[eDebate] DEBATERS CHOICE AWARDS 2007 -- RESULTS

[Steven D'Amico]

I agree with Neil on a lot of stuff but this is kind of silly. This is a
poor model taken by an opt-in survey of debaters. It gives little accurate
information about gender preference in judges. If we want to talk about elim
judging etc, fine, but this is just a couple of debaters.

Can we just have one year where DCAs don't turn into a controversy.

On 4/27/07, Doug Dennis <blackdebateguy at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

> At least people are willing to LISTEN to a conversation about

> under-representation of women in the activity. When someone brings up

> African American inclusion, they're summarily dismissed. Thanks for holding

> it down for the rest of us, Ed Lee, you were the ONLY BLACK AT ALL mentioned

> in the DCA.

>

> Beginning to align myself more with Ede and Andy than I could have

> imagined..

>

> DD

> The Cruz

>

>

> On 4/27/07 5:46 AM, "NEIL BERCH" <berchnorto at msn.com> wrote:

>

> It would be tempting to point out that the students in our community (as

> represented in the DCA voting) think the top 10 critics in the country are

> all men (as well as the top 3 new critics), but that's been done before.

>  More interesting to me is to learn that male debaters are funny and female

> debaters are gullible (questions 23 and 26).

>

> Something to ponder...

> --Neil Berch

> West Virginia University

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>

> *From:* Burk,  Christopher R <mailto:crb012000 at utdallas.edu><crb012000 at utdallas.edu>

>

> *To:* edebate at ndtceda.com

>

> *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2007 12:31  AM

>

> *Subject:* [eDebate] DEBATERS CHOICE AWARDS  2007 -- RESULTS

>

>

>

> The Debater's Choice Awards brings the power back to the  people

> themselves - the debaters. Virtually every award in our activity is  decided

> by someone other than a debater. The DCA lets debaters voice their

>  opinions.

>

> Here's how it works. Only college debaters can fill out this  form. To be

> eligible, you need to have attended at least one college CX debate

>  tournament during the 2006-2007 season. Voters have until noon (central

> time)  on APRIL 26, 2007 to submit a ballot to me. Please e-mail your ballot

> to me at  debaterschoice.awards07 at gmail.com

>

> I will remove the name and e-mail  address from each ballot to ensure

> confidentiality when tabulating the  results. Please only vote for one

> person/team/tournament per question except  for questions 1, 15, and 16 Not

> everyone reads eDebate so please forward this  message to your teammates and

> friends. Please encourage debaters you know to  submit a ballot. I will

> submit the results of the survey as soon as I can  tabulate them all, with

> the exception of the first question.

>

> PLEASE  NOTE: The process for the posting of biographies of the 10 best

> varsity  debaters will change. Last year's process caused great uproar. I'm

> not willing  to be responsible for posting public commentaries that could

> significantly  offend members of our community. I will still post the list

> of top 10 varsity  debaters in alphabetical order. Anyone interested in

> writing a bio of one of  those debaters can email me. I will designate one

> person (or a coalition of  people) with the task of writing the bio of each

> debater in the top ten. The  writers will have ten days to compose the bio's

> and then the posting will  begin. Those bio's can and will be posted to

> eDebate without my involvement or  editing. I encourage positive and

> humorous bio's but the bio writers will need  to prepare to accept

> responsibility for bio that she/he posts to  eDebate.

>

> PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL SOON IF YOU WISH TO WRITE A BIO OF  A DEBATER

> IN THE TOP TEN.

>

>

>

> EIGHTH ANNUAL

> DEBATERS CHOICE  AWARDS

> 2006-2007

>

>

> 73 Ballots Counted (some did not have votes in  every category)

>

>

> I've ranked the top three in each category and  occasionally more when the

> voting was close.

>

>

> RESULTS:

>

> 1.  Best Varsity Debater of the Year (please pick FIVE and rank in order)?

>

>   (5 pts for each first place vote, 4 pts. for each second place  vote,

> etc.)

>

> THE TOP TEN - Alphabetical Order

>  Kathryn Clark,  Dartmouth

>  Conor Cleary, Oklahoma

>  Brent Culpepper, Georgia

>  Malcolm Gordon, Missouri - Kansas City

>  Alex Iftimie,  Southern California

>  Andrew Jennings, Kansas

>  Blake Johnson,  Oklahoma

>  Gabe Murillo, Wayne State

>  Kevin Rabinowitz,  Georgia

>  Jessica Yeats, Idaho State

>

>

> Also receiving  votes:

>  Eli Anders, Harvard

>  Michael Burshteyn, California -  Berkeley

>  Brett Bricker, Kansas

>  Pooja Chopra, California  State - Fullerton

>  Aimi Hamraie, Emory

>  Julie Hoehn, Emory

>  Dylan Keenan, Michigan

>  Dan Luxemburg, Harvard

>  Luis Magallon, California State - Fullerton

>  Brenda Montes,  California State - Fullerton

>  Jason Murray, Harvard

>  Kade  Olsen, Dartmouth

>  Martin Osborn, Missouri State

>  Josh Pang,  California State - Fullerton

>  Parija Patel, California State -  Fullerton

>  Ross Richendrfer, Whitman

>  Matt Schissler, Whitman

>  Rachel Schy, Redlands

>  Reid Shannon, California - Berkeley

>  Sara Stephens, Texas - Dallas

>  Chris Thiele, Texas - Austin

>  Brett Wallace, George Washington

>

>

> 2. Best 2A of the year?

>  1. Kathryn Clark, Dartmouth, 33 votes

>  2. Blake Johnson,  Oklahoma, 13 votes

>  3. Julie Hoehn, Emory, 7 votes

>

>

> 3. Best  2N of the year?

>  1. Gabe Murillo, Wayne State, 23 votes

>  2.  Conor Cleary, Oklahoma, 16 votes

>  3. Jessica Yeats, Idaho State, 7  votes

>  4. (tie) Malcolm Gordon, Missouri - Kansas City, 6 votes

>  4. (tie) Kevin Rabinowitz, Georgia, 6 votes

>

>

> 4. Best 1N of  the year?

>  1. Blake Johnson, Oklahoma, 15 votes

>  2. Kathryn  Clark, Dartmouth, 14 votes

>  3. Brent Culpepper, Georgia, 12  votes

>  4. Andrew Jennings, Kansas, 10 votes

>

>

> 5. Best 1A of  the year?

>  1. Kevin Rabinowitz, Georgia, 19 votes

>  2.  Conor Cleary, Oklahoma, 13 votes

>  3. Aimi Hamraie, Emory, 8  votes

>

>

> 6. Speediest debater?

>  1. Brent Culpepper, Georgia,  7 votes

>  2. Kevin Rabinowitz, Georgia, 6 votes

>  3. (tie) Gabe  Murillo, Wayne State, 4 votes

>  3. (tie) Brenda Montes, California  State - Fullerton, 4 votes

>  3. (tie) Kathryn Clark, Dartmouth, 4  votes

>  3. (tie) Malcolm Gordon, Missouri - Kansas City, 4  votes

>  3. (tie) Julie Hoehn, Emory, 4 votes

>

>

> 7. Most  comprehensible?

>  1. (tie) Blake Johnson, Oklahoma, 12  votes

>  1. (tie) Gabe Murillo, Wayne State, 12 votes

>  3.  Kathryn Clark, Dartmouth, 8 votes

>

>

> 8. Best team against kritiks?

>  1. Emory HH, 13 votes

>  2. Kansas BJ, 8 votes

>  3.  Dartmouth CO, 7 votes

>

>

> 9. Best team running kritiks?

>  1.  Oklahoma CJ, 39 votes

>  2. Wayne State MT, 17 votes

>  3. Idaho  State MY, 5 votes

>

>

> 10. Best team on the Aff?

>  1. Dartmouth  CO, 30 votes

>  2. Oklahoma CJ, 9 votes

>  3. Emory HH, 8  votes

>

>

> 11. Best team on the Neg?

>  1. Georgia CR, 27  votes

>  2. Oklahoma CJ, 15 votes

>  3. Wayne State MT, 8 votes

>

>

> 12. Best overall debate tournament excluding NDT/CEDA Nationals?

>  1. Wake Forest, 22 votes

>  2. Harvard, 11 votes

>  3.  Texas - Dallas, 10 votes

>  4. Northwestern, 9 votes

>

>

> 13. Best  tournament hospitality excluding NDT/CEDA Nationals?

>  1. Texas -  Dallas, 18 votes

>  2. Wake Forest, 11 votes

>  3. Harvard, 7  votes

>  4. (tie) Gonzaga, 6 votes

>  4. (tie) West Georgia, 6  votes

>

>

> 14. Tournament with the best awards excluding NDT/CEDA  Nationals?

>  1. West Georgia, 13 votes

>  2. Texas - Dallas, 9  votes

>  3. Gonzaga, 6 votes

>  4. (tie) Wake Forest, 5  votes

>  4. (tie) Northwest CEDA Champs, 5 votes

>  4. (tie)  Kentucky, 5 votes

>

>

> 15. Best judge (please pick five and rank in  order)?

>  1. David Heidt, Emory, 102 points

>  2. Will Repko,  Michigan State, 79 points

>  3. Ken Strange, Dartmouth, 57  points

>  4. Ed Lee, Emory, 46 points

>  5. Aaron Hardy, Whitman,  36 points

>  6. Jonah Feldman, Texas - Austin, 27 points

>  7.  Scott Harris, Kansas, 26 points

>  8. Calum Matheson, North Texas, 25  points

>  9. Gordon Stables, Southern California, 22 points

>  10. Jason Russell, Oklahoma, 21 points

>

>

> 16. Best first  year judge (please pick three and rank in order)?

> (each first place vote  earned 3 pts., each second place vote earned 2

> pts., etc.)

>  1. Michael  Klinger, Harvard, 81 points

>  2. Josh Branson, Northwestern, 36 points

>  3. Brad Hall, Wake Forest, 32 points

>

>

> 17. Best rising  sophomore (will be sophomore in 07-08 season)?

>  1. Jacob Pollin,  California - Berkeley, 14 votes

>  2. Brian Rubaie, Texas -Dallas, 9  votes

>  3. Meggie Mapes, Missouri State, 7 votes

>  4. (tie) Nate  Cohn, Whitman, 6 votes

>  4. (tie) Will Sears, Wake Forest, 6 votes

>

>

> 18. Best rising junior (will be junior in 07-08 season)?

>  1. Josh Warden, Northwestern, 15 votes

>  2. (tie) Zach Brown,  Northwestern, 9 votes

>  2. (tie) Tripp Rebrovick, Harvard, 9 votes

>  4. Nick Miller, Emory, 5 votes

>

>

> 19. Best senior (or 5th  year senior) debater next year?

>  1. Brett Bricker, Kansas, 18  votes

>  2. Andrew Jennings, Kansas, 13 votes

>  3. Julie Hoehn,  Emory, 10 votes

>  4. Michael Burshteyn, California - Berkeley, 6  votes

>  5. Jason Murray, Harvard, 5 votes

>

>

> 20. Most improved  debater?

>  1. Andy Timmons, Wayne State, 14 votes

>  2. Brett  Bricker, Kansas, 10 votes

>  3. Kade Olsen, Dartmouth, 7 votes

>

>

> 21. Most underrated team?

>  1. Emory HH, 11  votes

>  2. Missouri - Kansas City FG, 10 votes

>  3. Whitman RS,  7 votes

>  4. Dartmouth HK, 5 votes

>

>

> 22. Best overall squad?

>  1. Harvard, 31 votes

>  2. Emory, 15 votes

>  3.  Dartmouth, 7 votes

>  4. Whitman, 5 votes

>

>

> 23. Funniest  debater?

>  1. Gabe Murillo, Wayne State, 17 votes

>  2. Andrew  Jennings, Kansas, 11

>  3. Malcolm Gordon, Missouri - Kansas City, 9  votes

>  4. Martin Osborn, Missouri State, 5 votes

>  5. Andy  Timmons, Wayne State, 4 votes

>

>

> 24. Squad you would most want to  debate for, other than your own?

>  1. Dartmouth, 19 votes

>  2.  Harvard, 7 votes

>  3. Kansas, 6 votes

>

>

> 25. Best squad for  Novices?

>  1. Liberty, 12 votes

>  2. Oklahoma, 8  votes

>  3. (tie) Vermont, 6 votes

>  4. (tie) Wake Forest, 6  votes

>  5. Rochester, 5 votes

>

>

> 26. Most Gullible Debater?

>  1. Kathryn Clark, Dartmouth, 10 votes

>  2. Megan Hughes,  Whitman, 5 votes

>  3. (tie) Debbie Lai, Michigan State, 4 votes

>  3. (tie) Andrew Jennings, Kansas, 4 votes

>

>

> 27. Team (Team  - Not School) with best Negative Flexibility (between

> Kritik and Policy)?

>  1. Dartmouth CO, 18 votes

>  2. Georgia CR, 13 votes

>  3. Whitman MM, 7 votes

>

>

> 28. Team (team - not school) that  borrowed carts the most?

>  1. Dartmouth CO, 12 votes

>  2.  Emory HH, 6 votes

>  3. (tie) Dartmouth AB, 3 votes

>  3. (tie)  Texas TW, 3 votes

>

>

> 29. Best team (team - not school) to borrow  carts from?

> (note: most ballots did not indicate a specific team, so votes  shifted to

> entire squads instead)

>  1. Whitman, 7 votes

>  2.  Emory, 6 votes

>  3. Texas - Dallas, 5 votes

>

>

> 30. Squad with  the highest quality evidence?

>  1. Dartmouth, 16 votes

>  2.  (tie) Whitman, 6 votes

>  3. (tie) Northwestern, 6 votes

>

>

> 31. Team (team - not school) which consistently read the shortest

>  evidence?

> (note: most ballots did not indicate a specific team, so votes  shifted to

> entire squads instead)

>  1. Michigan State, 17 votes

>  2. Kansas, 10 votes

>  3. Emory, 7 votes

>  4. Georgia,  5 votes

>

>

> 32. Best debater at Cross Examination?

>  1. Blake  Johnson, Oklahoma, 23 votes

>  2. Malcolm Gordon, Missouri - Kansas  City, 8 votes

>  3. Gabe Murillo, Wayne State, 5 votes

>  4.  Jessica Yeats, Idaho State, 4 votes

>

>

> 33. Team (team - not school)  you were most uncomfortable debating?

>  1. California State -  Fullerton MM, 17 votes

>  2. Georgia CR, 8 votes

>  3. (tie)  Bard SW, 5 votes

>  3. (tie) Oklahoma CJ, 5 votes

>

>

> 34. Best  Squad at Returning Cite Requests?

>  1. Whitman, 13 votes

>  2.  Dartmouth, 8 votes

>  3. Georgia, 6 votes

>  4. Wake Forest, 5  votes

>

>

> 35. Worst Squad at Returning Cite Requests?

>  1.  Bard, 6 votes

>  2. (tie) Emory, 5 votes

>  2. (tie) California  State - Fullerton, 5 votes

>  2. (tie) Georgia, 5 votes

>  5.  Northwestern, 4 votes

>

>

> 36. Best Dressed debater?

>  1. Alex  Iftimie, Southern California, 22 votes

>  2. Andrew Jennings, Kansas, 8  votes (something about a "dragon shirt"

> was repeatedly mentioned in the  ballots)

>  3. Andy Timmons, Wayne State, 5 votes

>  4. (tie)  Brent Culpepper, Georgia, 4 votes

>  5. (tie) Jessica Yeats, Idaho  State, 4 votes

>

>

> 37. Best tournament host hotel?

>  1. Westin  Park Central (NDT + UTD), 36 votes

>  2. Southern California, 4 votes

>  3. (tie) California - Berkeley, 3 votes

>  3. (tie)  Northwestern, 3 votes

>  3. (tie) California State - Fullerton, 3 votes

>

>

> 38. Beyond the United States, Iran, and Syria, which country  should

> definitely be explicitly included in next year's resolution?

>  1. (tie) Iraq, 10 votes

>  2. (tie) Israel, 10  votes

>  3. Lebanon, 8 votes

>  4. Palestine, 6 votes

>

>

> 39. Do you perceive a negative side bias in contemporary  intercollegiate

> debate?

>  YES, 45 votes

>  NO, 21  votes

>

>

> 40. Do you believe that the topic committee should aim to  craft

> resolutions that would attempt to increase the Affirmative win  percentage?

>  NO, 37 votes

>  YES, 28 votes

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Christopher Burk

> Director of  Debate

> University of Texas at Dallas

> www.utdallas.edu/orgs/debate/new/

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