Walker 29 NEG
Rutgers Nov Octo Bing Evans 0 Frumkin 0 Libert Gardner 0 Holland 0 NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Rutgers JV Qurt Libert Febrizio 0 Lotspeich 0 Army Baughman 0 Hurd 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
D8Qual Open 1 CUNY Cheung 28.5 Forbes 28 Dartmth Lee 28.3 Robinson 28.8 NEG
D8Qual Open 2 CUNY Baroudi 28.2 Jackson 28 WCSU Allen 27.9 Townsend 27.8 NEG
D8Qual Open 3 Rochstr Schwartz 28 Batha 27.7 WCSU Pasquence 27.3 Wolff 27.2 AFF
D8Qual Open 4 Dartmth Lee 28.4 Robinson 28.5 Rochstr Schwartz 28 Batha 27.9 AFF
D8Qual Open 5 Crnl Cue 28.6 Wright 28.7 Dartmth Elias 28.8 Resar 29.2 NEG
D8Qual Open 6 CUNY Cheung 28.1 Forbes 27.8 Vermont Doucette 27.9 Cooper 28.2 AFF
NDT Open 1 Samfor Bagwell 28.6 Lewis 28.3 Libert Garrett 28.7 Woodruff 28.4 NEG
NDT Open 2 Trinit Bram 28.2 Uzman 28 Wake McCarty 28.3 Miller 28.5 NEG
NDT Open 3 Harvard Dimitrijevic 28.6 Taylor 28.7 Nwstrn Lee 28.8 Vellayappan 28.5 NEG
NDT Open 4 UMW Pacheco 28.7 Susko 28.5 KState Kowaleski 28.1 Ziegler 28.8 AFF
NDT Open 5 Iowa Aufderheide 28 Kann 28.3 UMW McCleary 28.1 McElhinny 28.4 NEG
NDT Open 6 UGA Beyer 28 Shanker 28.2 Michig Deming 28.6 Pappas 28.5 NEG
NDT Open 7 Harvard Karlson 28.7 Tandet 28.5 GTown Arsht 28.9 Markoff 29 NEG
NDT Open 8 NoTexa Quinn 28.5 Schade 28.7 WayneS Justice 28.1 Meloche 28 AFF

Tourney	Div	Rd	AFF					NEG					Decision
WestPt	Nov	1	Newark	Argenal	27.5	Wang	27.8	Rochstr	Ahmed	27.7	Norbu	27.9	NEG
WestPt	Open	2	GeoMas	Lastovica	28.7	Nichols	29.7	Navy	Branton	27.5	Hurt	27.9	AFF
WestPt	Open	3	JamesM	Brass	28.8	Waugh	27.7	GeoMas	Kwon	27.9	Merican	28.1	AFF
WestPt	Open	4	Libert	Troxclair	29.1	Warren	28.3	GeoMas	Frank	27.8	Kyagaba	28.4	AFF
WestPt	JV	5	Newark	Haughton	27.7	Murphy	27.9	Crnl	Kuo	27.5	Naqvi	28.3	AFF
WestPt	JV	6	Clarion	Lewis	27.9	Picardi	27.7	Crnl	Furman	28.2	Yoon	28.1	AFF
WestPt	Nov	Doub	Crnl	Dong	0	Matos	0	Army/CUNY	Spikol	0	Espinoza	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
WestPt	Open	Octo	JamesM	Eszenyi	0	Krishnamoorthy	0	GeoMas	Lastovica	0	Nichols	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt	Open	Qurt	Libert	Troxclair	0	Warren	0	Rochstr	Kasschau	0	Schwartz	0	AFF 2-1 (NEG)
WestPt	Open	Semi	Crnl	Cue	0	Wright	0	Libert	Troxclair	0	Warren	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
JMU	JV	1	Navy	Furst	27.3	Hurt	28	GeoMas	Miyares	28.2	Woodward	27.9	NEG
JMU	Nov	2	JamesM	Norby	28	Schrer	27.7	Libert	Murray	28.6	Walker	28.8	NEG
JMU	Open	3	Libert	Bobbitt	27.7	Hedrick	27.9	Pittsb	Lee	28.1	Markus	28	NEG
JMU	Nov	4	Libert	Showalter	27.3	Soward	27.2	JamesM	Rand	28.1	Spiker	28	NEG
JMU	Nov	6	JamesM	Kindel	27.5	Sheffield	27.8	Libert	Gardner	28	Streeter	28.2	NEG
JMU	Open	Octo	CUNY	Cheung	0	Forbes	0	Pittsb	Lee	0	Markus	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
JMU	Nov	Qurt	Vandy	Paulo	0	Young	0	Libert	Holland	0	Simmons	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
JMU	Open	Semi	JamesM	Brass	0	Waugh	0	Libert	Troxclair	0	Warren	0	AFF 2-1 (NEG)
GMU	Open	1	GeoWas	Bertram	28.1	Sommers	28.6	Newark	Astacio	28.4	Haughton	28.2	AFF
GMU	Open	4	Libert	Alsop	27.7	Rossdeutscher	28.1	N/a	N/a	0	N/a	0	Bye/FFt
GMU	Open	5	VT	Deal	27.9	Deevi	27.8	Newark	Randall	28.3	Smith	28.5	NEG
GMU	Open	Qurt	GeoWas	Andrews	0	Tan	0	Libert	Apthorp	0	Edwards	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
Wake	Open	1	Indiana	Fasone	27.4	Parroco	27.3	Harvard	Karlson	28.8	Tandet	28.7	NEG
Wake	Open	3	UMW	McCleary	28.4	McElhinny	28.3	Cal	Gannon	28.5	Weiner	28.6	NEG
Wake	Open	4	KState	Mays	27.8	Ramirez	27.7	Vandy	Stothers	27.9	Williford	28	AFF
Vermont	Open	1	Crnl	Naqvi	28.2	Tablan	27.6	Army	Burroughs	27.7	Hauptman	27.8	NEG
Vermont	Open	2	Rochstr	Akolkar	27.9	Weddington	27.7	Crnl	Chen	27.4	Victor	27.5	AFF
Vermont	Open	3	Crnl	Gunn	27.9	Yoon	28.1	Army	Cornelius	27.7	Hurd	28.3	NEG
Vermont	Open	Octo	Army	Cornelius	0	Hurd	0	Rochstr	Kasschau	0	Lim	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
Vermont	Open	Qurt	Crnl	Huang	0	Powers	0	Bard	Jeworski	0	Seyer	0	AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Vermont	Open	Semi	Crnl	Huang	0	Powers	0	Rochstr	Batha	0	Diamond	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Harvard	Open	1	Wake	Bencosme	28.5	Carlotti	28.4	UMW	Pacheco	27.8	Susko	27.9	AFF
Harvard	Open	2	Trinit	Bram	28.2	Uzman	28.5	Rochstr	Akolkar	27.7	Weddington	27.5	AFF
Harvard	Open	6	CSUF	bugrov	28.4	cruz	28	Whitman	Humble	28.1	Zendeh	28.5	NEG
Harvard	Open	7	Michig	Deming	28.5	Pappas	28.7	Wake	LeDuc	28.6	Quinn	28.4	AFF
Harvard	Open	Octo	GTown	Arsht	0	Markoff	0	Libert	Garrett	0	Woodruff	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
UTD	Open	1	Iowa	Long	28	O'Neill	27.8	Trinit	Gonzalez	28.7	Murray	28.6	NEG
UTD	Open	2	UGA	Geddes	28.4	Sharpe	27.8	KState	McMillin-Beckman	27.6	Papen	27.7	AFF
UTD	Open	3	Baylor	Evans	27.7	Morey	27.8	Kansas	Getto	27.6	Wood	27.9	AFF
UTD	Open	4	UTD	Takeda	28.2	Varney	28.5	Trinit	Butler	27.4	Hall	27.6	AFF
UTD	Open	6	NoTexa	Peretz	28.4	Searles	28.2	UGA	Beyer	28.1	Shanker	28	AFF
UTD	Open	7	Rochstr	Batha	27.9	Schwartz	28.1	Iowa	Croat	28.2	Lehrman	27.8	AFF
UTD	Open	Doub	Trinit	Gonzalez	0	Murray	0	WayneS	Justice	0	Meloche	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
UTD	Open	Qurt	NoTexa	Quinn	0	Schade	0	Iowa	Aufderheide	0	Kann	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Texas	Open	1	CSUF	bugrov	28.2	cruz	28	Trinit	Bram	28.3	Uzman	28.1	NEG
Texas	Open	2	UWyo	Fanning	28.1	Pauli	27.8	Harvard	Ramanujan	28.2	Zhao	28	AFF
Texas	Open	3	Clarion	Ciak	28.2	Picardi	27.5	Samfor	DeFoor	27.9	Sessions	27.6	AFF
Texas	Open	4	UMW	Pacheco	27.9	Susko	28.3	SMU	McAuliffe	27.7	Murray	28	AFF
Texas	Open	5	GeoMas	Kwon	27.9	Kyagaba	28.2	JamesM	Brass	28.3	Waugh	28.1	NEG
Texas	Open	6	Harvard	Dimitrijevic	28.8	Taylor	29	KState	Kowaleski	28.3	Ziegler	29.3	AFF
Texas	Open	7	Iowa	Croat	28.3	Lehrman	28	Harvard	Karlson	28.8	Tandet	28.5	NEG
Texas	Open	8	WayneS	Justice	28.1	Meloche	28.2	Wichit	Box	28.5	Munday	28.7	NEG
UNT	Open	1	Baylor	Bacon	28.4	White	27.4	WayneS	Justice	28.6	Meloche	27.8	NEG
UNT	Open	2	Oklhma	Baez	27.7	Strachan-Lafon	27.9	Trinit	Gonzalez	28.2	Murray	28.6	NEG
UNT	Open	3	Kansas	Bevens	27.9	Mapes	27.7	Rochstr	Akolkar	27.5	Weddington	27.3	AFF
UNT	Open	4	Trinit	Knoedler	27.9	Mithani	27.8	Wichit	Donnell	28	Sullivan	27.7	AFF
UNT	JV	5	GeoWas/KState	Andrews	28.2	Jackson	27.7	JCCC	Cuellar	28.3	Purcell	27.8	AFF
UNT	JV	6	Kansas	Johansen	27.5	Sears	28	ULL	Flemming	27.9	Sorenson	28.5	NEG
UNT	Open	7	Iowa	Long	28.2	O'Neill	27.8	Trinit	Bram	28.5	Uzman	28.6	NEG
UNT	JV	Qurt	UMKC/UWyo	Chang	0	Jones	0	ULL	Flemming	0	Sorenson	0	AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Monmouth	JV	1	Navy	Furst	27.7	Hurt	28	Rochstr	Davidge	27.5	Taylor	27.6	AFF
Monmouth	Open	2	Rochstr	Diamond	27.8	Kasschau	28.7	Crnl	Huang	28.8	Powers	27.9	NEG
Monmouth	Open	3	CUNY	Baroudi	27.7	Jackson	27.9	Army	Baughman	27.8	Hurd	28.3	NEG
Monmouth	Open	4	Rochstr	Batha	28.1	Lim	27.7	JamesM	Brass	28.5	Waugh	28.4	NEG
Monmouth	JV	6	Crnl	Kuo	27.5	Naqvi	28.2	Libert	Febrizio	28.4	Lotspeich	28.6	NEG
Monmouth	Open	Octo	JamesM	Brass	0	Waugh	0	Rochstr	Akolkar	0	Weddington	0	AFF 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth	Nov	Qurt	GeoMas	Ahmad	0	Kostiuk	0	JamesM	Schrer	0	Spiker	0	NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth	Nov	Semi	JamesM	Schrer	0	Spiker	0	Libert	Edwards	0	Gardner	0	AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Monmouth	Nov	Final	Army	Burroughs	0	Hauptman	0	JamesM	Schrer	0	Spiker	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Rutgers	Nov	1	Newark	Ashley	27.6	Kurimella	27.4	MU	Craig	27.5	DiGiovanni	27.7	NEG
Rutgers	Nov	4	Bing	Hall	27.8	Kurian	27.7	Libert	Murray	28.5	Walker	29	NEG
Rutgers	Nov	Octo	Bing	Evans	0	Frumkin	0	Libert	Gardner	0	Holland	0	NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Rutgers	JV	Qurt	Libert	Febrizio	0	Lotspeich	0	Army	Baughman	0	Hurd	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
D8Qual	Open	1	CUNY	Cheung	28.5	Forbes	28	Dartmth	Lee	28.3	Robinson	28.8	NEG
D8Qual	Open	2	CUNY	Baroudi	28.2	Jackson	28	WCSU	Allen	27.9	Townsend	27.8	NEG
D8Qual	Open	3	Rochstr	Schwartz	28	Batha	27.7	WCSU	Pasquence	27.3	Wolff	27.2	AFF
D8Qual	Open	4	Dartmth	Lee	28.4	Robinson	28.5	Rochstr	Schwartz	28	Batha	27.9	AFF
D8Qual	Open	5	Crnl	Cue	28.6	Wright	28.7	Dartmth	Elias	28.8	Resar	29.2	NEG
D8Qual	Open	6	CUNY	Cheung	28.1	Forbes	27.8	Vermont	Doucette	27.9	Cooper	28.2	AFF
NDT	Open	1	Samfor	Bagwell	28.6	Lewis	28.3	Libert	Garrett	28.7	Woodruff	28.4	NEG
NDT	Open	2	Trinit	Bram	28.2	Uzman	28	Wake	McCarty	28.3	Miller	28.5	NEG
NDT	Open	3	Harvard	Dimitrijevic	28.6	Taylor	28.7	Nwstrn	Lee	28.8	Vellayappan	28.5	NEG
NDT	Open	4	UMW	Pacheco	28.7	Susko	28.5	KState	Kowaleski	28.1	Ziegler	28.8	AFF
NDT	Open	5	Iowa	Aufderheide	28	Kann	28.3	UMW	McCleary	28.1	McElhinny	28.4	NEG
NDT	Open	6	UGA	Beyer	28	Shanker	28.2	Michig	Deming	28.6	Pappas	28.5	NEG
NDT	Open	7	Harvard	Karlson	28.7	Tandet	28.5	GTown	Arsht	28.9	Markoff	29	NEG
NDT	Open	8	NoTexa	Quinn	28.5	Schade	28.7	WayneS	Justice	28.1	Meloche	28	AFF

Judge Philosophy Alternate Format:

Patrick Waldinger – Boston College Updated 3.22.09 Background: I am currently in my fourth year of coaching at Boston College. Before that, I received my Masters at Wake Forest where I was an assistant debate coach. I debated in college at The Catholic University of America and in high school at Cathedral Prep. General Comments: I prefer to hear fast, technical, policy debate. I have, however, voted for many different kinds of styles and arguments. I have also voted against many different styles and arguments. I believe that it is non-negotiable that the affirmative has to defend a plan that is an example of the current CEDA debate resolution. I believe that the affirmative must defend the consequences of their plan as if the United States Federal Government were to actually enact your proposal. I like to read a lot of cards at the end of debate so they better be good. If you don’t like judges who read a lot of evidence, then I am not the judge for you. Plan: You should read one and it should be relevant to the topic. In fact, it should be an example of the current CEDA resolution. Nothing more, nothing less. Topicality: Topicality is always a voting issue and never a reverse voting issue. I’m a big fan of having to talk about the topic. There is a reason why we have one. I default to reasonability on T unless you give me a good reason not to. Disads: Yes. Good evidence is crucial. Counterplans: Sure. Although there are many types of counterplans that I find theoretically dubious – conditioning and consult CPs being high on my list. I don’t think the negative should be able to advocate more than one alternative policy proposal i.e., counterplan or alternative, in a debate. Kritiks: Okay. I don’t necessarily dislike the K, but I feel oftentimes it is unnecessarily confusing and fails the negative’s burden of rejoinder. The negative has to prove the plan is a bad idea, yet many times I judge the kritik and the negative makes no attempt to argue why the specific plan the affirmative is proposing is bad. Theory: I believe I hold almost opposite beliefs to the current debate community’s notion of what is theoretically legitimate, i.e., I am very conservative when it comes to debate. The only theoretical arguments that I believe are “voting issues” are conditionality and topicality. The rest are just reasons to reject the argument and/or allow the other side to advocate similar shenanigans.