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Advanced Aff Strategy

To steal a phrase from one of the nation’s best judges, far too many teams approach to debating on the Aff with only “one note”. Cases typically fall into one of a few categories: The “big stick”: plan that is central to the topic. Strengths: easy to research, lots of advantage diversity, few topicality problems. Weakness: widely varied / unpredictable specific Neg strategies, requires most substantial time investment in terms of research…
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Debate Theory


The Changing Face of Paperless

As part of UGA’s continued writing on technology and debate, I intend to briefly take stock of where we (Georgia and the broader debate community) are with regards to paperless debate, now that the experiment is roughly two and a half years old. These observations should not be read as a critique of paperless debate per say --- but as suggestions for improvement and predictions of where technology and debate will “evolve”. I’ve intentionally…
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Paperless Debate


A Defense of Open Source

With the growing use of wikis, debaters are sharing information more efficiently than ever. Most teams’ core positions – both aff and neg – are available online through easy to navigate, organized databases. For the most part, individuals post tags and citations, allowing opposing researchers to seek out the evidence themselves. However, this season has seen the introduction of open source practices, with the debate team at Wake Forest…
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Debate Theory


Harrigan Podcast on Switch Side Debate

Casey Harrigan, head coach of the Georgia Debate Union, recently recorded a podcast with Bob Jordan of PFDebate.com covering recent controversy in Public Forum debate in high school over the merits of switch side debating. Check it out here.
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Debate Theory


Judging Paperless Debates: Difficulties and Opportunities

The popularization of paperless debate over the last few years presents some difficulties in adjudicating these debates as well as some opportunities. Though the difficulties have been discussed at length, I would like to facilitate a more complete discussion of the benefits that paperless debate offers from the perspective of the judge. There are three chief benefits from this perspective, 1) the potential to access the evidence that…
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Paperless Debate


Alumni Reunion Photos Posted

Finally, pictures from the Georgia Debate Union's amazing alumni reunion are online! Available here.
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Alumni News


Epically Good UGA Debate Photo

Haven't updated in a while, so I thought I'd treat our readers to this classic pic of Hays and Naveen. Also, there's this.
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Alumni News


UGA LL 11th in Coaches Poll

UGA LL, Austin Layton & Mike Lacy, was ranked 11th in the most recent college debate Coaches' Poll. The poll is an aggregate ranking of coaches from around the country and Georgia's strong showing reflects continuing success at tournaments in the Fall 2010 semester. Layton, a sophomore from Milton HS and Lacy, a junior from Chattahoochee, have advanced to the elimination rounds at both fall tournaments and recently defeated 3 of the nation's…
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Georgia Debate Institute Flyer

Check it out. Info about the upcoming Georgia Debate Institute. Questions? Contact us: georgiadebateinstitutes@gmail.com  Downloads GDI Flyer
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Georgia Debate Institutes


UGA LL Invited to KY Round Robin

UGA LL -- Austin Layton and Mike Lacy -- have been invited to the 39th Annual Kentucky Round Robin. This is a prestigious honor for the University of Georgia and reflects LL's ranking as a top-ten team in the preseason. Teams invited (followed by judges) include: Georgia- Mike Lacy and Austin Layton- Turner Harvard- Eli Jacobs and Alex Parkinson- Hall or Perkins Kansas- Sean Kennedy and Dylan Quigley- Harris Kentucky- Sohin Gautum and Mike…
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