Hi!
We hope you find this helpful.
1.
PICK UP
YOUR BALLOT AT THE BALLOT TABLE AS SOON AS
IT IS AVAILABLE.
2.
GO RIGHT
TO YOUR ROUND. Your ballot will tell you which room to go to. NEED HELP
FINDING YOUR ROOM? Ask a Whitman “Guide,” our ballot table people, or a Whitman
professor or student.
3.
DOUBLECHECK--When you
get to your round, check to make sure the teams or speakers in the room are the
ones you are supposed to judge. For example, ask the students, "Is 12
Johnson here?" If you are in error—alert the students or possibly you need
to go to the right room.
4.
FILL OUT
THE TOP PORTION OF THE BALLOT
At the beginning of the round, write the code, team school and initials,
your name, round number and the names of the students on the ballot. Again,
make sure you have the right debaters.
5.
MAKE SURE
YOU START AS SOON AS YOU CAN
Don’t let speakers wait or stall. The first speaker MUST start by the
time stated on your ballot. REMEMBER—if you let a round start late, your ballot
will probably be late and then you will be fined.
6.
CHECK
ITEMS ON YOUR BALLOT. WRITE COMMENTS ON THE BALLOT. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE SPEAKER.
Yea, it
isn’t easy but do the best you can.
7.
AFTER EACH
SPEECH, RATE THE SPEAKER
As noted on your ballot, you rate
the speaker somewhere between a 24 (needs improvement) and 30 (outstanding).
Most scores are 26 to 28.
8.
AT THE END
OF THE ROUND, AFTER EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, RANK THE SPEAKERS.
Give the best speaker in the round,
the 1. Give the second best speaker, a 2. Etc.
9.
TURN IN
THE BALLOT TO THE BALLOT TABLE—ON TIME—OR YOUR SCHOOL GETS FINED.
Please turn in your ballot to the
ballot table. When you do—wait to have it checked so that we make sure it is
accurate.
10.
NOTE: All
rounds are open to the public including other competitors and anyone who
wishes to take notes. Only disruptive audience members may be removed from
rounds.
Click here to go to Things you can expect for Student
Congress (Step 2)