Sunday, June 24: Lab Introductions

The Hertzig/Anderson lab held an introductory meeting this evening. After a brief icebreaker ("two truths and a lie") in which Josh revealed his religious roots and Chetan revealed his age, the students wrote out their goals for the institute, as well as their competitive goals for the year and their long-term debate career goals. (We plan on incorporating as many student-suggested areas of instruction into our lab curriculum as possible.) Students received their instructors' contact information, and were given a list of lab expectations. Additionally, they were told that they will have access to their lab leaders at all times during the day, and should feel free to approach their instructors with questions and concerns. Just before the lab's conclusion, we began the process of topic analysis, focusing on the "on balance" phrase in the resolution and concluding that it rules out extreme examples on both sides. We plan to continue this process in greater depth tomorrow.