Whitman Classic Parli-IE Tournament

Most teams will Check in Thursday, Feb. 14 (Classic 1) or Friday, Feb. 15 (Classic 2) and Check-out Sunday Feb. 18 with some staying until Monday Feb. 19.

These 3 hotels are within walking distance of each other and about 3 minutes drive from Whitman campus.

· CALL LA QUINTA*** (509-525-2522), $79 one to four people plus tax.

· CALL THE MARCUS WHITMAN**** (509-524-5107), $99 one to two people, $109 three people, $119 four people plus tax.

· CALL THE BEST WESTERN WALLA WALLA SUITES*** (509-525-4700), $84 plus tax.

ALSO

· CALL SUPER 8** (509-525-8800) $72.15 one to four people plus tax. About 5 minutes drive from other hotels and Whitman campus.

· Hampton Inn **** CALL (509) 525-1398.

· The Comfort Inn**** (509-522-3500).

· The Holiday Inn Express*** (509-525-6200).

****elegant-nice, ***very nice accommodations, **nice, *low cost, ^walking distance to campus

WHEN YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOURNAMENT

EVENT	ARRIVE BY	JUDGES FIRST RELEASED	FINALS FINISHES BY
Parli, Classic 1 The McSloy	Friday 9am	Friday, 9:00pm	Saturday 8:30pm
Parli, Classic 2 The Withycombe	Saturday 9am	Sunday, 1:15pm	Sunday, 7:45pm
IE, Classic 2 Extemp-Impromptu	Saturday 2:30pm	Saturday, 8:30pm	Saturday, 8:30pm

PLATFORM, EXTEMP AND IMPROMPTU HAPPEN IN THE SAME PATTERN

Sorry—no other IEs are offered. No double entries—sorry.

The Classic 1 McSloy (Parli Only) happens Friday, Feb. 15-16, 2013.

The Classic 2 Withycombe (Parli and Impromptu-Extemp-Platform) happens Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16-17, 2013.

MAP-DIRECTIONS TO THE WHITMAN CLASSIC

Getting to Whitman

For restaurants and stores in Walla Walla, ask Jim or use Google Maps

AIR TRAVEL TO THE WHITMAN CLASSIC

Air Travel

Fly to Walla Walla, Washington. The Walla Walla airport is about 10 minutes from Whitman.

WALLA WALLA SHUTTLES: We will provide transportation for your entire squad up to 10 people to and from the Walla Walla airport, your hotel, and the tournament for FREE.

Fly to Pasco, Washington. The Pasco airport is about 50 minutes from Whitman.

PASCO SHUTTLES: We will provide transportation for your entire squad up to 10 people to and from the Pasco airport, your hotel, and the tournament for FREE.

Fly to Portland, Oregon. About 4.5 hours from Whitman. Beautiful drive along the Columbia Gorge. Sorry, No shuttles to/from Portland available.

If you do need transportation, just be sure to EMAIL Jim with that request AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT at hansonjb@whitman.edu

We suggest you order your tickets at www.expedia.com or www.travelocity.com

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE GUIDELINES

1. DIVISIONS, CLASSIC 1, MCSLOY

· OPEN (Open to anyone)

· MODIFIED JUNIOR
–has not debated at 8 or more high school or college tournaments
–has not been in elimination rounds of high school open NOR college junior or open division debate 3 or more times.

· AT BOTH TOURNAMENTS–if you believe there is good reason to have an exception to the division definitions for one of your teams, email me, Jim, at hansonjb@whitman.edu

2. DIVISIONS, CLASSIC 2, WITHYCOMBE

· OPEN (Open to anyone)

· REGULAR JUNIOR
–has not debated at 12 or more college tournaments.
–has not been in elimination rounds of college junior or open division debate or high school tournament of champion LD or Policy divisions 4 or more times.

· NOVICE
–has not debated at 6 or more high school or college tournaments.
–has not been in elimination rounds of high school junior or higher division debate or any college debate division 4 or more times.

· Debate divisions may be collapsed if there are less than 8 teams in a division (subject to tournament director discretion); Certificates will be awarded to up to the top three teams in a collapsed division.

2. TIME LIMITS:

Topic Centrally Announced

20 minutes Prep

7 min. PMC

1 min. prep/cx

8 min. LOC

1 min. prep/cx

8 min. MG

1 min. prep/cx

8 min. MO

4 min. LOR

1 min. prep/cx

5 min. PMR

POIs still occur as is normal in parliamentary debates. Prep-CX does not replace it.
CX works as is normal with the speaker who just spoke taking questions. “Tag-team” CX is fine too.

3. PARLI DEBATE BREAKS:

The break to elimination rounds will be based on, in order, the following:

· Win-loss record

· Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows)

· Total Speaker points

· Win-loss record of opposing teams.

At the McSloy Classic 1, we will break up to half the field with teams needing to have a 2-2 or better record—so long as we have sufficient judges and no more than doubles.

Students that advance to semi-finals of the McSloy will not be able to do IEs. We will just remove such students from the IE postings.

At the Withycombe Classic 2, we will break all 3-2 and better teams so long as we have sufficient judges and no more than doubles.

We will break brackets in the elimination rounds using the drop down one slot method used by Gary Larson and Rich Edwards.

4. PARLI DEBATE SPEAKER RANKINGS: Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Total Speaker points; Z score.

5. DEBATE AWARDS: For all elimination participants.

6. DEBATE SPEAKER AWARDS: Top half of all debaters in each division.

PARLI TOPICS

This year’s topic areas FOR PRELIMS AND ELIMS AT BOTH THE CLASSIC 1 AND CLASSIC 2, are:

____ The USFG should intervene in Syria economically, militarily, and/or diplomatically against the current regime.

____ The USFG should significantly increase its soft power in Northern Africa.

____ The USFG should increase pressure on Russia economically, militarily, and/or diplomatically.

____ The USFG should regulate or tax CO2 gases to reduce global climate change.

TOPIC AREA SELECTION PROCESS

· Topic Ideas will be requested by Jim in late November/December on Net Benefits.

· People coming can preference-vote for the topics by emailing Jim.

· Topic areas will be chosen based on the preferencing with some editing/selection by Jim.

· Topic areas will be announced at least 3 weeks before the Tournament.

· There will be 3 or 4 topic areas with agent and direction. We will try to keep the research burden focused.

IMPROMPTU, EXTEMP, AND PLATFORM GUIDELINES

Please–Consider entering a student in Extemp or Impromptu or Platform.
First 4 students competing in IEs are free.

1. EVENTS

· Impromptu and Extemp and Platform only. Sorry, no other events.

· Platform is a 10 minute persuasive, informative, or after dinner speech.

· Impromptu will use a quotation, a word, and a question. Normal NIET rules.

· Extemp will have 3 questions on political and social issues during the past month.
NIET rules EXCEPT that PRELIM EXTEMP topics are announced 2 to 3 days before the tournament starts (to save time during the tournament).
Students may use the internet for their research.

2. DIVISIONS OF EXTEMP AND IMPROMPTU AND PLATFORM

· OPEN DIVISION (Open to anyone)

· JUNIOR DIVISION (You have not advanced to elims 6 or more times in junior/senior division college or hs toc division/nfl nationals tournaments and you have not competed 12 or more times in junior/senior division college or hs toc division/nfl nationals tournaments in Impromptu or Extemp or Platform.)

· Extemp/Impromptu divisions may be collapsed if there are less than 12 competitors in a division (subject to tournament director discretion); Awards and if appropriate, a separate finals round, will be provided for competitors in a collapsed division.

3. EXTEMP AND IMPROMPTU AND PLATFORM ARE IN THE SAME PATTERN

PAYOU MAY NOT DOUBLE ENTER.

4. EXTEMP-IMPROMPTU-PLATFORM BREAKS AND FINALS RANKINGS:

· Breaking to finals and finals results will be based on, in order, the following: Total rankings; Total rating; Total ranking and rating minus the worst ranking and rating; Judge preference.

· We will break to finals the number of legs in that event except that if there is a tie, we’ll break tied competitors unless that would create an elimination round with more than 6 competitors.

Students that advance to semi-finals of the McSloy will not be able to do IEs. We will just remove such students from the pairings.

5. EXTEMP-IMPROMPTU-PLATFORM AWARDS:

· 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Finalists.

· If Impromptu or Extemp or Platform is collapsed, we will provide equivalent awards for the junior division competitors (and we will try to have a separate junior finals round as well).

SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

SWEEPSTAKES FOR THE CLASSIC 1 MCSLOY TOURNAMENT:

Top Three Parliamentary using the Northwest Sweepstakes System.

SWEEPSTAKES FOR THE CLASSIC 2 WITHYCOMBE TOURNAMENT:

Top Three Parliamentary; Top Three Speaking Events; Top Three Overall using the Northwest Sweepstakes System.

Info, The NW Sweepstakes System

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (THE DEAN MCSLOY)

9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries, Fruits, Juice, Coffee)

9:00am - 9:15am Registration—OLIN FOYER (where food is)

9:15am - 10:45am Parli Rd 1

11:00am - 12:30pm Parli Rd 2

12:30pm - 1:00pm Sandwich and Deli Salad Lunch—OLIN FOYER

1:00pm - 2:30pm Parli Rd 3

3:00pm - 4:30pm Parli Rd 4

4:30pm - 5:00pm Light Snack—OLIN FOYER

5:15pm - 6:45pm McSloy Elim 1—all judges obligated

6:45pm - 7:15pm Panda Express Dinner—OLIN FOYER

7:15pm - 8:45pm McSloy Elim 2—all judges obligated

Judges leaving? Email Jim ASAP.

After Elim 2, Judges are committed 1 round past school’s last elim debate.

9:15pm - 11:00pm McSloy Elim 3

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 (THE BOB WITHYCOMBE FIRST DAY)

9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries, Fruits, Juice, Coffee)

9:00am - 9:15am Registration—OLIN FOYER (where food is)

9:30am - 11:00am Parli Rd 1

11:15am - 12:45pm Parli Rd 2

12:45pm - 1:15pm Pizza Lunch—OLIN FOYER

1:15pm - 2:45pm Parli Rd 3

2:45pm - 4:45pm IE Rd 1 & 2 McSloy Elim 4

4:50pm - 6:20pm Parli Rd 4

6:20pm - 6:50pm Mexican Taco Bar Dinner—OLIN FOYER

6:50pm - 8:45pm IE Finals McSloy Elim 5

8:45pm - 10:15pm Parli Rd 5

10:15pm Olin 130 Inclusivity Discussion, Desserts

10:55pm Elim participants and Judges posted online

Award Winners Posted.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 (THE BOB WITHYCOMBE SECOND DAY)

9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries, Fruits, Juice, Coffee)

9:30am - 11:00am Parli Elim 1—all judges obligated

11:00am - 11:45am Fried Chicken and Veggie Side Dishes Lunch—OLIN FOYER

Collect awards in Olin Foyer.

11:45am – 1:15pm Parli Elim 2—all judges obligated

Judges leaving? Email Jim ASAP.

After Elim 2, Judges are committed 1 round past school’s last elim debate.

1:40pm - 1:50pm Quick Awards Assembly

2:00pm - 3:30pm Parli Elim 3

4:00pm - 5:30pm Parli Elim 4

5:30pm - 6:00pm Pizza for those still participating

6:00pm - 7:45pm Parli Elim 5

For restaurants and stores in Walla Walla, ask Jim or use Google Maps

ENTRY AND FEES

Entries are due by 5pm, Tuesday, February 12.

Click to enter the McSloy Classic I Click to enter the Withycombe Classic II

(Entry will be possible in January)

Entries

CLASSIC 1 (DEAN MCSLOY)

Open and JV Modified Division of Parliamentary Debate

CLASSIC 2 (BOB WITHYCOMBE)

Open, Junior, and Novice Division of Parliamentary Debate

Open and Junior Division of Platform, Extemp and Impromptu

Students may not double-enter in Platform, Extemp or Impromptu.

Students that advance to Semi-finals of the McSloy will not be able to do IEs (we will just remove you from your IE).

Fees:

Classic 1 (The Dean McSloy)

School Fee: $30

Food for competitors, coaches and judges is provided free (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Each Open Debate Team is $90.

Each JV Modified Team is $50.

Each “Classic 1” Debate Team needing a judge is $100—PLEASE DON’T HIRE JUDGES! You may not hire judges for more than 4 uncovered teams.

Classic 2 (The Bob Withycombe)

School Fee: $30

Food for competitors, coaches and judges is provided free (Sat breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert; Sun breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Each Open Debate Team is $100.

Each JV or Novice Debate Team is $60.

IE Slots: First 4 Slots are Free. IE Slots 5 and more are $10 each.

Each “Classic 2” Debate Team needing a judge is $125—PLEASE DON’T HIRE JUDGES! You may not hire judges for more than 4 uncovered teams.

Each Extemp or Impromptu Slot needing a judge is $10—PLEASE DON’T HIRE JUDGES! You may not hire judges for more than 10 uncovered IE slots.

If you have only 1 or 2 IE Slots entered and you judge IEs, we give you $20 off your fees.

Write checks to Whitman College

Judging Commitment

Each parliamentary judge covers 1 or 2 teams. If covering 1 team, that judge’s obligation is 4 rounds plus elims (but we will pay that judge $20 for the extra required prelim round).

Each IE judge covers 5 Platform, Extemp or Impromptu slots.

Note: Except for one judge maximum in debate and one judge maximum in individual events, your judges must be able to judge Open division if they are covering Open division competitors.

Note: Judges may judge Open division of events only if they have 2 or more years of interscholastic coaching or competing experience in debate for judging debate. Exceptions to this policy will only be made if we do not have enough senior division judges.

Entries are due by 5pm, Tuesday, February 12.

Click to enter the McSloy Classic I Click to enter the Withycombe Classic II

(Entry will be possible in January)