Daffern, Kramps qualify for State Debate

Junior Alex Daffern and Sophomore Sarah Kramps are preparing for State Debate on Jan. 22-23. They will be traveling to Goddard for the tournament.

The team has a lot of work to do to be prepared for state.

“We need to do things such as write negative briefs for numerous cases so we are prepared for any case we may come up against,” Kramps said.

For their affirmative case, the students are using a case Daffern wrote.

“Our affirmative case is The Emergency Food Assistance Program as a social service to those in poverty,” Daffern said. “It’s where the United States Department of Agriculture buys the food and processes it, then sends it to the states based off of their population of homeless, impoverished, and/or unemployed, who then give it to local food banks, agencies, soup kitchens, etc. that will either provide them the food at a special place, or allow them to take it home. It all depends on the local area.”

The team is very confident in their affirmative case.

“Our affirmative case has only lost once,” Daffern said. “So, we feel like we’ll be able to actually get somewhere at state this year. Last year was just practice for this January.”

The debate team has a few more tournaments before state in January. Daffern and Kramps have more preparation to do, but are much more confident about this year than last year.

Story by Erin Jansen, BHS Journalism