Happy Belated New Year – Getting Ready for Spring Season…

How the heck are we already in 2009?  Time flies when you are having fun, I guess.  And, I have to admit, I am still having fun coaching speech and debate and teaching and living in Chico.  I really wish I was posting more regularly on this blog…and I’m really going to try to commit [...]

Series: Web 2.0 for Forensics – Part I

I’ve been trying to incorporate a little more of the web 2.0 programs in my academic life, and this has led me to consider the way these same programs can be used for forensics.  So, I am going to start brainstorming ideas for using different tech to make our forensics lives easier and turn them [...]

Orbitz Price Guarantee

With the additional costs of flying nowadays, it seems pretty important to be getting the cheapest price possible.  I previously posted on this blog about Yapta (read about it here) which allows you to request a refund if a cheaper ticket on your same flight comes available.  But, according to Go Green Travel, Orbitz has [...]

Back from the hiatus

Well, I’ve been on an unplanned hiatus from posting here at Its Debatable for a couple of months.  Sorry to those of you who come here expecting a post every once in a while.  It is my hope that I will be able to start back posting on a regular basis.  I’m going to aim [...]

Directors of Forensics – Making it all look easy

I just want to take this opportunity to give a “I’m not worthy” bow down to all the DOFs out there who make it look easy.  It is months like these that make me realize how difficult this job is.  There is so much to do just in managing a team, but the DOF has [...]

End of semester stuff for DOFs…

Once tournaments end in the fall (usually around early December), it may seem like a time to coast, but resist the temptation!  This is a good time to do a few housekeeping chores that you probably won’t want to deal with (won’t have time to deal with) once you return in the Spring.  Here is [...]

Rookie Tournaments for Recruitment

As we wind down our first semester of competition (one more tournament), we are also getting ready for our big Rookie Tournament on campus.  CSU Chico has had a large rookie tournament that invites all of the public speaking classes and argumentation and debate classes to compete in a tournament towards the end of the [...]

Building Team Cohesiveness

Today’s post is on an aspect of forensics we often take for granted (if we’re lucky).  Team cohesiveness often happens naturally on forensics squads.  After all, they have a common interest built in and they are forced to spend long hours together in vans, hotel rooms and small classrooms.  But, it never hurts to insure [...]

Short note – Southwest Airlines College Traveler Program

I just saw this and thought I would post it, as it may save students some money and for teams with tight budgets, may mean another flying tournament you can attend.  Southwest is currently running a special for 18-23 year old college students that allows them to get four free flight credits plus the typical [...]

Things to do in June…

Well, another month is gone and in the world of speech and debate, the long year is finally over.  Most colleges are out for the summer and the year of tournaments, practices and endless research is over (high schools, if attending NFLs, still have a few more weeks).  But, as the saying goes, there is [...]