1. BY THE
DATE JIM SETS IN MAY, REQUEST RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS
1. BY THE DATE JIM SETS IN MAY, REQUEST RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS
A. You will submit requests to a web page indicating which
positions you want to research and what qualifications you bring to that
research (e.g. you might note that you did the position for the West Coast
handbook).
B. Jake will assign research by June 1 with an attempt to
honor preferences, issue importance, and your research expertise. NOTE: This year, YOU WILL NOT be paired
with another person to complete this research.
C. AFF-NEG LAB
LEADERS: You need to request an affirmative case and one negative position.
NOTE TUESDAY, JULY 1 DEADLINE, AFF PLAN TEXT AND SOLVENCY
EVIDENCE NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.
WE NEED TO KNOW YOUR AFF EVIDENCE EARLIER THAN IN
THE PAST.
D. NEG–JUDGES: You
need to pick two negative positions to research.
E. NOVICE LAB
LEADERS: You have set cases and positions for your affirmative, counterplan,
disadvantage, and kritik. Jim will inform you of these. XXXXXXXXXX WE DO NOT HAVE A
NOVICE LAB THIS YEAR.
F. REQUESTS OR CHANGES SUBMITTED AFTER THE MAY DEADLINE:
Jake will need to approve and you may not take someone else’s already assigned
research.
A. FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE
CASE YOU PREPARE:
1. A minimum 40 page indexed file with a 1AC and backup
evidence (MAXIMUM 125 PAGES).
2. A SEPARATE minimum 20 page indexed negative file with
answers to the affirmative case. (MAXIMUM 100 PAGES)
3. A SEPARATE minimum 30 page indexed affirmative and
negative file covering an advantage area (MAXIMUM 100 PAGES)
Note—this advantage area is generic; it doesn’t necessarily
relate to your affirmative case.
4. You receive $375 for your research.
5. IF YOU HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM
PAGES, CONTACT JAKE.
B. FOR EACH NEGATIVE POSITION, PREPARE:
1. A minimum 30 page indexed file with a shell and backup
evidence. MAXIMUM SIZE IS 75 PAGES.
2. A SEPARATE minimum 15 page indexed set of answers
against the position (the answers should be ones any plan/case could use; you
can cut additional answers for specific cases but that must be in excess of the
15 pages). MAXIMUM SIZE IS 50 PAGES.
3. You receive $225 for this research on each negative
position.
4. IF YOU HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM
PAGES, CONTACT JAKE.
C. NOVICE LAB
LEADERS—IGNORE B AND C ABOVE. INSTEAD, YOU, TOGETHER, NEED TO PREPARE:
1. A minimum 30 page indexed file of additional evidence
for your affirmative. MAXIMUM OF 60 PAGES.
2. A minimum of 10 page indexed file of additional evidence
for EACH OF your two disads, two counterplans, and two kritiks (Total is 60
pages). MAXIMUM OF 100 PAGES.
3. You do explanations of each position; You need to do
shells for these positions only if the Prepbook does not include a shell; You
do need to make separate aff and neg files for each of these.
4. You receive $450 for your research on these issues.
5. Novice lab leaders will need to split up who does what
aff, disad, and counterplan (if there is more than one novice lab leader).
6. 8 to 10 ELECTRONIC articles—about 60 to 100 pages of
additional, uncut articles (students will cut these in lab ON A COMPUTER).
Note: These articles ARE DIFFERENT from the ones you already cut evidence from.
7. IF YOU HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM
PAGES, CONTACT JAKE.
D. POLICY SCHOLARS
LAB LEADERS—IGNORE B AND C ABOVE. INSTEAD, YOU, TOGETHER, NEED TO PREPARE:
1. A minimum 30 page indexed file of evidence for and
against your affirmative.
2. A minimum 20 page indexed file of evidence for and
against your disadvantage.
3. A minimum 20 page indexed file of evidence for and
against your counterplan.
4. A minimum 20 page indexed file of evidence for and
against your kritik.
5. You also need to be ready to get the kids in the lab
going on these arguments as they are going to be responsible for the bulk of the
research in the lab.
3. DEADLINES
A.AFF LAB LEADERS:
TUESDAY, JULY 1: AFF PLAN TEXT AND 3 SOLVENCY CARDS.
B. TUESDAY, JULY 15,
YOUR AFF AND CASE NEG
C. THURSDAY, JULY 17,
ONE NEG POSITION AND AFF ANSWERS
D. SATURDAY, JULY 19,
THE OTHER NEG POSITION AND AFF ANSWERS
GETTING THESE FILES
IN TO JAKE IS CRITICAL because he needs to begin printing files days before the
camp starts. The printing process for the beginning of camp takes 3 to 4 days
to complete and we need the files ready by Sunday night.
E. FINES: YOU WILL BE FINED $10 PER FILE FOR EACH 8 HOURS THAT IT IS
LATE.
F. PUT TOGETHER YOUR
ELECTRONIC FILES THAT YOUR LAB WILL CUT AND HAVE THEM READY TO GO WELL BEFORE
YOUR LAB BEGINS.
4. DO YOUR FILES RIGHT.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT:
1) When you mess this stuff up,
it means the printers have to spend a ton of extra time fixing your files.
2) IF YOUR FILE IS
SUBSTANTIALLY OFF FROM THE BELOW EXPECTATIONS, YOU WILL BE FINED $10 TO $30 FOR
EACH FILE DONE IMPROPERLY (and if you don’t follow rule 1 noted below, you can
be fired).
3) READ THESE GUIDELINES AND CAREFULLY
DOUBLECHECK YOUR FILE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOLLOWING THEM.
wndi.dot
(WNDI Template for MS Word)
Example
Aff File Example
Aff Case Responses File
Example
DA Neg File Example
DA Responses File
Example
CP Neg File Example
CP Responses File
Example
K Neg File Example
K Responses File
A. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY BANNED from
using files that you did not cut unless they are from your COLLEGE team’s files (no high
school files) or you go find the originals. TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A PLAGIARIZED
FILE!!! Don’t let that happen. I will fire you for this kind of violation.
FURTHER:
You may NOT submit a file for the camp with
1. any more than 20% materials from West Coast work you did
or that came from a handbook or handbook worker.
2. any more than 20% materials from Whitman/UPS/your team
backfiles. NOTICE—YOU MAY NOT TAKE EV FROM THE WHITMAN BACKFILES THAT HAS NOT
BEEN RUN BEFORE OR THAT OTHER SCHOOLS DON’T KNOW HAS BEEN RUN.
3. any more than 20% materials from another camp such as
Gonzaga.
4. no more than 40% materials from the above sources—THE
VASTY MAJORITY OF YOUR WORK NEEDS TO BE NEW STUFF.
ANY EXCEPTIONS TO
THESE TWO LIMITS NEED JIM’S PERMISSION.
You must
not give your work to another handbook, debate camp, or another high school
team.
Failure to follow the above is grounds for firing as it
involves risk of plagiarism and it is an abuse to expect to be paid for work
that you did not actually do.
ANY EXCEPTIONS REQUIRE JIM’S APPROVAL.
B. USE THE WHITMAN DEBATE TEMPLATE
or something very close.
--Need the
template? Email Jim at hansonjb@whitman.edu
--10 point
Times New Roman Font
--1 inch
margins
--header
at the top with the file name with page numbers in the upper right hand corner
To do this: In MS Word, click View, Header/Footer. Type in
the name of the file into the header area. Then, Insert, Page Numbers. MAKE
SURE THE PAGE NUMBERS WILL APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
WHY? Because the printing staff have to collate tons
of pages and having the page number and file name in a consistent spot is a big
help. The debaters will appreciate it too.
C. NOTICE—WE NO LONGER ACCEPT
ANYTHING BUT PURE WORD DOCUMENTS. Do ALL of your files in MS Word as text—no
graphics, no scanning in pictures of cards you hand cut.
NOTE: When pasting into your document—be sure to get rid
of html code/tables/etc. (You can see this code as fill in boxes, pictures,
tables, etc.) This code makes your document huge and unstable (it can crash
your document). PLEASE DELETE IT. Optionally, you can paste it in as text only
by clicking Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted Text.
D. AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR FILE
--Make
sure you have a table of contents at the beginning of your file.
How to make a Table of Contents? Make all your brief titles
into “Heading 1” or “Block Titles.” Then, put your cursor at the beginning of
the document. Click Insert, Index and Tables, Table of Contents and say okay.
Problems? Ask Jim or Jake.
DO A
DOUBLECHECK—After doing your table of contents, see if there aren’t missing
pages (eg you see pages 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12—where’s 8 and 9? Fix it!); also,
check the last pages of your file—a frequent spot for blank pages.
--Include POSITION EXPLANATIONS for each aff and neg
position you complete:
A. Lab leaders need to know what each position is so they
can prepare affirmative responses, strategies, etc.
B. Your 4 to 6 sentence Position Explanation should include
the following:
1. Describe the position.
2. Explain nuances of it—what applies and what doesn’t;
impact scenarios; etc.
3. Explain the responses against it; try to think about how
other affirmatives/negatives might deploy arguments on the position.
E. FORMATTING
--USE CITATIONS LIKE THIS:
July
July
--PLEASE
GENDER MODIFY EVIDENCE by changing "his conception of . . ." to
"his or her conception of . . ." or "their conception of . .
." AND note that you did this in the evidence.
--NO
HIGHLIGHTING OF EVIDENCE. You can underline but highlighting slows the printers
down significantly.
--NO
GRAPHICS OR PICTURES ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT JAKE’S CONSENT. Email him if you have
questions. Graphics slow down the printing process.
--NO LARGE
FONTS OR AREAS OF BLACK/COLOR. THIS COSTS
--NO
HATS—NO BLANK PAGES. Keep the number of pages to a minimum—otherwise, we pay
huge bucks—each unnecessary page gets multiplied by 60+ copies.
F. ADHERE TO THE PAGE MINIMUMS AND
MAXIMUMS
Do not go
under the expected page numbers stated for each kind of assignment. Your pay is
docked for doing that.
Do not go
over the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM FILE SIZE. If you do, YOU MUST CREATE A SEPARATE
ADDITIONAL “FOR THE CD ONLY” FILE. This is because we will NOT print files over
the Maximum File Size—it costs too much.
1AC WITH
BACKUP (AND YOUR ADVANTAGE EVIDENCE) 50 PAGES MINIMUM, 125 PAGE MAXIMUM.
NEGATIVE
VS YOUR 1AC (INCLUDING ANSWERS TO THE ADVANTAGE): 25 PAGE MINIMUM; 100 PAGE
MAXIMUM
NEG SHELL
WITH BACKUP: 30 PAGE MINIMUM; 75 PAGE MAXIMUM
AFF
ANSWERS TO NEG SHELL: 15 PAGE MINIMUM; 50 PAGE MAXIMUM
AFF
EVIDENCE 30 PAGES MINIMUM; 60 PAGE MAXIMUM
NEG
EVIDENCE 10 PAGES MINIMUM PER POSITION (2 DA, 2 CP, 2K); 60 PAGES TOTAL
MINIMUM; 100 PAGES MAXIMUM.
G. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, SUBMIT TWO
FILES: An Affirmative File and a Negative File.
E.G. “
E.G.
“Oligarchy Kritik.doc” and “Oligarchy Kritik Aff answers.doc”
MAKE SURE
YOUR FILE NAME IS WHAT YOU CALLED IT WHEN YOU TOLD JIM AND JAKE. If not, please
change it or tell Jim and Jake immediately. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE because
it confuses kids and our printers when the file names don’t match up.
H.
NOTE: IF YOUR FILE IS SUBSTANTIALLY OFF FROM THE ABOVE EXPECTATIONS, YOU WILL
BE FINED $10 FOR EACH FILE DONE IMPROPERLY. When you don’t follow the above—it means extra
printing costs and keeps the printing staff working longer hours. Please do
your files right.