1. BY THE
DATE JIM SETS IN MAY, REQUEST RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS
1. BY THE DATE JIM SETS, SUGGEST TOPICS
Jim will set the three Public Forum topics.
A. FOR EACH TOPIC YOU
PREPARE:
1. A 1 PAGE, single spaced, Topic Overview including
affirmative and negative arguments.
2. 2 to 4 pages of definitions.
3. 15 pages Pro and 15 pages Con evidence. DO NOT EXCEED 60
TOTAL PAGES without Jim’s permission.
4. REMEMBER—NO GENERIC DISADS, NO COUNTERPLANS, NO KRITIKS. ONLY, STRAIGHT UP, CASE ARGUMENTS.
B. PLUS, HAVE ONE
ARTICLE IN MS WORD FORMAT (COPY AND PASTE AS TEXT WITHOUT FORMATTING) PER
STUDENT.
3. DEADLINE JULY 19
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.
A. 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)
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.
wndi.dot (WNDI Template for MS Word)
--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 EMAIL ONLY” FILE. This is because we
will NOT print files over the Maximum File Size—it costs too much.
G.
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.