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Student
Certification |
Please read this page carefully
and then move on to the next page (link at the bottom of
the page).
Following our tournament rules is very important so that everyone
gets treated well, we have full use of Whitman’s facilities, and so that you
don’t get into trouble.
We know most of
this stuff is pretty obvious and kind of irritating to read but we hope it will
prevent any misunderstandings.
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PLEASE, NO TALKING IN ACADEMIC
BUILDING HALLWAYS FRIDAY 8AM TO 4PM except in your competition room with the
door closed.
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PLEASE, NO TALKING IN RESIDENCE HALLS
AT ANY TIME except in your competition room.
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Be nice to Whitties.
Obey Staff and Faculty requests to be quiet and to leave an area. Respect
Student Residence Hall Rooms and Lounges.
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Keep areas clean. Toss Trash and
Cleanup Messes.
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Don’t touch equipment, computers,
residence hall fridges, furniture, etc. DO NOT MOVE TABLES AND CHAIRS TO A
DIFFERENT ROOM.
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Don’t play on campus art including the
horses and other statues.
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Do NOT go into rooms before your round
is scheduled to start if there is a class in there.
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Do NOT setup
“shop” in a room. Use Reid to hang out.
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Sorry, you may not use the Library due
to problems we had at the 2003 tournament.
Many of
Whitman’ Library resources are available on the web. If you really need a book
from the library, have your coach get it for you.
·
WIRELESS? Choose whitman_wireless,
open your web browser, and Sign on as a Guest.
To avoid overloading the system, try
to connect away from the Reid Ballroom.
·
Need a Computer/Printer? Go to Olin
180. Cost is $1.
Printing is 5 cents per page.
· Need
a Photocopier? Go to Staples.
Get to Staples by going east on
Respect
the space as you do when you are a guest in someone else's home.
Please
do not eat on the lounge furniture.
Also,
please toss your garbage into the trash cans.
PLEASE DON’T HANG OUT IN THE BOOKSTORE UNLESS YOU ARE PURCHASING ITEMS
Don’t read through magazines you aren’t going
to purchase. Use the bookstore to buy t-shirts, memorabilia, magazines—not as a
hang out.
PLEASE DON’T HANG OUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF REID
The second floor is
an office area with people busy working on a variety of projects. Please stay
off the second floor unless you have a round there.
Please
do not take pillows and blankets from your hotel room.
Keep
it quiet in the late evening and early morning—you
will wake nearby guests.
CHECK
POSTINGS 20-30 MIN. BEFORE YOUR ROUND STARTS AND BE ON TIME.
If
you are late, you will lose with zero speaker points.
Also,
leave your rounds on time. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TELL THE JUDGE that you MUST
leave for your next round so you don’t get forfeited. Do NOT allow judges
to hold you for oral decisions/commentary if you will be late.
If your round is running
late—you need to leave your room if a class is scheduled in the room. Complete
the round in the hall, another room, etc.
DON’T ORDER BON APETIT
FOOD WITH LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.
You need to order food from Bon Apetit AT LEAST 20 MINUTES before your next
round. Otherwise, you may be late because of the long times they take to get
food done especially when it is busy. Eat the tournament provided food or wait
until later.
You
are strongly encouraged to adapt to your judges. In debate, some judges will be
lay judges, some will be stock issues, some will be counterplan-disadvantage, some will be kritik and performance judges. THE TOURNAMENT
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE for judges that you don’t like nor
for judges that did not vote the way you want. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for
adapting.
Complaints
about judges are appropriate ONLY IF the judge violates a rule stated in the
tournament invitation. Examples include:
·
They cut your speaking time.
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They harassed you.
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They forced you to debate or speak about a topic not
sanctioned by the tournament.
· They made you say
things you weren’t comfortable with.
· They played computer
games while you spoke.
NOTE: Decisions are NEVER
overturned by the tournament unless something extremely serious happened. This
has occurred once in the past 18 years (where a judge verbally assaulted a
student during the debate). Don’t count on it. Instead, we will remove the
offending judge from the tournament and charge the school hiring that judge a
fee.
If
you are in Champ LD or Policy and you receive a struck judge on the
postings—REPORT IT TO THE BALLOT TABLE IMMEDIATELY. We will fix that.
Treat other participants—coaches,
judges, and students--with respect. It’s common sense and it is the law.
Don’t make others feel
uncomfortable or harassed with sexualized, mean, racist, sexist, or any kind of
verbal attacks.
Don’t make others feel
uncomfortable with unwanted touching.
If you see or experience a
harassment or discrimination problem, please contact your coach, email Jim
Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu, or
contact Clare Carson, our Title IX director, at carsonc@whitman.edu or Dennis Hopwood,
Human Resources Director, at hopwoodt@whitman.edu
You can and should also contact
Security at 509-527-5777 or call 911 if you see or experience physical assault.
CLICK HERE
TO COMPLETE YOUR CERTIFICATION
Problems?
E-mail Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu