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President & CX Captain: Robin Koshelev

Hey everyone! I’m Robin Koshelev and I’m honored to be closing out my time at Round Rock High School as Dragon Speech & Debate President and CX Captain! I’ve competed in CX or policy debate for 2 years and in LD debate for one year, although I do plan on returning to CX this year. In my free time, I’m a political activist, speaker, and writer. I cannot wait to spend time with my teammates, welcome novices to the team, and make our team the best it can be. Reach me at robinkoshelev@gmail.com for questions!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QnAqGvZelD6Js6ovi29T8Y9W_9sd7qkWrq3AIRCeY2o/edit#gid=0

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Vice President: Sohali Vaddula

I’m so excited to be the Dragon Debate VP for this year! I’m looking forward to helping lead the team and plan fun activities and events for everyone. This will be my third year in dragon debate and competing in circuit LD/CX. Outside of debate, I love getting involved in issue advocacy, over-analyzing supreme court cases, and dancing. I can't wait for the season to begin and to hopefully see all the dragon debaters in person again! Don’t hesitate to email me! Sohali.debate@gmail.com!

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Secretary: Nari Choi

Hi my name is Nari and I’m so glad to be secretary this year! I will be planning social events for Dragon Debate so we can get to know each other better. Email: narychoy@gmail.com

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Treasurer: Zach Bolash

Hey everyone! I am your Treasurer for the 2022-2023 school year. I do all-things outreach: whether that be contacting vendors or talking to students interested in joining debate! I am a senior and this year I will compete in LD/Extemp. I cannot wait to interact with the team and meet this year’s novices! Email: bolashzachary@gmail.com

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Historian: Indu Moparthi

Hey everyone! My name is Indu Moparthi and this is my second year in debate! I take care of the social media and advertisements. I’m so excited to be your historian this year!!

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LD Captain: Mallika Jade

Hi I’m Mallika and I’m the LD Captain. I love teaching debate and outside of that, I enjoy collecting plants and painting. I look forward to seeing all of our new members this year!

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Extemp Captain: Anushka Yadav

Hi my name’s Anushka. I’m a sophomore and the Extemp Captain and World Schools Debate Captain for the 2022-2023 year. Previously, I founded the Cedar Valley Middle School Debate Club and qualified for TFA State and the Extemporaneous TOC. In my free time, I pick cherries (Indu made me put this). I’m thrilled to serve Round Rock Speech & Debate and aid individual journeys so that we can grow and see what the next few years bring :)

#pickingcherries

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Congress Captain: Carson Turner

Hey everyone! I’m Carson and this will be my third year competing in Congressional Debate. I can’t wait to work with all the new debaters and finally compete in person again. I’m super excited for another great year of debate and Congress!

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Events & Expectations:

Events:

Debate: Lincoln-Douglas, CX/Policy, World Schools Debate

Speech: Extemp, Congress

Alt: Public Forum, Interpretation Events, Oratory, Informative.

Commitment

Event-Practice one morning of the week & all-event practice Thursday afternoon

There are tournaments on Friday and Saturday almost every week, attendance required

Research and prep on your own time

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Tournament Norms

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Online vs In Person Tournaments

Online

All on Zoom (be on call 15 minutes early)

Round results and pairings are posted on Tabroom

Contact varsity members on GroupMe

Wear a business formal top since you have to turn your camera on

In Person

Tournaments are hosted at high schools, with rounds in classrooms (be there 15 minutes early)
Round results and pairings are posted on Tabroom or on paper
Check in with Mr. Hinds in person
Have to stay at the school until all of your rounds are done
Full outfit must be business formal
You can buy food at concessions

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Tournament Norms: Schedules

Non-Extemp or Congress Individual Events

Asynchronous: record a video of your performance once per tournament and upload it. Judges will judge/rank each round on their own time on Thursday and Friday of the tournament weekend.
If you advance to finals--the round will be live/synchronous at a designated time on Saturday. Live finals still means you compete from the comfort of your own home, but you must perform live on time.
1-2 preliminary rounds, semis, finals

Extemp

1-2 preliminary rounds, semis, finals
Synchronous
You are only present in the round for your own speech.

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Tournament Norms: Schedules (Cont.)

Congress

3 hour preliminary round + 2 hour final round (semifinal round added when entry numbers are high enough)
Synchronous
You must be present for the entire round

CX or LD

2-4 preliminary (prelims) rounds beginning Thursday or Friday evening
Multiple elimination rounds (outrounds, elims) beginning Saturday morning and lasting all day
Synchronous

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Our Website & Tournament Sign Up

Use this website for literally everything!

Tournament sign-up forms? You’ve got it!
Debate resources? Of course!
Questions? Contact a Captain!
Team Handbook and Membership Form are both linked on the website as well

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Handbook Membership Form

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Instagram: @rockspeechanddebate

Remind: rrdebate3

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First Day Event Presentation Links

LD-

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LccjmYTSPFva7hvqryHDvoNGgUItLPhPDo9nWzkBmRY/edit?usp=sharing

CX-

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uHrDojLqxFvW39sQ3IsiIyzdcX-tKMvqv0gAGQ2f1EU/edit?usp=sharing

Congress-

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NC3wXu6001H2rUMj-ubfFAToP37276UZ2sgwek1haW0/edit?usp=sharing

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Speech & Debate

Event Cheat Sheet

Do NOT present this section. It will be posted on the website as a reference.

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Extemporaneous Speaking

Rotation Extemp Slides

Novice (NX), Foreign (FX), Domestic (DX)

Competitors are presented with a choice of three questions related to current events and, in 30 minutes, prepare a seven-minute speech answering the selected question.
Competitors use the internet and must cite sources for their collected information
Speeches are given out of memory

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Congressional Debate

A simulation of the U.S. legislative process
Students generate a series of legislation
Debaters alternate in an aff/neg cycle then vote on the legislation
An elected student serves as a presiding officer to ensure debate flows smoothly.
Students are assessed on their research, argumentation, and delivery skills, as well as their knowledge and use of parliamentary procedure.
3 minute prepared speeches

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Interp Events

Humorous Interp (HI)
Dramatic Interp (DI)
Prose / Poetry (not memorized)
Duo (weird one--no eye contact or touching)
Duet (you can use a chair)
Program Oral Interp (POI)

Other than your short (30 seconds: prose/poetry. 1 minute: everything else) introduction, none of this is written by you.

You MUST find published scripts/ books/etc. To perform. You do not get to write a play. You get to cut the play and make it your own.

These are the fun/theatre/acting events. We will have a separate practice to go over these in the near future.

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Original Oratory (OO) / Informative (INF)

Competitors deliver a self-written, ten-minute speech on a topic of their choosing. Topics range widely, and the speech is delivered from memory.

Oratory speeches are persuasive. Typically, there is a call to action at the end.
Informative speeches are strictly informative and must educate, not advocate. Info is like that really cool podcast you can’t stop talking about, or a Ted Talk.

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CX/Policy Debate

Policy oriented topics, topic changes every year
Past Resolutions [Arms Sales, Immigration]
A partnered style of debate (two students vs two students) that focuses on policy-making, and whether or not the U.S. federal government should enact a plan.
The affirmative (aff) team defends a plan that fits in the resolution, while the negative (neg) team criticizes it (by pointing out contradictions, etc)
Usual debate round duration: 90 minutes

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LD -Lincoln Douglas Debate

Rounds last about 45 minutes
One student vs one student
Morality and ethics based
Resolutions/Topics change every 2 months
Aff upholds the resolution while neg criticizes it
Past Topics:

Standardized Testing
Nuclear Arsenals
Fossil Fuels Subsidies
Current topic: Compulsory Voting (in a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory)

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World Schools Debate (WSD)

WSD Rotation Slides

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PF - Public Forum

Like CX: two students vs two students
Like LD: topic changes every two months, round length is ~45 minutes
Like nothing you’ve ever seen: Grand Crossfire (everyone CX)

Before the round a coin flip takes place to determine what side and when you will be speaking (either pro or con and either first or second).
Topics are centered around current events

Less technical work than CX or LD
Public Forum: meant to be judged by a lay person/someone in the community/someone not necessarily an expert on debate
9-10/2020 topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019.