Wisconsin Forensics Daily

1. Garrett
a. Same as above
b. Tim Knoedler
c. Amen (think he’s a sophomore…)
d. Donald Trump from Sheb North
e. Amen
f. I always make fun of him, but Ben Benson (working with Bill everyday also tends to artificially inflate your “potential”…i could put Tim here….but he’s coached by Jon)
h (g?…whatever) Garrett/Joe

2. Uhhhhh…I never remember rounds after they’re done, and the most memorable are always the ones where someone screws up…under duress i’ll say a wausau west/cedarburg heg round I saw at Hortonville
a. That would be above
b. I don’t, though Voss keeps talking about this Voss/Trilling vs. Schultz/Jackson showdown

3. Marquette
a. Marquette
b. Bradley Tech
c. Sheb North
d. I don’t, though coaching with Chapman at Nicolet would be interesting

4.
a. Not Voss’
b. Cede Taiwan
c.
d.
e.

5.
a. RiMal/Schmitt in Quarters
b. Well, Mills’ against SPASH at App East was the most memorable
c. Not from the State, but I have to mention Karlson from Stratford’s 2nc deconstruction of Greenwood Lab at Caucus…that was not a beatdown, that was THE beatdown
d. Nothing standing out
e. Schwartz at Caucus, hands down
f. Kettler on the hammer, take your pick of either the finals at Sheb north or quarters at State
g. Anything by Gephardt
h. I dunno, Mills?
i. Toss up between Kettler, Noah Charles, and Benson…Noah is funnier in speeches, but Kettler is hilarious at all times….Noah might get the edge just for “Bite the curb…”

6.
a. App East
b. MBA
c. I rarely agree with him totally, but Mr. Batterman can’t be beat in terms of the thoroughness of his commentaries and his genuine desire to see everyone improve
d. Round Five at Caucus between Schwartz from Nicolet and Wash from KCC (didn’t happen in state, but involved people from the state, so thought it was fair game)
e. The first few aren’t printable, but Semper Phi ******’ Delis was good
f. Researching?
g.

By Batterman's Folly on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall - Garrett. Always impressive.
a) Best Senior Debater… See above
b) Best Junior Debater… My partner Laurel, altho J-bal is a close second.
c) Best Sophomore Debater… I can’t think of any sophmore debaters off the top of my head…
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater… Mr. Amen
e) Most Improved Debater… Garret. Second at state and state champion - amazing
f) Debater With Most Potential… probably my two freshman, brandon and nichelle
h) Best Team/Pair… Marquette CK

2> Best Round Overall - Sparked by Kettler - good times
a) Best Round You Watched… Glenbrooks, Kinkaid v. Berk
b) Best Round You Debated In… Finals of state

3> Best Program Overall - Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices…Nicolet - kudos to Chapman
b) Best New Program… Not sure
c) Most Improved Program… Nicolet
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)… Marquette

4> Best Argument - topppppicality
a) Best Affirmative Case…MEDFLAGS
b) Best Counterplan… EU can do anything
c) Best Disadvantage… India deal
d) Best Kritik… none
e) Best T/Theory Argument… all of them, really

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC… Mills - so fast
b) Best 2AC… Mills - so fast
c) Best 2NC… Garrett
d) Best 1NR… Mills pwns on ptx
d.5) Best 1AR… Osahon gave a really impressive one at state rd 3
e) Best 2NR… Lots of people could qualify for this
f) Best 2AR… J-bal - round winner at state
g) Fastest Debater… Mills
h) Funniest Debater… Kettler/Noah toss-up

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…Glenbrooks
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…Batterman gives really-coherent decisions
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…Kettler sparking
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…Toss-up with lots of things, probably chilling with Marquette at Iowa
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…nothing really good this year
g) ? - Your guess is as good as mine

By Tim Knoedler on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall—Osahon Okundaye
a) Best Senior Debater…Osahon
b) Best Junior Debater…Ian Miller
c) Best Sophomore Debater…Joe
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…Amen Okundaye
e) Most Improved Debater…Garrett Fields—wow.
f) Debater With Most Potential…All debaters have potential if they’re willing to work hard.
h) Best Team/Pair…Nicolet CL: those ladies work SO WELL together.

2> Best Round Overall—Finals of State was pretty decent.
a) Best Round You Watched…Above
b) Best Round You Debated In…Sans practice rounds, I haven’t debated in two years.

3> Best Program Overall—Marquette; Bill’s done a great job
a) Best Program For Novices…Nicolet; Jason has a way with students.
b) Best New Program…Not really sure who’s “new” this year…
c) Most Improved Program…Nicolet; they had two very competitive teams this year and surprised a lot of teams.
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)…I wouldn’t ever debate again; I wasn’t very good at it. But I think coaching for Marquette or Appleton East would be fun.

4> Best Argument—Links of Omission are tight.
a) Best Affirmative Case…It’s not topical, but Al-Shifa is really difficult to beat.
b) Best Counterplan…CJTF Does the Plan or Invade Sudan
c) Best Disadvantage…Dip Cap (politics didn’t really have a strong year)
d) Best Kritik…Superpower Syndrome; that evidence (though wrong) is sweet.
e) Best T/Theory Argument…T—Yemen isn’t part of SSA.

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…It’s a 1NC, but I always thought Emily Langhorst was very clear and quick.
b) Best 2AC…Ian Miller
c) Best 2NC…Osahon or Garrett Fields
d) Best 1NR…Laurel Mills—I felt she did a really great job of making an often-wasted speech into a productive one.
d.5) Best 1AR…Garrett or Osahon
e) Best 2NR…Tim Knoedler on T
f) Best 2AR…Jbal is pretty persuasive—but work on the new arguments :)
g) Fastest Debater…Mills—not even close.
h) Funniest Debater…Kettler—not even close.

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…Appleton East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…New Tier and Glenbrooks are both SO fun.
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…Bill Batterman continues to impress; but honorable mention to Paul Hager, who offered some really constructive criticisms all year.
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…Oh lord. Round 4 of Appleton East. The plan text was “the President of the United States federal government should ban masturbation in sub-Saharan Africa”. Things went downhill from there.
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…SEMPER PHI F***IN’ DELTA!
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…I’ll post the card.

Fossa Extinction Good—The Alternative is death.
Croke, September ‘7
[Vicki. Madagascar Expert w/ National Geographic. "The Deadliest Carnivore" National Geographic. September 2007, Pg 31-32//JVOSS]
The fossa is a “killing machine ,” according to biologist Luke Dollar. It will go after the biggest prey it can sink its teeth into, even dominant female lemurs. “That takes guts,” Dollar says. ” ‘ You’re my body weight, but I’m going to attack and eat you.’ ‘ For a week now we have hiked more than 20 miles a day, frequently off trail, in search of the island’s most elusive animal: a carnivore little known to science and unknown to most of the world. The Malagasy people call it a fossa (pronounced foo-sa) and tell bedtime stories of it snatching babies from cribs, extinguishing campfires, and killing coopfuls of chickens with its flatulence alone. ” Be good,” they tell their children, “or the fossa will get you.” (Worse, you may be reincarnated as one.) Scientists call it Cryptoprocta ferox, with taxonomic exactitude, but they know little about it—many have spent years in Madagascar without even glimpsing the animal. Only one thing is certain: On an island often described as an Eden, distinctly lacking in natural violence, the fossa is a striking anomaly. Though it weighs less than a cocker spaniel, it may be the deadliest carnivore, pound for pound, on the planet.

g) The Multitude will still be meeting at Noah’s house for chips and dip, if anyone cares to join us.

By Jon Voss on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall: Osahan
a) Best Senior Debater…Osahan
b) Best Junior Debater…Either Tim Knoedler or Joe Bal
c) Best Sophomore Debater…Are there any sophomores?
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…Amen
e) Most Improved Debater…Ben Benson
f) Debater With Most Potential…Either Joe, Benson, or Jack Mackay (novice who looks like my lil brother…he rocks)
h) Best Team/Pair…Marquette CK…they are rediculous

2> Best Round Overallb — I don’t really remember any in state, though out of state:
a) Best Round You Watched…
b) Best Round You Debated In…Marquette FB v. Walter Payton RT @ Glenbrooks

3> Best Program Overall — Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices…Marquette, Bill did an amazing job this year with a ton of talented Marquette freshmen. All I have to say is watch out for these guys in the future
b) Best New Program…Not sure
c) Most Improved Program…Sheb North really was phenominal this year
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)…Sheb North

4> Best Argument — Primacy Bad…hell yeah Layne
a) Best Affirmative Case…Somaliland
b) Best Counterplan…Hard-line Stance CP to Al Shifa
c) Best Disadvantage…no good DA’s on this year’s topic
d) Best Kritik…Superpower Syndrome
e) Best T/Theory Argument…Both suck so I will go with neither

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…um, it’s just a 1NC…
b) Best 2AC…no-one really stands out specifically
c) Best 2NC…Osahan
d) Best 1NR…Either Joe or Laurel
d.5) Best 1AR…Osahan
e) Best 2NR…As Tim said, a slew of guys could go here
f) Best 2AR…Joe Bal’s 2AR at state
g) Fastest Debater…Laurel
h) Funniest Debater…Either Noah (”Bite the curb, here comes the Hammer of God” — Nicolet), Kettler, or Benson (”They have damned themselves to the losing side of the Challenge Board” — App East”)

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…Marquette or App East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…Glenbrooks
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…Voss or Olsen
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…Anything with Marquette CK in it
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…Bill Batterman’s pep talks, something Joe will never forget
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…hm, nothing stands out

btw- card clipping is cheating

By Garrett Fields on Dec 10, 2007

good look to all going to Blake…. who is Batterman’s folly?
i think it is Butter’s but….

By Samuel N. Hope IV on Dec 10, 2007

it is butters.

By Nick Bubb on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall- Osahon
a) Best Senior Debater…Osahon
b) Best Junior Debater…Ian Miller
c) Best Sophomore Debater…
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…Amen
e) Most Improved Debater…Ian Miller
f) Debater With Most Potential…Amen
h) Best Team/Pair…Marquette BF

2> Best Round Overall
a) Best Round You Watched…Marquette BF vs SPASH LM at Appleton East
b) Best Round You Debated In…none

3> Best Program Overall
a) Best Program For Novices…Neenah
b) Best New Program…Kimberly
c) Most Improved Program…Bradley Tech
d) Program You’d Most Like To Coach For (Other Than Yours)…none

4> Best Argument
a) Best Affirmative Case…Ethiopian and Kenyan Water
b) Best Counterplan…China
c) Best Disadvantage…Chinese Politics
d) Best Kritik…the one that doesnt get run
e) Best T/Theory Argument…I enjoyed seeing how many teams dropped Marquettes “CP must have a Solvency Advocate”

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…Toss-up b/t Laurel and Langhorst
b) Best 2AC…Ian Miller
c) Best 2NC…Osahon
d) Best 1NR…Clint Westbrook
d.5) Best 1AR…Garret Fields
e) Best 2NR…Osahon
f) Best 2AR…Ian Miller
g) Fastest Debater…Emily Langhorst
h) Funniest Debater…Tim Knoedler

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…Appleton East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…Blake
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…I like to make fun of Noah Trilling when he is judging Public Forum.
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…Spark in sems @ state
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…Langhorst stabbing Ian Miller with a fork and drawing blood at Perkins.

I want to give a shout out to some of the debaters that are graduating this year:
-Osahon is definitely a force in Wisconsin debate and will not be forgotten. He always has a way to make everyone at a tournament loosen up a bit.
-Emily Langhorst has really improved this year, showing everyone that you can have fun and be successful at the same time without killing yourself with a heavy workload.
-Garret Fields is one of the best speakers in Wisconsin debate, and probably gives the best 1AR’s around right now.
-Clint Westbrook and Neethu Iyengar are superbly intelligent, and prove that week in and week out with consistent performances and dedication to the activity.
-Watch out for Laurel and Tim next year. These two have made significant improvements since going into Policy Debate cold feet a couple of years ago. Kudos to Jon Voss for all the work he has done with those two and the passion he elicits from them.
-Ian Miller, what a baller. Who else calls into school sick the entire week before state so they can cut 900 pages of evidence? The transformation he has made in the last year is incredible–and it can only get better from here (assuming he starts marking his cards) ;)

I cant speak for other divisions, but the future of VSS debate in Wisconsin looks bright. The dedication of coaches like Jon Voss, Cori Purri, Bill Batterman, Joe Klopotek ensures that the Wisconsin will still be fielding competitive teams across the country for years to come. I never could have imagined experiencing all that I have in the last 5 years as an assistant coach, and I owe all of that to the debaters that share a passion for this activity, because when it comes down to it–its about you–the students, not us coaches. I hope that is remembered as Wisconsin Debate continues onward.

By Matt Olson on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall…Ian Miller
a) Best Senior Debater…
Osahon
b) Best Junior Debater…
Ian/Tim from sheb/laurel from sheb
c) Best Sophomore Debater…
can’t think of any
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…
Amen
e) Most Improved Debater…
Ian
f) Debater With Most Potential…
Ian/Tim/Laurel, theres quite a few
h) Best Team/Pair…Marquette BF

2> Best Round Overall

a) Best Round You Watched…
Marquette BF vs. SPASH LM at app east
b) Best Round You Debated In…none

3> Best Program Overall
…Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices…
Neenah
b) Best New Program…
Kimberly
c) Most Improved Program…
Nicolet
d) Program You’d Most Like To Judge For (Other Than Yours)…hmmm

4> Best Argument

a) Best Affirmative Case…
Medflags contain china
b) Best Counterplan…
china
c) Best Disadvantage…
china
d) Best Kritik…
humanism
e) Best T/Theory Argument…fiat isnt real voter

5> Best Specific Skills

a) Best 1NC…
emily
b) Best 2AC…
ian
c) Best 2NC…
tom hegland on t is always interesting
d) Best 1NR…
laurel
e) Best 1AR…
garrett
e) Best 2NR…
osahon
f) Best 2AR…
ian
g) Fastest Debater…
emily
h) Funniest Debater…osahon/mark kettler

6> Other Stuff

a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…
App East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…
Glenbrooks
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…
Neal Krokosky/Jon Voss/Butters, there are a lot of good judges

d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…
any round with objectivism
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…
emily deciding there needed to be a dance party break while prepping

f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…apparently ospreys are very playful

By Mark Morgan on Dec 10, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall
a) Osahon
b) Ian
c) I can’t decide.
d) Amen
e) Ian
f) Everyone has potential if they just try.
h) Sheb North KM
2> Best Round Overall
a) I can’t decide.
b) Probably quarters at LaCrosse
3> Best Program Overall
a) Neenah
b) Kimberly
c) Sheboygan North
d) SPASH
4> Best Argument
a) Contain China
b) The PIC of Destiny (Sex Selection on the Gag Rule aff)
c) France
d) Humanism
e) T-PHA or the Funk (fiat bad voters in 72pt font)
5> Best Specific Skills
a) Emily’s 1NCs tend to make my 2ac very very difficult.
b) Best 2AC…Ian
c) Best 2NC…Timmay K.
d) Best 1NR- Laurel
e) Best 1AR- Osahon
f) Best 2NR- Osahon
g) Best 2AR- Ian
h) Emily Langhorst
i) Mr. Knoedler (as I gathered from or Mr Noodler v Tomas He-Gland round)
6> Other Stuff
a) App East
b) Glenbrooks
c) Butters
d) My weirdest would be sparking sheb north at app east, with my vagueness round at app east coming in second, though only because Marquette changed their plan text after that.
e) The best non-debate experience? I can’t say what it was exactly or that it actually happened to me, but I know the best non-debate experience happened to a certain someone at midnight.
f) A card I found impacting astronomy into the end of the universe and the cessation of all existence.

By Thomas Hegland on Dec 10, 2007

Please bear w/me as I attempt to do this for LD….
1> Best Debater Overall – Jacob Swan
a) Best Senior Debater… Swan
b) Best Junior Debater… nassif
c) Best Sophomore Debater… altekruse
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater… welsh
e) Most Improved Debater… caldwell
f) Debater With Most Potential… welsh
h) Best Team/Pair… NA
2> Best Round Overall – my semis round at Marquette vs. New Trier CC (who was in my lab at camp)
a) Best Round You Watched… finals at St. Marks
b) Best Round You Debated In… my marq. Semis round
3> Best Program Overall - Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices… Marquette
b) Best New Program… cant think of any
c) Most Improved Program… appleton west
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)… ???
4> Best Argument – My Schmitt case for St. Marks
a) Best Affirmative Case… my punishment bad state one
b) Best Counterplan… NA
c) Best Disadvantage… NA
d) Best Kritik… the Kritik of Justice Bill made for St. Marks
e) Best T/Theory Argument… none
5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC… Swan
b) Best 2AC… NA
c) Best 2NC… NA
d) Best 1NR… Swan
d.5) Best 1AR… Gill
e) Best 2NR…NA
f) Best 2AR… Gill
g) Fastest Debater… either me or swan
h) Funniest Debater… foy (in very small doses) or Nassif
6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)… Appleton East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)… St. Marks (what-a-burger… ‘nuff said)
c) Favorite Judge/Critic… kaps in state …. Spirtos was hilarious to have at Glenbrooks though and Ernie Rose as battle Jesus at caucus was great
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In… not LD but Kettler running SPARK (you shoulda seen tim and Laurel jump)
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament… what a burger…. Watching bill squeeze ppl after VSS finals
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching… the make the terrorists fear us more than they do Allah card

By Samuel N. Hope IV on Dec 10, 2007

For LD:
1> Best Debater Overall – Andy Kriha and Jacob Swan
a) Best Senior Debater… same as above
b) Best Junior Debater… sam hope
c) Best Sophomore Debater…Jason Alkatreuse
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…ryan welsh
e) Most Improved Debater…sam hope
f) Debater With Most Potential…alkatruese

2> Best Round Overall – eh, not sure
a) Best Round You Watched… finals at st. mark’s
b) Best Round You Debated In…3-1 round at apple valley
3> Best Program Overall – Appleton west
a) Best Program For Novices…Appleton east
b) Best New Program…not sure which ones were new
c) Most Improved Program…Appleton west
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)…Appleton west
4> Best Argument – defining law as justice
a) Best Affirmative Case…state power bad
d) Best Kritik…k of punishment
e) Best T/Theory Argument…didn’t hear any “good” theory args in LD
5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…Jacob Swan
d.5) Best 1AR…Andy Kriha
e) Best 2NR…not sure, actually
f) Best 2AR…Stephanie Gil
g) Fastest Debater… Stephanie Gil (should have heard her during semis)
h) Funniest Debater… Paul Foy (never makes a rational thought)
6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…Waupaca (from personal standpoint, and not because I won)
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)… apple valley
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…Emily Kaps
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…ryan welsh versus nick nassif
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…state tournament
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…happy nap prison system in new York. You have to check it out. Omg, so weird.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/magazine/20PRISON.html

By Jacob Swan on Dec 10, 2007

for LD
1> Best Debater Overall: Jacob Swan, Steph Gill, or Andy-it’s definitely a toss up
a) Best Senior Debater…same
b) Best Junior Debater…Sam Hope
c) Best Sophomore Debater…Jason Altekruse
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…im not sure if i know any frosh debaters
e) Most Improved Debater…That’s tough… I would have to say Jason though
f) Debater With Most Potential…Brent from Winneconne or Jason or Sara Lambie
h) Best Team/Pair…

2> Best Round Overall
a) Best Round You Watched…state finals
b) Best Round You Debated In…*i dont think this applies to me*

3> Best Program Overall: Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices…East
b) Best New Program…Kimberly
c) Most Improved Program… same
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)…n/a

4> Best Argument
a) Best Affirmative Case…that’s tough… probably Jacob Swan’s aff
b) Best Counterplan…na
c) Best Disadvantage…na
d) Best Kritik…the only k i saw in LD this year was run new in the 1ar… so since it was the only K i guess it was the best K
e) Best T/Theory Argument….

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…probably Jacob Swan
b) Best 2AC…
c) Best 2NC…
d) Best 1NR…I haven’t heard a fantastic 1NR in awhile, but I’m going to go ahead and say Sam Hope
d.5) Best 1AR…Although sometimes her 1ARs can suck, on balance i would say Stephanie Gill
e) Best 2NR…
f) Best 2AR…usually Andy gives a good 2, although at state i didn’t see that
g) Fastest Debater…either Sam Hope, Jacob Swan, or Stephanie Gill (although she doesn’t go fast often- she should)
h) Funniest Debater…I’m not sure…

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…East or Marquette
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…Blake…by far…
c) Favorite Judge/Critic… :)
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…Definitely watching Vinodh mocking is partner Emily Chen
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…
g) ?

By Emily Kapszukiewicz on Dec 11, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall: osahon or garrett
a) Best Senior Debater: see above
b) Best Junior Debater: this is like a 5-way tie
c) Best Sophomore Debater: i dont know anyone
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater: amen okundaye, but watch our for our novices.
e) Most Improved Debater: joe
f) Debater With Most Potential: i dunno…maybe benson?
h) Best Team/Pair: nicolet CL. they’re phenomenal as a team.
2> Best Round Overall: kinkaid v. berkeley prep. (fuck you, WTO!!!)
a) Best Round You Watched: see above
b) Best Round You Debated In: oak park at new trier or state finals
3> Best Program Overall: the real team.
a) Best Program For Novices: nicolet. their team is like a giant family and chapman is amazing with new debaters.
b) Best New Program. ?
c) Most Improved Program: nicolet also has some really competitive teams this year
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours). it’d be physically impossible, but marquette
4> Best Argument
a) Best Affirmative Case. medflags
b) Best Counterplan…combined joint task force
c) Best Disadvantage…i lovve politics…also, nagorno
d) Best Kritik…none
e) Best T/Theory Argument…card clippers lose. so do sandbaggers.
5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…i havent seen many 1NCs…but brittany coats dropped 6 off at state and i thought my 2AC was fucked.
b) Best 2AC…joe
c) Best 2NC…tim in general. kettler on rimal.
d) Best 1NR…emily
d.5) Best 1AR…osahon
e) Best 2NR…garrett
f) Best 2AR…joe
g) Fastest Debater…neethu iyengar if only we could understand him
h) Funniest Debater…kettler…i agree with jon, not even close
6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…state or app east
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…glenbrooks or new trier…
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…still bill batterman but hager has given some really good comments this year
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…twilight of the gods…or baudrillard…but we don’t talk about that round…
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament…the time amanda liz and kelly stole me from the new trier tournament and we drove around for 3 hours looking for noodles. then jon voss called me at midnight and the experience went downhill from there.
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…fossa malthus was hilarious.

g) bubb stole a bike!!!

By Laurel Mills on Dec 11, 2007

Mills, maybe if you’d just TELL your coach where and when you were leaving the hotel, I wouldn’t have to pull my hair out when you’re missing :)

By Jon Voss on Dec 11, 2007

Jon,

Please…. I coach Emily Langhorst and you pull your hair out if you know where she is or not. BTW, I’ll say this now about Ian’s card clipping incident. There are people out there who will always use this against him, and he gave them the ammo so part of that is deserved. But, the truth is that he’s an absolute kickin’ debater who will do very well on the national circuit next year. Don’t forget, this was his first full year of Debate, he was in a play all of last year and could never do after school practice. In one year he got damned good, and my bet is that he comes back twice as good next year. When you take the higher intellectual level he’s at and add the work ethic; all I can say is think about how “spygate” motivated the Patriots.. Congrats to Sheb and Marquette this year. Next year already looks like a dogfight and will be a great way to go out.

Joe Klopotek

By joe klopotek on Dec 11, 2007

Ian was in a play, was he?

By Neal Krokosky on Dec 11, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall - Garrett
a) Best Senior Debater… See Above
b) Best Junior Debater… Mills/Knoedler
c) Best Sophomore Debater… I don’t think I know of any?
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater… Amen
e) Most Improved Debater… I’d have to go with Kettler actually.
f) Debater With Most Potential… Mills/Knoedler
h) Best Team/Pair… Sheb North KM - they’re gonna own next year.

2> Best Round Overall
a) Best Round You Watched… Finals at state
b) Best Round You Debated In… I don’t.

3> Best Program Overall Marquette
a) Best Program For Novices… Marquette
b) Best New Program… Kimberly
c) Most Improved Program… Sheb North
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours) … If I still debated I would love to debate for Marquette even though I’m a girl.

4> Best Argument T is ALWAYS amazing.
a) Best Affirmative Case… I really like somaliland
b) Best Counterplan… Anything that doesn’t consult.
c) Best Disadvantage… I liked Nagorno.
d) Best Kritik… hehe is it bad that I love biopower and even if it doesn’t apply would still tell people to run it? lol
e) Best T/Theory Argument… I have a new love for plan flaw.

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC… Uhm okay it’s a 1NC first off… but Mills is FAST
b) Best 2AC… Joe
c) Best 2NC… If it’s on rimal or spark…kettler.
d) Best 1NR… Mills
d.5) Best 1AR… Garrett
e) Best 2NR… I think Tim gives a bitchin 2NR
f) Best 2AR… Mills. She usually gives a good story.
g) Fastest Debater… Laurel
h) Funniest Debater… I laugh at the marquette boys often

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)… East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)… Blake
c) Favorite Judge/Critic… I think that Hager gives amazing oral kritiks and really teaches kids so that they understand what to improve on. He was always one of my favorites even when I debated. Or Batterman - who also does the same. Smart guy I tell ya!
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In… Uhm.. I watched Sheb North KM and Wausau West in quarters at East and it was…….well….interesting.
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament… Mine and Kaps’ dinner at State… GOD! SO GOOD!
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching… Porn while looking for tix updates for Jon
g) ? I know I haven’t been around a lot this season…in fact… its been like 3 weeks. But from what I saw I am THOROUGHLY impressed with Wisconsin Debate and I know there is some amazing talent that we should work harder on representing at the national level. Keep up the good work guys!

By Nicole on Dec 11, 2007

best 40 dollars I ever spent on food. :) . It was amazing. Let’s do it again at Blake.

By Emily Kapszukiewicz on Dec 11, 2007

Emily, we are SOOOOO doing it again at Blake!

By Nicole on Dec 12, 2007

BLAKE UPDATES going into round 4 (What I Know)

Marquette BF: 3-1
Neenah OO: 3-1
Sheboygan North KM: 3-1
SPASH IW: 3-1
Brookfield Central BW: 2-2

I know Appleton East, La Crosse Central, and possibly one or two other WI schools are in the policy pool, but I haven’t caught up with those schools yet.

By Jon Voss on Dec 15, 2007

I just heard Neenah ended up 3-3 in Policy and 3-3 in LD.

By Cory Puuri on Dec 15, 2007

Sheb North and Marquette broke. Way to go!

By Amjad on Dec 15, 2007

why doesn’t jon just make a new thread - he’s got a login for that reason.

what does blake break to?

By Nick Bubb on Dec 16, 2007

Blake advanced all 4-2 teams to a partial triple octafinal round. I believe both Marquette and Sheboygan dropped.

By Asad on Dec 16, 2007

Asad is correct–both Sheboygan and Marquette lost in trips, and both on split decisions. Going into outrounds, Tim and Laurel were the 21st seed and Garrett and Ben were 34th. I don’t know about Marquette, but Tim and Laurel lost to an affirmative that gave money to the topic region hoping to correct the refugee crisis.

By Jon Voss on Dec 17, 2007

Yeah, we lost to S.F. Lincoln when we were on the neg. They claimed to re-allocate funding so to allow for an increase in aids releaf. They claimed disease, otherization, and biopower.

By Garrett Fields on Dec 17, 2007

1> Best Debater Overall…Garrett
a) Best Senior Debater…Garrett
b) Best Junior Debater…Tim/Laurel
c) Best Sophomore Debater…Caitlin
d) Best Fresh(wo)man Debater…Amen
e) Most Improved Debater…Jbal
f) Debater With Most Potential…Laurel/Jbal/Tim
h) Best Team/Pair…Garret/Jbal

2> Best Round Overall-Every Sheb North KM v Marq BF round was probably quite good. I’ll just say state finals.
a) Best Round You Watched…Kettler and Noah vs Britney and (I can’t remember which girl she debated with at North) in semis of North
b) Best Round You Debated In…n/a

3> Best Program Overall… Marq
a) Best Program For Novices…Marq
b) Best New Program…unaware of any
c) Most Improved Program…Sheboygan North
d) Program You’d Most Like To Debate For (Other Than Yours)… JMM

4> Best Argument
a) Best Affirmative Case… Somaliland
b) Best Counterplan…EU
c) Best Disadvantage…same as every year. Politics
d) Best Kritik…Lifton
e) Best T/Theory Argument…I dont know.

5> Best Specific Skills
a) Best 1NC…Really?
b) Best 2AC…Laurel
c) Best 2NC…Garrett
d) Best 1NR…Really?
d.5) Best 1AR…Garrett
e) Best 2NR…Garrett
f) Best 2AR…Laurel
g) Fastest Debater…Laurel/Garrett
h) Funniest Debater…Tim K

6> Other Stuff
a) Favorite Tournament (in-state)…East
b) Favorite Tournament (out-of-state)…Glenbrooks
c) Favorite Judge/Critic…Voss… or Judge Butters
d) Weirdest Round You Saw/Debated In…The Nicolet Round that butters judged at Caucus sounded pretty odd.. the one against KCC
e) Best Non-Debate Experience at a Debate Tournament… JDs
f) Funniest Thing You Stumbled Upon While Researching…the prevelence of the phrase “witches brew” in literature this year.
g) ?

I know the focus of my posts were fairly restricted to Marquette, Neenah, and Sheboygan North. Sorry if I didn’t recognize you. I feel as though these programs stood out especially this year.

By Noah Trilling on Dec 24, 2007

north gets rid of bubb = best improvement?

By Nick Bubb on Dec 26, 2007

Close.

North gets rid of consult NATO = best improvement

By Jon Voss on Dec 27, 2007

did you ask some one else if that was a good joke prior to posting it?

By Nick Bubb on Dec 28, 2007

I’m not really sure it’s a “joke”, per se; debate is much more educational when teams read arguments that *actually* create clash…

By Jon Voss on Dec 28, 2007