Jackie Massey helped create and is the current director of the Oklahoma University Debate Team which has, in its brief 8 year existence, has had top level national success including 4 First Round at Large bids to the NDT, 3 CEDA Nationals Championships, and 1st Place at every major regular season college tournament. They have done all of this running kritiks on both sides of the resolution. Jackie also hosts one of the most interesting summer workshops geared specifically for kritik debaters named “The Call of the Loon.” This discussion covers The Loon, what it was like to coach the team of Giglio and Watts, Jackie’s reaction to the new college topic area, winning CEDA championships, and the keys to success for the Sooner debate team.
This is most certainly one of the debates of the year! These are two of my favorite teams ever and it has been a privilege to watch them both progress and innovate throughout the years. Thank you so much to both teams. Michigan won this debate on a 4-1.
This was one of the best debates I saw all year and I felt honored to judge it. Thanks to all the participants, LaToya Williams-Green & Ryan Wash for Emporia and R.J. Giglio & Nick Watts for Oklahoma. I have judged both of these teams a ton throughout the course of their careers and I have to say that they do things the right way. Enjoy. This round is a must see. I was particularly blown away by the 2nc. The panel would decide this debate in favor of Oklahoma on a 4-1.
Thanks to all the participants (Nick Watts, Rj Giglio, Zane Waxman, and Jordan Blumenthal). Sorry for the lack of decision video. The panel was Ken Strange (Dartmouth Director, his head is prominently featured here), Scott Harris (Kansas Director), and Nick Miller (Emory Coach and former debater). The panel voted in a 2-1 in favor of Oklahoma. Scott Harris sat.
A special thanks to both teams (Oklahoma RJ Giglio & Nick Watts and Harvard Eli Jacobs & Alex Parkinson) and Izak Dunn (puttingthekindebate.com author and Director of the Eastern Washington Debate Team). Also deb(k)ate would also like to thank Wake Forest for putting together another great tournament. Check back again over the next week for more debates from the Wake Tournament.
1. Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially increase the number of and/or substantially expand beneficiary eligibility for its visas for one or more of the following: employment-based immigrant visas, nonimmigrant temporary worker visas, family-based visas, human trafficking-based visas.
2. Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially increase the number of and/or substantially expand beneficiary eligibility for its visas in one or more of the following classes: H-1, H-2, employment-based immigrant E.
3. Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially increase its legal protection of unauthorized migrants in the United States in one or more of the following areas: immigration detention, removal, non-asylum legal status, eligibility for federal public benefits.
4. Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its statutory restrictions on asylum claims in the United States.
5. Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its restrictions in one or more of the following areas: non-asylum lawful permanent resident status or Medicaid for unauthorized migrants in the United States, statutory eligibility for gender-based asylum claims, the number of and/or beneficiary eligibility for H-1 or H-2 visas.
Jackie Massey helped create and is the current director of the Oklahoma University Debate Team which has, in its brief 8 year existence, has had top level national success including 4 First Round at Large bids to the NDT, 3 CEDA Nationals Championships, and 1st Place at every major regular season college tournament. They have done all of this running kritiks on both sides of the resolution. Jackie also hosts one of the most interesting summer workshops geared specifically for kritik debaters named “The Call of the Loon.” This discussion covers The Loon, what it was like to coach the team of Giglio and Watts, Jackie’s reaction to the new college topic area, winning CEDA championships, and the keys to success for the Sooner debate team.
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