Nate Dunn -- Cal Poly SLO

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Judging philosophy:

This is your activity. I will do my best to adapt to your style of debating. I believe that I am here as an observer of the hard work and the long hours that you have put into your arguments. A few words of caution however...

1) I am not currently a debate coach and I have not researched this topic. This means that I am generally unfamiliar with the acronyms and concepts that are now common knowledge in the debate community concerning this topic.

2) I have a hard time voting on positions that I don't understand. The best way to get me to vote on something is to teach me about it by occasionally slowing down, looking me in the eye and telling me what is going on.

3) On the Affirmative, I want to see offense on the negative positions. From the Negative, you must make good strategic decisions throughout the round, but especially in the rebuttals. Choose or lose.

4) I will not do work for you. However, I expect that you will do work for me. Write my ballot for me in the second rebuttals. I need an impact calculus, a body count, cost-benefit analysis, something to that effect.

Seasonal voting record:

Tourney

Div

Rd

AFF

NEG

Decision

DVC-1

Open

5

LRCCD

Chowdhury

27.3

Juarez

27.5

Chico

McNutt

27

Parker

27.1

AFF

DVC-1

Open

6

SacSt.

Renfree

28

Thiel

28.5

LRCCD

Decristoforo

26

Thomson-Burns

26.5

AFF

Berkeley

Open

1

LRCCD

Juarez

27

Thomson-Burns

26

SacSt.

McDonnell

27.5

Millen

26.5

NEG

Berkeley

Nov

2

CSUN

Belzberg

27.5

Islam

28

LRCCD

Decristoforo

27

Harris

26

AFF

Berkeley

Nov

3

CSUN

Pena

27.5

Wofford

28

SacSt.

Ashton

27.4

Herman

27.3

AFF

Berkeley

Open

4

SacSt.

Brumer

27.2

Murphy

27.4

CSUN

Lindo

27.5

Loy

27.3

NEG

NCFASpring

Nov

3

SFSU

Ford

27.6

Gratianne

29

LACC

Ramirez

27.5

Rimular

27.7

AFF

NCFASpring

Open

4

Chico

Laczko

29.2

Parker

29.1

Fresno

Mitchell

27.5

Tate

28

AFF

NCFASpring

Open

5

SacSt.

Golsch

26.5

Powell

26

SFSU

Turner

30

Voeller

29

NEG

NCFASpring

Open

6

SFSU

Hamud

29

Teter

28.1

LRCCD

Chowdhury

28

Stanfield

27.5

AFF

NCFASpring

Nov

Qurt

SacSt.

Millen

0

Soza

0

SFSU

Ford

0

Gratianne

0

AFF 3-0 (AFF)

Judge Philosophy Alternate Format:

This is your activity. I will do my best to adapt to your style of debating. I believe that I am here as an observer of the hard work and the long hours that you have put into your arguments. A few words of caution however... 1) I am not currently a debate coach and I have not researched this topic. This means that I am generally unfamiliar with the acronyms and concepts that are now common knowledge in the debate community concerning this topic. 2) I have a hard time voting on positions that I don't understand. The best way to get me to vote on something is to teach me about it by occasionally slowing down, looking me in the eye and telling me what is going on. 3) On the Affirmative, I want to see offense on the negative positions. From the Negative, you must make good strategic decisions throughout the round, but especially in the rebuttals. Choose or lose. 4) I will not do work for you. However, I expect that you will do work for me. Write my ballot for me in the second rebuttals. I need an impact calculus, a body count, cost-benefit analysis, something to that effect.