Hello, In no way am I taking a stance on the appropriateness of SFSU's affirmative (have not seen/heard it).
I was at the meetings way back when the harassment policy was passed and I seem to recal that involved the tournament director being ready and in contact with the host schools sexual harassment officer/office in such instances. I cannot remember how discretionary the policy was/is but I suspect a CEDA officer could answer this easily. There is also supposed to be a CEDA sexual harrassment liason as well (I seem to remember Jan Hovden had this office at one point). Hope all goes well, Josh On 11/2/07, Sherry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to play the advocate here, it is my understanding that CEDA has > specific policies against harassment in debate rounds. I know when we put > an invitation out to our tournament and claim to be "CEDA-sanctioned" we are > agreeing that those policies will be enforced at the tournament that we are > hosting. If people feel that your argument is in violation of those rules, > what's wrong with asking the tournament to take action. I must also confess > that I am not as familiar with the CEDA rules as I am with the NDT governing > documents, and am not sure what a host is supposed to do in response to such > accusations. It is also the case that probably every University in the > United States has policies opposing harassing language on campus. From my > experience with various university policies that were implicated at summer > debate camps over the years, most universities prefer that harassment issues > be dealt with within the university before calling in law enforcement > (unless a physical assault was involved). Is your objection to last > weekend's action that your arguments were characterized as "illegal"? Would > you really have preferred that police be called? > > Sherry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Shawn T Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* Sherry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *Cc:* Shawn T Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; NEIL BERCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:45 PM > *Subject:* Re: [CEDA-L] [eDebate] Accusations of Illegal Debating > > > Hi Sherry, > > I really don't think its necessary - my point is that if someone thinks > that the law has been violated and wants it enforced, they should call a cop > and/or an attorney. The debate tournament is not equiped to deal with those > claims. > > That being said, our debaters critique the heteronormativity in > traditional international relations scholarship and in traditional academic > debating. They suggest that the results of heteronormativity have resulted > in the structuring of terrorism and queerness in similar ways. They attempt > to "interrupt these discourses, informed by queer pedagogy, by performing a > narrative which involves explicit language and some abbreviated, fully > clothed similated sex acts. The accusation was that our performance was > sexual harassment. > > Shawn > > > Shawn-- > I have to agree with Neil. There is no way for anyone to add > constructive comments or opinions about this issue when they have no idea > what you are talking about. Whether you want to debate the merits of the > claim or not, some brief explanation of what the issues are -- what is your > argument? what is the nature of the accusation of illegality? -- is > necessary. Surely, if someone threatens to kill someone else in a debate > round, that is not protected speech just because it occurred in the setting > of a debate round. > Sherry > = > > > _______________________________________________ > CEDA-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l > >
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