My debate coach tells me there must be some reason we, as debaters, choose to take entire weekends off to be uncomfortable and “competitively stressed.” He says, if not for some strong pull, traveling nationally on Wi-Fi disabled charter buses just wouldn’t make sense. In a group of debaters, coordination of group activities based on the foundation of compromise is difficult. Strong opinions manifest in the trivial matters, like pizza, or the more critical, like hosting our high school tournament. Last year, as vice president of the team with a new debate coach much of the responsibility for planning and executing our tournament fell into my lap. Creating work shifts and job assignments for 60 varsity debaters in a fashion that would maximize
