WilgusGeneva

Geneva Wilgus, Brunswick High School Forensics
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1. What is your educational and/or professional background? I am an undergrad, prelaw student making my way towards grad school and the courtroom where people will pay me to argue. Dream come true?

2. Estimating, how many rounds of Public Forum or Student Congress would you say you have judged in the past? I don't do the StuCo thing... but I've judged about 10 rounds of PF during the past year.

3. Estimating, how many rounds of LD and Policy would you say you have judged in the past? Upwards of 200 LD rounds, and about 10 Policy rounds.

4. How heavily do you consider "dropped" arguments? (Arguments that an opponent does not respond to.** **Feel free to comment****) I think drops can be effective and necessary if done skillfully, but too often it's just plain lazy. If your opponent drops your argument, it's your job to tell me they dropped it and impact the drop, aka why that drop gives you the round. I won't vote on it unless you tell me it's important. If you drop an argument and your opponent calls you on it, respond and explain why you dropped the argument and why it doesn't matter. More impacts are always better.

5.How important is evidence in your decision ? It depends on how it's used in the debate. I'll vote on whatever becomes important in the round. However, if you are making absurd (false) statements without info to back it up, I'm not going to support your lack of research and initiative with a win.

6. Do you prefer: Philosophy Only, Carded Evidence only, No Evidence, Or blends of cards and philosophical concepts? All of the above. The best debaters use all their assets to create a seamless presentation that highlights their skill in handling all types of debate media. Cards and philo will always be well-received simply because they show you've done some work.

7. What is your preferred speed of delivery(1 being Bill Clinton Slow, 10 being "spreading".** **Feel free to comment)**?
 * I can handle whatevs. I actually really dislike when people talk so slowly that I've forgotten the beginning of the sentence by the time we get to the end. **

Just be respectful; yes, conform. Dress professionally; none of you are good enough to show up in a flannel shirt and birkenstocks and pull it off.. sorry. I'll never vote on formalities though, that stuff belongs solely in speaker points and it's abusive for judges to interfere to the point of awarding losses based on appearance/presentation. Unless you're cussin'.
 * 8. On a scale of 1 to 10, how important are formalities for you? (How you refer to your opponent, organization, formal attire, etc.** **Feel free to comment.****)

9. At the end of the day how does a debater win your ballot? By IMPACTING arguments and supplying consistent, creative offense while maintaining an organized and signposted defense. I'll vote on the biggest issues in the round, whatever those may be as they become evident during rebuttals.

10. Are you a former debater? If yes, what events did you compete in and for how long? Yes, LD debate four years high school, extemp 1 year high school, parliamentary debate 2 years college.

11. On a scale of 1 to 10, How important are the impacts of the debate to you? (1 being none, 10 being the most important aspect of round. Feel free to comment) Scale of 1-10, impacts get an 11. Impacts are debate and I will not consider an argument complete without an impact.

12. Do you have any "pet peeves" when it comes to debate? If so, what are they? Pet peeve when a kid doesn't bring their own timer. hate it.

13. On a scale of 1 to 10, how detailed are your "flows"? (1 being that you don't flow/don't know what flowing is, 10 being that you are a former policy/lder) 10. I have a very detailed, non-interefering flow. I don't flow cx. You need to tell me why your cx time was important later in rebuttal.

14. Do you have any preferences? Any things that you like debaters to do? If so, what are they? Nope; just chill out and enjoy it, debate is really fun when you understand that's it's all a game. **