Contemporary Argumentation and Debate The Journal of the Cross Examination Debate Association Volume 29 2008 Edited by Allan D. Louden Wake Forest University Copyright © 2009 by the Cross Examination Debate Association. The Cross Examination Debate Association has the exclusive rights to reproduce this work, to prepare derivative works from this work, to publicly distribute this work, to publicly perform this work, and to publicly display this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Cross Examination Debate Association. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Cross Examination Debate Association 2008-2009 Executive Officers Darren Elliott, President M.L. Sandoz, Treasurer Kansas City Kansas Comm. College Vanderbilt University Gordon Stables, First Vice President Jeffrey W. Jarman, Exec. Secretary University of Southern California Wichita State University Sue Peterson, Second Vice President Joe Patrice, Immediate Past Pres. California State University - Chico US Military Academy 2008–2009 Regional Representatives Mike Davis (Mid Atlantic) Vik Keenan (Northeast) James Madison University Baruch College Justin Green (Mid America) Derek Buescher (Northwest) Kansas State University University of Puget Sound Jarrod Atchison (South Central) Matt Stannard (Rocky Mountain) Trinity University University of Wyoming Jake Thompson (S. California) Kristen Hamilton Tudor (West) University of Nevada,-Las Vegas California State Univ-Sacramento Marissa Silber (Southeast) Tiffany Dillard (SE Central) University of Florida University of Louisville David Cram-Helwich (N. Central) Brent Brossmann (East Central) University of Minnesota John Carroll University Editorial Staff Allan D. Louden, Editor Kevin D. Kuswa, Forum Editor (Vol. 29) Department of Communication Dept. of Rhetoric & Comm. Studies Wake Forest University University of Richmond Box 7347, Reynolda Station 402-C Weinstein Hall Winston4-Salem, NC 27109 Richmond, VA 23173 Will Sears, Editorial Assistant Ben Voth, Forum Editor (Vol. 28 & 30) Wake Forest University Dept. Communication Studies Southern Methodist University Box 298045 Dallas TX 75275 Editorial Board Jennifer Bevan Jon Bruschke Chapman University (CA) Calif. State University - Fullerton Pete Bsumek Jim Hanson James Madison University (VA) Whitman College (WA) Jeffrey Jarman Gordon Mitchell Wichita State University (KS) University of Pittsburgh (PA) Sarah Patlow-Lefevre Catherine Palczewski Idaho State University University of Northern Iowa Sue Peterson M.L. Sandoz California State University – Chico Vanderbilt University Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre David Steinberg Western Washington University University of Miami (FL) Gordon Stables Ann Marie Todd University of Southern California San Jose State University (CA) Ron Von Burg Carol Winkler Christopher Newport Univ. (VA) Georgia State University Editorial Policy Contemporary Argumentation and Debate is published annually by the Cross Examination Debate Association. The purpose of this Journal is to provide a variety of perspectives on the theory and practice of argumentation and debate. Articles published in this Journal reflect only the opinion of their authors and in no way represent the opinions of the Association, its officers, or the editors of this Journal. Contemporary Argumentation and Debate The Journal of the Cross Examination Debate Association VOLUME 29 2008 FEATURED ARTICLES Academic Debate as a Decision- L. Paul Strait 1 Making Game: Inculcating the University of Southern Virtue of Practical Wisdom California Brett Wallace George Washington University Against Dogmatism: A Casey Harrigan 37 Continued Defense of Switch Side University of Georgia Debate A Functional Analysis of the 2008 Bill Benoit, University 67 Saddleback Presidential Forum of Ohio Leigh Anne Sudbrock University of Missouri CAD Forum Guest Forum on Rhetorical Kevin Douglas Kuswa 84 Genre University of Richmond Debating Michael Calvin Brent Allen Saindon 87 McGee’s “Critical” Shift in University of Pittsburgh Rhetorical Theory On the Consideration of ‘Public Matthew G. Gerber 118 Diplomacy’ as a Rhetorical Baylor University Genre War Rhetoric on the Brink of R. Jarrod Atchison 134 Destruction: Jefferson Davis and Trinity University Conditional Emancipation The Slave, the Fetus, the Body: Kevin Kuswa 166 Articulating Biopower and the University of Richmond Pregnant Woman Paul Achter University of Richmond Elizabeth Lauzon, University of Southern California Suicide Girls: Tattooing as Megan Jean Harlow 186 Radical Feminist Agency Kansas State University Reviews Representations of Debate in Film Will Sears and 197 Seungwon Chung, Wake Forest University 206 Call for Manuscripts
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