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THE WHITMAN CLASSIC 1
AND 2 Classic 1 Debate Friday Feb. 20, 2009 Classic 2 Debate and IEs, Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 21-22, 2009 Invitation 1.0 |
We are excited to host the Classic swing for
2009.
Last year, we had teams from Rice, Pacific,
Reno, San Francisco, Washburn, as well as many others from the Northwest.
Our Swing features:
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No round starts before 9:30am.
Hey—it’s Jim Hanson running the tournament! J
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Last chance to earn points to qualify
for the NPTE!
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One of the last chances to earn IE
Legs for the NIET.
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Food served throughout both
tournaments.
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Prep rooms for each school
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Mutual Preference or Strikes Judging
in Debate (you choose); Strikes in IE Judging.
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We will provide transportation for teams
coming into the Walla Walla airport ($50 per squad)
or the Pasco airport ($100 per squad).
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Parliers—drive over Thursday (Classic 1 and 2) or Friday (just Classic 2) and
leave on Sunday.
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IEs—drive over on Saturday and leave on Sunday—save money.
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ONLINE Entry System—easy to enter!
Sincerely,
Jim Hanson
Professor
and Director of Forensics
Rhetoric
and Film Studies Department
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509-527-5499
BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME: hansonjb@whitman.edu
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Bob Withycombe Professor
of Rhetoric and Film Studies |
Aaron
Hardy Policy
Debate Coach |
Mike
Meredith Parli Debate and IE Coach |
Eric Chalfant Assistant
Policy Coach |
Entries are due by 5pm, Tuesday, February 17.
Click here to enter One or Both
tournaments www.forensicstournament.net/
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PREVIOUS CLASSIC RESULTS |
Results
and Pictures from Previous Classic Tournaments
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LODGING FOR THE WHITMAN TOURNAMENT |
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WHEN YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOURNAMENT |
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EVENT |
ARRIVE BY |
AWARDS
FINISHES BY |
FINALS
FINISHES BY |
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Parli, Classic 1 |
Friday
9am |
Friday,
6:30pm |
Friday,
11:30pm |
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Parli, Classic 2 |
Saturday
9am |
Sunday,
3:45pm |
Sunday,
7pm* |
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IEs |
Saturday
2:30pm |
Sunday,
3:45pm |
Sunday,
12:30pm** |
*unless we need
to have more elims than octas.
ALL IES
HAPPEN IN THE SAME PATTERN
Extemp,
Informative, Prose, Duo, Poetry, ADS, Impromptu, P.O.I., Persuasion, Communication
Analysis, Dramatic Interp
The Classic
1 (Parli Only) happens Friday, Feb. 20, 2009.
The Classic
2 (Parli and IE) happens Saturday and Sunday, Feb.
21-22, 2009.
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MAP-DIRECTIONS TO THE WHITMAN CLASSIC |
Air Travel
Fly to
Walla Walla, Washington. The
WALLA WALLA SHUTTLES: We will provide transportation for
your entire squad up to 10 people to and from the
Fly to
Pasco, Washington. The
NOTE: We will
not take you to
Fly to
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
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE GUIDELINES |
1. DIVISIONS:
We use NPDA Definitions
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OPEN (Open to anyone)
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JUNIOR (no more than 4 semesters of college debate;
has not been in elimination rounds of college junior or open division debate
more than 3 times)
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NOVICE (no high school experience; in the first two
semesters of collegiate debate; has not been in elimination rounds of college
debate more than 3 times)
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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.
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NOTE: OPEN
DIVISION IS THE ONLY DIVISION OFFERED AT THE CLASSIC 1.
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
3. THE TOPICS: This
year’s topic areas FOR PRELIMS AND ELIMS AT BOTH THE CLASSIC 1 AND CLASSIC 2,
are:
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Topic Ideas will be requested by Jim in early January
on Net Benefits.
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People coming can preference-vote for the topics by
emailing Jim.
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Topic areas will be chosen based on the preferencing with some editing/selection by Jim.
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Topic areas will be announced at least 3 weeks before
the Tournament (late January).
4. PARLI
DEBATE BREAKS:
The break
to elimination rounds will be based on, in order, the following:
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Win-loss record
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Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows)
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Total Speaker points
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Win-loss record of opposing teams.
We will
break brackets in the elimination rounds using the drop down one slot method
used by Gary Larson and Rich Edwards.
We will
break up to half the field assuming we have sufficient judges EXCEPT THAT FOR
THE CLASSIC 1, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ELIM ROUNDS DUE TO
TIME CONSTRAINTS.
5. PARLI
DEBATE SPEAKER RANKINGS: Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Total
Speaker points; Z score.
6. DEBATE
AWARDS: For all elimination participants.
7. DEBATE
SPEAKER AWARDS: Top half of all debaters in each division.
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INDIVIDUAL EVENTS GUIDELINES |
1. DIVISIONS
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OPEN DIVISION (Open to anyone) IN ALL EVENTS
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JUNIOR DIVISION IMPROMPTU AND EXTEMP (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.)
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IE 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.
2. ALL
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ARE IN THE SAME PATTERN
Extemp,
Informative, Prose, Duo, Poetry, ADS, Impromptu, P.O.I., Persuasion, Communication
Analysis, Dramatic Interp
All events
follow NIET rules. Impromptu will use a quotation, a word, and a question.
PA
3. TRIPLE ENTERING—IMPORTANT
NOTE THESE EXCEPTIONS:
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Students can at maximum triple enter
in a Pattern except EXTEMPERS AND DUO INTERPERS CANNOT TRIPLE ENTER.
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EXTEMPERS CANNOT DO DUO INTERP.
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Extempers MUST DO their extemp speech
first if they are first or second extemp speaker. Extempers MUST DO their other event first if they are third
or later extemp speaker.
Extempers in Open division must work exclusively on
their own. Extempers in Junior
division may receive some help from open competitors but not from coaches.
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Note: students may enter in two Duo Interps as long as it is with a different partner.
4.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS BREAKS AND FINALS RANKINGS:
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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.
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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.
5.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AWARDS:
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1st, 2nd, 3rd, Finalists.
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If impromptu or extemp 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 2 TOURNAMENT:
Top Three
Overall; Top Three Parliamentary; Top Two Speaking Events; Top Two
Interpretation Events; using the Northwest Sweepstakes System.
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SCHEDULE |
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 20
9:00 - 11:00 B-fast
(Pastries, Fruits, Juice, Coffee)
9:00am -
9:15am Registration—OLIN
SECOND FLOOR LOUNGE
9:30am - 11:00am
11:00am -
12:30pm
12:30pm
- 1:00pm Sandwich and Deli Salad Lunch
1:00pm -
2:30pm
2:45pm -
4:15pm
4:45pm -
6:15pm Elim
1
6:15pm -
6:30pm Pizza Dinner and
Awards
6:30pm -
8:00pm Elim
2
8:15pm -
9:45pm Elim
3
10:00pm -
11:30pm Elim
4
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 21
9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries,
Fruits, Juice, Coffee)
9:00am -
9:15am Registration—OLIN
FIRST FLOOR LOUNGE
9:30am - 11:00am Parli Rd 1
11:00am -
12:30pm Parli
Rd 2
12:30pm
- 1:00pm Soup and Sandwich Lunch
1:00pm -
2:30pm Parli
Rd 3
2:30pm -
4:00pm IE Rd 1
4:00pm -
5:30pm Parli
Rd 4
5:30pm -
6:00pm Mexican Taco Bar
Dinner
6:00pm -
7:30pm Parli
Rd 5
7:30pm -
9:00pm IE Rd 2
9:00pm - 10:25pm Parli Rd 6
10:25pm Desserts
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 22
9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries,
Fruits, Juice, Coffee)
9:30am - 11:00am Parli Elim
1
11:00am –
12:30pm IE Rd 3 and Finals for
events with breaks