Chris Kozak -- Rutgers-Newark

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Judging philosophy:

My judging philosophy/preference is simple. Make arguments. That
includes a claim, a warrant and why in a world of competing claims
does your claim matter. I don't have a judging "paradigm" and to say
that I am a tablarasa is as naive as it is stupid. I am going to
split the difference and just explain to you what kinds of arguments I
am familiar with.

I debated the K for most of college. I value K's that are nuanced,
well explained, and clearly applied to a specific context. I like
original thinking in debate and will try my best to adapt to any
performance style that you wish present in the round. Just be aware to
all teams when debating framework on these issues that I do not
consider appeals to "objective rules" persuasive in the context of
determining debate norms. Debate is a rare activity in which students
are allowed to define the conditions of their own education. I take
this aspect of debate very seriously. This does not mean I am hostel
to "policy debate good" arguments, it just means that I am holding
both teams to a high stander of explanation when evaluating framework
arguments.

I was mostly a straight up debater in high school so I am also
familiar with the other side of the fence. I love a good straight up
policy round. I am a current events junkie and find that form of
debate extremely valuable. I would just say that the only thing you
need to worry about in front of me in a straight up round is that I
have a hard time flowing quick blipy analysis (who doesn't?). Again,
not really my style of debate, but honestly if you just make sure you
pause for a breath or something between arguments I will get
everything you need me to get on my flow.

It may sound like I have a lot of "biases" but I do honestly try to
evaluate arguments exactly as debaters tell me to. These preferences
mostly come into play only when debaters are not doing their jobs.
Avoid having to adapt to me at all and just tell me what you would
like my preferences to be and we will be straight.

I welcome you to ask any specific questions you may have about my
philosophy before the debate considering I don't have much of an idea
about what to put in these things."

Seasonal voting record:

Tourney Div Rd AFF NEG Decision
BingHmpt JV 1 Crnl Furman 27.7 Yoon 28 NS Fowle 27.4 Lowenthal 27 AFF
BingHmpt Open 2 JamesM Bosley 28.2 Meissner 27.7 Crnl Cue 28 Wright 29 NEG
BingHmpt Nov 3 Crnl Dong 28.2 Matos 27.8 Bing Armienti 27.3 Evans 27.5 AFF
BingHmpt Open 4 CUNY Cheung 28 Forbes 27.8 Libert Ayodeji 27.7 Holguin 27.3 AFF
BingHmpt JV 5 CUNY Glysantseva 26.2 Torre 26.8 Crnl Chen 27.5 Huang 28.5 NEG
BingHmpt Nov 6 Bing Andreu 27.2 McQuade 10 Crnl Ahn 27.8 Strombek 27.5 NEG
BingHmpt Nov Qurt Army Chamberlin 0 Davis 0 Libert Holland 0 Vander Pluym 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
BingHmpt Open Semi Rochstr Kasschau 0 Schwartz 0 CUNY Cheung 0 Forbes 0 NEG 2-1 (NEG)
BingHmpt Open Final CUNY Cheung 0 Forbes 0 Crnl Cue 0 Wright 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
Rochester JV 1 Clarion Kristufek 28 Werner 27.2 Libert Apthorp 27.8 Edwards 27.6 AFF
Rochester Open 2 Clarion Ciak 28 Flick 27.5 Army Cornelius 28.2 Davila 28.8 NEG
Rochester Nov 3 Libert Murray 27.5 Walker 27.2 Bard Daniszewski 27 Taylor-Milner 27.3 AFF
Rochester Nov 4 Army Spikol 27.2 Warren 27.3 Libert Holland 27 Simmons 27.4 AFF
Rochester JV 5 Libert Scott 28.2 Trujillo 28.4 Vermont Cooper 27.2 McConnell 27 AFF
Rochester Nov Octo Libert/Rochstr Aharrah 0 Monday 0 Bing Aiken 0 Lutz 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Rochester Nov Qurt Army Burroughs 0 Hauptman 0 Libert/Rochstr Aharrah 0 Monday 0 AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Rochester JV Semi Bing Choudhury 0 Reddick 0 Libert Ayodeji 0 Holguin 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt Nov 2 Libert Bridwell 27.4 Laremore 28.2 WestVa Jones 27.2 Wood 27.5 AFF
WestPt Open 5 Towson Bey 28.3 Habineza 28.7 Bard Jeworski 27.7 Seyer 28.1 AFF
WestPt JV 6 WCSU Hamoy 27.2 Mullally 27.9 Crnl Chen 28.1 Victor 27.2 NEG
WestPt Open Octo Towson Ruffin 0 Whitley 0 Rochstr Kasschau 0 Schwartz 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt Open Qurt JamesM Brass 0 Waugh 0 Libert Landrum 0 Siegrist 0 NEG 2-1 (NEG)
JMU Nov 1 JamesM Dale Wilson 27.5 Gani 28 Libert Gardner 28.6 Streeter 28.5 NEG
JMU Nov 2 Libert Showalter 26 Soward 26.4 JamesM Roberts 27.2 Ruraraju 28.3 NEG
JMU Open 3 Libert Ayodeji 28.3 Holguin 27.8 BosCol Benedict 28.5 Maerowitz 27.9 NEG
JMU Open 6 CUNY Cheung 28.5 Forbes 28.4 Bing Choudhury 27.8 Reddick 29 AFF
JMU Open Octo JamesM Eszenyi 0 Krishnamoorthy 0 Libert Bobbitt 0 Hedrick 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
JMU Open Qurt BosCol Benedict 0 Maerowitz 0 Libert Troxclair 0 Warren 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
GMU Open 2 UMW Chen 27.5 Greene 27.2 Libert Febrizio 28.2 Lotspeich 27.9 NEG
GMU Open 4 Richmond Diamond 27.4 Irons 27.8 Libert Scott 27.9 Trujillo 28 NEG
GMU Open 6 Richmond Borwick 27.8 Henschen 27.3 GeoWas Bertram 27.9 Sommers 28 NEG
GMU Open Qurt GeoWas Andrews 0 Tan 0 Libert Apthorp 0 Edwards 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
GMU Open Semi GeoWas Bertram 0 Sommers 0 UMW Smith 0 Young 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Monmouth JV 1 CUNY Cedeno 27 McIntyre 27.2 Libert Febrizio 27.8 Lotspeich 27.7 NEG
Monmouth Open 3 BosCol Carlman 27.5 McCormick 28.5 CUNY Cheung 28.3 Forbes 28 NEG
Monmouth Nov 4 BosCol Allen 27.5 Brooks 27.8 Bing Evans 28 Frumkin 27.9 NEG
Monmouth Open 5 Crnl Cue 28.5 Wright 29 BosCol Benedict 28.8 Maerowitz 28.2 AFF
Monmouth JV 6 CUNY Glysantseva 26.8 Sen 26.9 Rochstr Davidge 27.4 Taylor 27.7 NEG
Monmouth Open Octo JamesM Brass 0 Waugh 0 Rochstr Akolkar 0 Weddington 0 AFF 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth Open Qurt JamesM Brass 0 Waugh 0 CUNY Cheung 0 Forbes 0 NEG 2-1 (AFF)
Rutgers Nov Octo Bing George 0 Pinchuk 0 Army Farrow 0 McGovern 0 NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Cornell Open 1 Rochstr Lim 27.3 Rose 27 NS Fowle 27.5 Opperman 27.7 NEG
Cornell JV 2 Army Allen 27.5 Hart 27 Fordha/NYU Caldwell 27.2 Hassan 27.8 NEG
Cornell JV 3 Rochstr Davidge 28 Kipsat 27 CUNY Torre 26.8 singh 26 NEG
Cornell JV 4 Army Hodgkins 28.5 Hurd 27.9 BosCol Holland 28 Tingle 27.8 NEG
Cornell Nov 5 BosCol Bennett 27.8 Ferguson 28 Navy Chapman 27 Zettler 27.1 AFF
Cornell Open 6 CUNY Baroudi 27.5 Jackson 28 Bard Jaffe-Goldstein 28.5 Jeworski 27.6 NEG
Cornell Open Qurt Bard Jaffe-Goldstein 0 Jeworski 0 Rochstr Diamond 0 Kasschau 0 NEG 3-0 (NEG)
D7Qual JV 1 GeoMas Miyares 27.5 Woodward 27 Libert Edwards 28 Gardner 27.7 NEG
D7Qual JV 2 GeoMas Ahmad 27.3 Kostiuk 27.4 Libert Bridwell 27.6 Laremore 27.5 NEG
D7Qual JV 4 Libert Apthorp 28 Edwards 27 JamesM Ruraraju 26.7 Schrer 26.6 AFF
D7Qual JV 5 GeoMas Bradley 27.9 Stone 27.5 JCU Massarelli 28.8 Stolfer 28 NEG
D7Qual Open 7 GTown Coles 28 Vale 28.1 JamesM Eszenyi 27.9 Miller 27.8 AFF
WVUNovNat Nov 1 Crnl Dong 27.3 Rasch 27.4 Bing Choudhury 28 Dogaroiu 27.5 NEG
WVUNovNat JV 2 CUNY Cheung 28 Torre 27.8 Crnl Chen 27.7 Gunn 27.6 AFF
WVUNovNat JV 3 Crnl Huang 27.7 Powers 27.6 NS Fowle 28.2 Opperman 27.5 NEG
WVUNovNat JV 4 Libert Holguin 27.5 Warren 28.7 JamesM Bailey 27.4 McGrath 28 AFF
WVUNovNat JV 5 GeoMas Kwon 28.4 Lastovica 29 Bing Reddick 28.3 Zglobicki 27.9 AFF
WVUNovNat JV 6 Bing Friedman 28.3 North 28 JCU Massarelli 27.9 Stolfer 27.8 AFF
WVUNovNat Nov 7 Bing Evans 28.3 Frumkin 27.7 JamesM Glomb 27.5 Ruraraju 28 AFF
WVUNovNat Nov Octo Bing Choudhury 0 Dogaroiu 0 Bard Daniszewski 0 Taylor-Milner 0 AFF 2-1 (NEG)
WVUNovNat JV Qurt Bing Reddick 0 Zglobicki 0 KState David 0 McMillin-Beckman 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)
WVUNovNat JV Semi GeoMas Kwon 0 Lastovica 0 Bing Reddick 0 Zglobicki 0 AFF 3-0 (AFF)

Tourney	Div	Rd	AFF					NEG					Decision
BingHmpt	JV	1	Crnl	Furman	27.7	Yoon	28	NS	Fowle	27.4	Lowenthal	27	AFF
BingHmpt	Open	2	JamesM	Bosley	28.2	Meissner	27.7	Crnl	Cue	28	Wright	29	NEG
BingHmpt	Nov	3	Crnl	Dong	28.2	Matos	27.8	Bing	Armienti	27.3	Evans	27.5	AFF
BingHmpt	Open	4	CUNY	Cheung	28	Forbes	27.8	Libert	Ayodeji	27.7	Holguin	27.3	AFF
BingHmpt	JV	5	CUNY	Glysantseva	26.2	Torre	26.8	Crnl	Chen	27.5	Huang	28.5	NEG
BingHmpt	Nov	6	Bing	Andreu	27.2	McQuade	10	Crnl	Ahn	27.8	Strombek	27.5	NEG
BingHmpt	Nov	Qurt	Army	Chamberlin	0	Davis	0	Libert	Holland	0	Vander Pluym	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
BingHmpt	Open	Semi	Rochstr	Kasschau	0	Schwartz	0	CUNY	Cheung	0	Forbes	0	NEG 2-1 (NEG)
BingHmpt	Open	Final	CUNY	Cheung	0	Forbes	0	Crnl	Cue	0	Wright	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
Rochester	JV	1	Clarion	Kristufek	28	Werner	27.2	Libert	Apthorp	27.8	Edwards	27.6	AFF
Rochester	Open	2	Clarion	Ciak	28	Flick	27.5	Army	Cornelius	28.2	Davila	28.8	NEG
Rochester	Nov	3	Libert	Murray	27.5	Walker	27.2	Bard	Daniszewski	27	Taylor-Milner	27.3	AFF
Rochester	Nov	4	Army	Spikol	27.2	Warren	27.3	Libert	Holland	27	Simmons	27.4	AFF
Rochester	JV	5	Libert	Scott	28.2	Trujillo	28.4	Vermont	Cooper	27.2	McConnell	27	AFF
Rochester	Nov	Octo	Libert/Rochstr	Aharrah	0	Monday	0	Bing	Aiken	0	Lutz	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Rochester	Nov	Qurt	Army	Burroughs	0	Hauptman	0	Libert/Rochstr	Aharrah	0	Monday	0	AFF 2-1 (AFF)
Rochester	JV	Semi	Bing	Choudhury	0	Reddick	0	Libert	Ayodeji	0	Holguin	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt	Nov	2	Libert	Bridwell	27.4	Laremore	28.2	WestVa	Jones	27.2	Wood	27.5	AFF
WestPt	Open	5	Towson	Bey	28.3	Habineza	28.7	Bard	Jeworski	27.7	Seyer	28.1	AFF
WestPt	JV	6	WCSU	Hamoy	27.2	Mullally	27.9	Crnl	Chen	28.1	Victor	27.2	NEG
WestPt	Open	Octo	Towson	Ruffin	0	Whitley	0	Rochstr	Kasschau	0	Schwartz	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
WestPt	Open	Qurt	JamesM	Brass	0	Waugh	0	Libert	Landrum	0	Siegrist	0	NEG 2-1 (NEG)
JMU	Nov	1	JamesM	Dale Wilson	27.5	Gani	28	Libert	Gardner	28.6	Streeter	28.5	NEG
JMU	Nov	2	Libert	Showalter	26	Soward	26.4	JamesM	Roberts	27.2	Ruraraju	28.3	NEG
JMU	Open	3	Libert	Ayodeji	28.3	Holguin	27.8	BosCol	Benedict	28.5	Maerowitz	27.9	NEG
JMU	Open	6	CUNY	Cheung	28.5	Forbes	28.4	Bing	Choudhury	27.8	Reddick	29	AFF
JMU	Open	Octo	JamesM	Eszenyi	0	Krishnamoorthy	0	Libert	Bobbitt	0	Hedrick	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
JMU	Open	Qurt	BosCol	Benedict	0	Maerowitz	0	Libert	Troxclair	0	Warren	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
GMU	Open	2	UMW	Chen	27.5	Greene	27.2	Libert	Febrizio	28.2	Lotspeich	27.9	NEG
GMU	Open	4	Richmond	Diamond	27.4	Irons	27.8	Libert	Scott	27.9	Trujillo	28	NEG
GMU	Open	6	Richmond	Borwick	27.8	Henschen	27.3	GeoWas	Bertram	27.9	Sommers	28	NEG
GMU	Open	Qurt	GeoWas	Andrews	0	Tan	0	Libert	Apthorp	0	Edwards	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
GMU	Open	Semi	GeoWas	Bertram	0	Sommers	0	UMW	Smith	0	Young	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
Monmouth	JV	1	CUNY	Cedeno	27	McIntyre	27.2	Libert	Febrizio	27.8	Lotspeich	27.7	NEG
Monmouth	Open	3	BosCol	Carlman	27.5	McCormick	28.5	CUNY	Cheung	28.3	Forbes	28	NEG
Monmouth	Nov	4	BosCol	Allen	27.5	Brooks	27.8	Bing	Evans	28	Frumkin	27.9	NEG
Monmouth	Open	5	Crnl	Cue	28.5	Wright	29	BosCol	Benedict	28.8	Maerowitz	28.2	AFF
Monmouth	JV	6	CUNY	Glysantseva	26.8	Sen	26.9	Rochstr	Davidge	27.4	Taylor	27.7	NEG
Monmouth	Open	Octo	JamesM	Brass	0	Waugh	0	Rochstr	Akolkar	0	Weddington	0	AFF 2-1 (NEG)
Monmouth	Open	Qurt	JamesM	Brass	0	Waugh	0	CUNY	Cheung	0	Forbes	0	NEG 2-1 (AFF)
Rutgers	Nov	Octo	Bing	George	0	Pinchuk	0	Army	Farrow	0	McGovern	0	NEG 2-1 (NEG)
Cornell	Open	1	Rochstr	Lim	27.3	Rose	27	NS	Fowle	27.5	Opperman	27.7	NEG
Cornell	JV	2	Army	Allen	27.5	Hart	27	Fordha/NYU	Caldwell	27.2	Hassan	27.8	NEG
Cornell	JV	3	Rochstr	Davidge	28	Kipsat	27	CUNY	Torre	26.8	singh	26	NEG
Cornell	JV	4	Army	Hodgkins	28.5	Hurd	27.9	BosCol	Holland	28	Tingle	27.8	NEG
Cornell	Nov	5	BosCol	Bennett	27.8	Ferguson	28	Navy	Chapman	27	Zettler	27.1	AFF
Cornell	Open	6	CUNY	Baroudi	27.5	Jackson	28	Bard	Jaffe-Goldstein	28.5	Jeworski	27.6	NEG
Cornell	Open	Qurt	Bard	Jaffe-Goldstein	0	Jeworski	0	Rochstr	Diamond	0	Kasschau	0	NEG 3-0 (NEG)
D7Qual	JV	1	GeoMas	Miyares	27.5	Woodward	27	Libert	Edwards	28	Gardner	27.7	NEG
D7Qual	JV	2	GeoMas	Ahmad	27.3	Kostiuk	27.4	Libert	Bridwell	27.6	Laremore	27.5	NEG
D7Qual	JV	4	Libert	Apthorp	28	Edwards	27	JamesM	Ruraraju	26.7	Schrer	26.6	AFF
D7Qual	JV	5	GeoMas	Bradley	27.9	Stone	27.5	JCU	Massarelli	28.8	Stolfer	28	NEG
D7Qual	Open	7	GTown	Coles	28	Vale	28.1	JamesM	Eszenyi	27.9	Miller	27.8	AFF
WVUNovNat	Nov	1	Crnl	Dong	27.3	Rasch	27.4	Bing	Choudhury	28	Dogaroiu	27.5	NEG
WVUNovNat	JV	2	CUNY	Cheung	28	Torre	27.8	Crnl	Chen	27.7	Gunn	27.6	AFF
WVUNovNat	JV	3	Crnl	Huang	27.7	Powers	27.6	NS	Fowle	28.2	Opperman	27.5	NEG
WVUNovNat	JV	4	Libert	Holguin	27.5	Warren	28.7	JamesM	Bailey	27.4	McGrath	28	AFF
WVUNovNat	JV	5	GeoMas	Kwon	28.4	Lastovica	29	Bing	Reddick	28.3	Zglobicki	27.9	AFF
WVUNovNat	JV	6	Bing	Friedman	28.3	North	28	JCU	Massarelli	27.9	Stolfer	27.8	AFF
WVUNovNat	Nov	7	Bing	Evans	28.3	Frumkin	27.7	JamesM	Glomb	27.5	Ruraraju	28	AFF
WVUNovNat	Nov	Octo	Bing	Choudhury	0	Dogaroiu	0	Bard	Daniszewski	0	Taylor-Milner	0	AFF 2-1 (NEG)
WVUNovNat	JV	Qurt	Bing	Reddick	0	Zglobicki	0	KState	David	0	McMillin-Beckman	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)
WVUNovNat	JV	Semi	GeoMas	Kwon	0	Lastovica	0	Bing	Reddick	0	Zglobicki	0	AFF 3-0 (AFF)

Judge Philosophy Alternate Format:

My judging philosophy/preference is simple. Make arguments. That includes a claim, a warrant and why in a world of competing claims does your claim matter. I don't have a judging "paradigm" and to say that I am a tablarasa is as naive as it is stupid. I am going to split the difference and just explain to you what kinds of arguments I am familiar with. I debated the K for most of college. I value K's that are nuanced, well explained, and clearly applied to a specific context. I like original thinking in debate and will try my best to adapt to any performance style that you wish present in the round. Just be aware to all teams when debating framework on these issues that I do not consider appeals to "objective rules" persuasive in the context of determining debate norms. Debate is a rare activity in which students are allowed to define the conditions of their own education. I take this aspect of debate very seriously. This does not mean I am hostel to "policy debate good" arguments, it just means that I am holding both teams to a high stander of explanation when evaluating framework arguments. I was mostly a straight up debater in high school so I am also familiar with the other side of the fence. I love a good straight up policy round. I am a current events junkie and find that form of debate extremely valuable. I would just say that the only thing you need to worry about in front of me in a straight up round is that I have a hard time flowing quick blipy analysis (who doesn't?). Again, not really my style of debate, but honestly if you just make sure you pause for a breath or something between arguments I will get everything you need me to get on my flow. It may sound like I have a lot of "biases" but I do honestly try to evaluate arguments exactly as debaters tell me to. These preferences mostly come into play only when debaters are not doing their jobs. Avoid having to adapt to me at all and just tell me what you would like my preferences to be and we will be straight. I welcome you to ask any specific questions you may have about my philosophy before the debate considering I don't have much of an idea about what to put in these things."