1. UBC DEBATE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT
Reminder:
If you are a debater, stay here in 101; If you are a judge, please go to 102
Any registrations after 9:15 will be DROPPED
Food is served outside the room. Please keep the room clean
Wifi: ubcvisitor
UBC DEBATE
SPRING
HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT
Juniors General Assembly

2. General information UBC Visitor WiFi No eating in the GA
Please clean up after yourself
Please be quiet when in the Buchanan A lobby - exams are in progress

3. BEFORE WE GET STARTED Registration Locations
If you haven’t done so already, make sure to sign in at the registration table outside, in Buchanan building A.
Debate Briefings begin at 9:30
Please throw away your trash
NO FOOD INSIDE THE GA!!!
Locations
If you are a Senior debater or a Judge, you are in the wrong room Junior Judges: A102
Seniors should go to Henry Angus 243
Judges should go to Buchanan A102
Breakfast is at the GA
(dietary restriction options available)
This is the Juniors room.

4. BEFORE WE GET STARTED Etiquette
Please be cordial and polite with your opponents and judges even if sometimes you don’t necessarily agree with one another.
To keep the tournament running on schedule debaters and judges need to come back to GA ASAP; please thank your judges for their adjudications!
Debaters who delay the tournament or put themselves at risk by failing these instructions may be subject to action up to and including expulsion from the tournament.

5. EMERGENCY CONTACTS Junior TD — Akash Uppal 403-437-8227
Junior CA – Fraser McGee
Junior DCA — Noam Harris
Junior DCA — Frank Yan
If possible, be sure to ask in person first!

6. EMERGENCY CONTACTS Safewalk — 604-822-5355
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EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Safewalk —
Safewalk is a free campus service that will send a co-ed team of two walkers to escort you to any point on campus.
UBC Campus Security —
UBC Campus Security handles non-emergency on-campus security concerns. They can also provide accompanied walk services if Safewalk is closed or unable to do so.
UBC RCMP — or 911 (emergency)
The RCMP provide police services on UBC's Point Grey (Main) campus. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately.
Campus Blue Phones
UBC's on-campus blue phones provide a direct line to Campus Security, who can also transfer you to services such as Safewalk. Press the red button on the poles with a blue light to be connected.

7. Corina (female) and Devon (non-female)
EQUITY
Corina (female) and Devon (non-female)

8. What is equity?
In debate, equity means ensuring that debaters, judges, and spectators are all comfortable with what is being discussed. While debate is about challenging controversial topics, the UBCDS wants to make clear the distinction between pushing boundaries and inflicting harm or offense.

9. Why is equity important?
Ensures that EVERYONE can compete, learn, and have fun in a safe environment.
Avoids the tangible threats that equity violations can create.
Makes debate a less exclusionary space and allows for more diversity.
Allows for us to all be good people.
Guarantees that your equity officers will be happy!

10. How can you be a good person in debate?
Step 1: Use everyone’s preferred gender pronouns.
Before rounds, judges will ask everyone if they have a preferred gender pronoun. At this time, please state if you have a preferred pronoun.
Note: you are not required to state your preferred pronoun. In the case where you say nothing, everyone will refer to you as your speaker position.
Please ensure that you are referring to debaters and judges by their preferred pronouns or by their position.

11. How can you be a good person in debate?
Step 2: Ensuring that your speeches aren’t offensive. Also keep in mind that if your speech is offensive, it probably isn’t a good speech.
Groups are diverse, so don’t treat them as a monolith.
Stereotypes are harmful and factually false. As such, they (a) won’t help you win a debate round, but (b) can be hurtful. Please refrain from using them.
Don’t use triggering language.
Ensure that you approach topics with sensitivity// don’t treat them lightly (i.e. don’t make jokes about sexual assault).

12. How can you be a good person in debate?
Step 3: Debate against people’s arguments (not their accents, clothing, backgrounds, or any other factors).
Never mock people in a round!
If you can’t understand someone because of their accent, listen closely.
Don’t use someone’s identity against them in a debate.
Don’t delegitimize people’s lived experiences (though they would preferably not bring them up to begin with).

13. How can you be a good person in debate?
Step 4: Asking everyone in the room for permission to record debates.
If you wish to video tape or voice record your round/speech, please ensure that you have everyone’s consent.
This looks like asking everyone in the room if you have permission to record them BEFORE you record anything!

14. How can you be a good person in debate?
Step 5: Talking to an equity officer if you become aware of any equity violations during the tournament.
You can text me at , or Devon at
You can approach an equity officer
You can leave a note in the equity box
You can send an anonymous google form at bit.ly/ubchst2018

15. The End!

16. Schedule + Locations

17. SATURDAY
8:30 AM Registration Opens (Breakfast is served) 9:15 AM Registration Closes (9:30AM HARD DROP DEADLINE) 9:30 AM Briefings (Debaters and Judges)
10:15 AM Round One
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Round 2
3:00 PM Round 3
5:00 PM Light Refreshments
5:30 PM Round 4
Proceed the final round on Saturday, debaters and parents are welcome to leave

18. SUNDAY
9:00 AM Registration Opens (Breakfast is served) 9:30 AM Registration Closes (9:30AM HARD DROP DEADLINE) 9:45 AM Briefings (Debaters and Judges)
10:00 AM Round Five
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Junior Final
3:30 PM Senior Final
5:30 PM Awards Ceremony

19. BEFORE WE GET STARTED Things to keep in mind The Return Of
All debaters will debate each side per topic once. If you notice you have been assigned the same side on the same topic more than once, alert us immediately.
If your team name is not on the draw we release in Round 1, also alert us immediately.
If you have any questions, please feel free to come down and ask us.

20. LET’S GET STARTED

21. BASIC SETUP The topic for a debate is called the motion or resolution.
Proposition’s job is to define or explain the motion.
Teams of 2 are assigned to either the Proposition (for) or Opposition (against) side.
Both sides will alternate in giving speeches for or against the motion.

23. There’s 3 fundamental components to an argument:
Statement (what you’re proving)
Explanation (why it’s true)
Example (when it worked)
Must tell the judge and room why something is true and why something is important
You must build the logical links to why things are true
Keep asking why until you cannot answer the question

24. In the end, judges are told to give the win to the most persuasive team with the best engagement
No such thing as an automatic drop
Proposition should set up a clear and fair debate.
All teams should have engagement.
relevant constructive and direct clash
refuting examples ≠ refuting arguments!
Arguments > Presentation

25. MAKING A GOOD SPEECH Arguments, not Examples
An example is not an argument of its own.
Examples should be used to back up arguments.
Internally Consistent
Arguments should not contradict each other.
Relevant
With a limited amount of time, focus on arguments which prove your case.

26. STRUCTURING A SPEECH
State your position and explain how you’ll defend it
Go through your arguments, using examples to support it if necessary, and explain why they’re relevant
Address opposing arguments and explain why they’re wrong (rebuttal)
Summarize your main points and why your side is stronger

27. STRUCTURING A SPEECH Resolution: Definition: 1) Defined Term
Arguments:
1) tagline
- argument
2) tagline
3) tagline
Caseline:

28. You should signpost in every speech
You should signpost in every speech. Say what you’re going to say, and then say what you said. It makes it easy for the Judge to follow your argument.

29. AVOID COMMON MISTAKES
Slippery Slope: You cannot assert that a change in one thing will lead to a change in another without explaining why.
Appeal to Authority: Something is not always true just because someone important believes it.
Straw Manning: Don’t portray someone’s argument as weaker than it is, and attack that instead
Straw Man: A weaker argument which was never made.

30. INCLUDE REBUTTAL What is Rebuttal?
Disproving or undermining your opponent’s arguments
How do you make a rebuttal?
Sum up their argument.
Indicate why they are wrong, then explain.
Take time: Rebuttals, like arguments, should avoid being oversimplified to one-line assertion. Tell judges why the arguments are wrong.

31. MORE REBUTTAL Do their arguments make sense?
Have they made mistakes or assumptions?
Do their arguments actually support their thesis
What are their practical implications?
Does the argument contradict itself or earlier arguments? Does it contain fallacies?
Are there counterexamples for the examples they bring up?

32. Try avoiding crutch words like “um” or “like”, which you use to let your mind catch up with your mouth.
They’re not too bad, but don’t do it too much. Try replacing them with silence, or with better words like “furthermore”

33. PROCEEDING TO THE DRAW

34. BEFORE WE GET STARTED Keep in mind:
The draw will then be posted on the screens and the event base.
There will be people to lead you to the rooms outside.
If you have any questions, please feel free to come down and ask us.