Electives
Someone you should never take financial advice from...
Who is DKP
The correct 1NC structure for T-USFG is...
What is interpretation, violation, and standards?
True or False: As the 2N speaker, you are not responsible for flowing the 1NR
What is FALSE! You are in fact responsible for flowing ALL of the 1NR and working with your 1N
The year Turner graduated college is...
What is the year 2003?
An acronym for debating/answering Kritiks (on the NEG)...
F (ramework)
P (erm)
O (ffense)
S (solvency)
T (heory)
A (lternative)
L (inks)
The three best ways to practice speaking prior to a tournament...
What is the over-enunciation drill, the backwards drill, forward for clarity drill
The two primary impacts when going for framework vs planless affirmatives...
What are clash and fairness?
What is embedded clash?
Dartmouth College, Emory University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Kansas, University of Iowa
Dartmouth College, Georgetown College, Emory University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Kansas, University of Iowa, University of Southern California, Northwestern University, University of Texas-Austin, University of Georgia
Understanding the ways in which material, social, and economic systems/modes of production drive history and/or social development...
What is historical materialism?
Mikaela relayed speaking tips from this former Dartmouth Director of Debate...
Who is Ken Strange?
The difference between T-USFG and Framework
What is 'basically' nothing!
A way to garner CP competition based only off of the words of the plan...
What is textual competition?
The demo debate debater who has won CEDA...
Spencer Anderson-McElligot
True or False: The following compound propositions are negations of each other:
(~p <-> q) and (p <-> ~q)
What is FALSE!
The three primary considerations when approaching CX according to BK...
What is...
1. Determine the purpose of CX
2. Plan to achieve those purposes/goals
3. INTEGRATE them back in your speeches!
The most common "internal link" to the aff's offense is...
What is subject formation?
A way to garner CP competition based only off of the mandates of the plan...
What is functional competition?
The two DDI staffers who were debate partners for more than one tournament...
Who are Mikaela and Jacon?
The best lab leader @ the DDI...
Ilan ong
The highest attended elective at the 2025 DDI was...
What is "Answering K's" w/ Ilan?
The most logical answer to "aff is a pre-requisite to learning about the topic" is... (2 acceptable answers)
What is TVA/SSD?
A way to garner counterplan competition based off 1AC solvency evidence and cross-examination.
Positional Competition
The member(s) of the DDI staff that were the closest to winning the NDT...
Who are Azja and Julian?
The affective dilemma that arises when the object you desire represents the obstacle to your flourishing is...
What is "cruel optimism"?