Treremy+vs+Trayton+-+Zelmer

Nadia (1AC ) - Starting off too fast, great speed, but you need to build to it. You seem to be leaning over too much. I’m not 100% sure about physiology but I think this probably slows you down and at the least looks pretty weird. Otherwise, good job and good use of transitioning between advantages. (C X of 1NC) – What’s the purpose of asking if Cap links to all aff’s on the topic? It doesn’t’ really get you much. You got him to give a very broad link in CX, make sure you follow through with this to demonstrate the lack of competitiveness. Yassin (CX of 1AC) – I think you spend too much time on this line of reasoning. Only a few succinct questions are needed to really illuminate the lack of evidence to support the claims of the 1AC. She is giving very broad answers and all you need to do is ask a question like “you make the claim that we //could// start co-operating with Cuba on these other issues, but do you have any evidence indicating that would actually take place between the two countries?” or something like “do you have any evidence that indicates cuba is critical to overall latin American stability, especially in the context of democracy?”, also, I think you can delve into the uniqueness questions of the affirmative impacts, like, “why in the status quo is latin America going to destabilize?” “how does the plan change those conditions?”. It seems like you could have covered more with the cross-x. Ann (1NC) – Start with some language like “first off is the capitalism critique:” instead of just reading the tag. This isn’t efficient so I understand if you don’t follow the advice, but I think it just makes it so much easier for the judge. Good transition language between the off-case. Dana (2AC) - Well done with the ordering of things. I thought you covered everything pretty well, but you should maybe have left a little more time for China. It’s clearly the weakest story, but you still might want a little more ink on that flow. You effectively marked some cards, but you could have probably did it with more frequency to buy yourself some more time on the flow. Especially on China, mark those cards as soon as you hit a warrant. Yassin (2NC) – The main issue with this speech is structural, I think you need to have a better plan going into the K debate as to how you are going to handle things. It’s not a problem with content, you are making pretty good arguments, but it’s a question of getting through all of the 2AC arguments and making it clear where you are doing the link work, the impact work, the alternative/competitiveness debate, and the question of framing the K vs. the aff. The arguments are too dispersed to have a real great flow to them and you have dropped a substantial amount of 2AC arguments.