Michigan LZ vs UTSA SK

This past weekend at the Northwestern College Tournament I was fortunate to be able to judge a really great prelim matchup on day 2 featuring the University of Michigan’s top ranked team, Edmund Zagorin and Maria Liu, on the affirmative against a very good and innovative team from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Chris Spurlock and Scott Koslow. Enjoy! Decision is included.

Constructives

Rebuttals

Decision

Critical Issues In Debate: 2010 College Topic Roundup!

Host, Scott Odekirk calls 6 prominent coaches around the country about the upcoming college topic vote.

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Here is the list of topic on the ballot:

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.

Guests include:

Andrea Reed, Director of the University of Kentucky Debate Team

Gabe Murillo, Debate Coach at the University of Oklahoma

Sarah Spring, Debate Coach at the University of Iowa

Dr. Eric Morris, Director of the Missouri State Debate Team

Chris Crowe, Debate Coach at the University of Texas San Antonio

Dr. Michael Hester, Director of the University of West Georgia Debate Team