Newark MHL Round 1 NFA MR v. Eastside DR
Debaters: Caroline Mamaat (1A) Jaleene Ramirez (2A)
Sarah De Matos (1N) Vincent Roselli (2N)
1AC—Caroline- Very clear, work on speaking a bit
louder, also be sure to distinguish the cards from each other by saying either
‘next’ or ‘and’ between cards. Good job on explicitly stating your advantages
in the 1AC!
CX—Vincent: try not to ask open ended questions, just
allows them to use cx as an extra speech to talk about their advantages.
- Caroline:
good job answering CX questions, you referenced statistics and empirics which
is good.
- Caroline:
be able to answer what Cuba is able to provide for the United States. They have
an extremely advanced agricultural orgoponics system, can provide oil and
cigars.
1NC—Sarah-your voice is very loud and clear. Just one
thing—you should learn to pronounce words like ‘incite’, ‘sanctions’ and
‘communist’ in your 1NC. One tip: you read a lot of cards on case, which is
extremely helpful but it would be useful if you had some offensive arguments in
your 1NC.
CX—Caroline: Don’t look for buzzwords and ask about
them in the 1NC, you should focus on asking questions about the argument itself
and not about the phrases that you hear in the cards. Asking about buzzwords
doesn’t do much for you in the scope of the round.
- Sarah:
Don’t just read off your cards to answer CX questions, make sure you are able
to answer the CX questions in your own words.
2AC—Jaleene-The clash in the first minute or so in
your speech was good! Keep it up! This is rare especially in novice rounds. You
did line by line, which was good, but don’t get too flustered. You should be
able to explain what your aff even if you encounter arguments that you aren’t
familiar with.
- VINCENT:
tourists aren’t the ones spreading democracy
- VINCENT
ASKED: do you have ev to back up your claims? your answer? THE 1AC CARDS
2NC—Vincent-you don’t have to explain what the squo
is. Also, your analysis was very good! I really appreciated the analogies! I
liked how you were able to explain why Cuba isn’t reliant on the United States.
Also, I found your reading of the new disad and the counterplan as
inappropriate because THEY WERE BRAND NEW. The 1AR has five minutes to respond
to your two new disads and thirteen minutes of negative arguments in the block.
Plus, if you do decide to read the counterplan in the 1NC, PLEASE READ A
COUNTERPLAN TEXT!!!!!
1NR—Sarah-learn to give a roadmap! Your analysis was
very good and impressive!
1AR—Caroline-good job! Best aff speech this entire
round! You did line by line and analysis and did a good job with coverage!
2NR—Vincent-Never turn down prep time! You are very
well spoken and your personal experiences add a lot to your speech.
2AR—Jaleene-your speech was a lot better this time!
Good job with line by line! Be sure to answer the democracy indicts that they
extended.
RFD: I voted neg. I think that there is minimal risk of solvency for the aff. Several arguments regarding the democracy advantage were conceded by the affirmative and the poverty debate became extremely insignificant. The negative also does a better job articulating why the United States isn't necessarily critical to Cuba's economy, democracy and their relations with other countries.
