All right, so apparently Food was the semis and Energy was the quarter finals topic, as A HALF DOZEN ANAL RETENTIVE EXTEMPERS felt the need to share with me last evening. Mea culpa!
Carrying on with the increasingly disappointing source check, however:
Speaker 3
Q. Is drug legalization in the US a viable strategy for reducing drug-related violence [...]
So because I’m contrary, and because I know there are many more shenanigans in the art of extemp citations than people suspect or would like to believe, I decided to take extensive notes on the sources used in the Harvard extemp final, and the claims based therein. I’ve now attempted to check up on those [...]
So I said I’d post about the extemp final, but that’s been taking work and source-checks and the like, so it’s slow going. Also, I’m sick; I have this cold thing happening, which knocked me into bed all day yesterday. Today, not much better. It’s a strange cold; the congestion and coughing are present but [...]
Monday at Harvard is a bit of an edgy letdown; when your success conspires against itself. If I don’t show up on Monday, that means no semifinalists in speech, and no doubles or beyond in debate, which counts as a mildly crappy tournament. If you do have team members in these rounds, then you have [...]
Sunday at the Harvard tournament is probably the best day of the weekend. Most of my initial social obligations are met, so I feel no trouble finding a quiet corner of campus and hiding. After all, being an alum and former staffer has its privileges; knowing the non-tournament areas of campus well is an unqualified [...]