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THE WHITMAN CLASSIC 1
AND 2 Classic 1 (The Dean McSloy) Debate Friday Feb. 20, 2009 Classic 2 (The Bob Withycombe) Debate and IEs, Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 21-22, 2009 Invitation 1.6 |
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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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.
EMAIL JIM AT HANSONJB@WHITMAN.EDU FOR CHANGES NOW
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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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, ADS,
Impromptu, Persuasion, Communication Analysis, Prose, Duo, Poetry,
P.O.I., 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 |
Map of Restaurants and
Stores in Walla Walla
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 (McSloy).
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:
The USFG should make a major
diplomatic overture with Iran and/or Syria.
The USFG should make a substantial
concession to the People’s Republic of China.
The USFG should significantly
increase economic programs toward Indian Country.
The US should increase humanitarian
aid to Zimbabwe.
The USFG should establish an energy
policy substantially reducing consumption of fossil fuels in the United States.
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PROCESS
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Topic Ideas will be requested by Jim in late
December/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 1 MCSLOY TOURNAMENT:
Top Three Parliamentary using the Northwest Sweepstakes System.
SWEEPSTAKES
FOR THE CLASSIC 2 WITHYCOMBE 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 (THE DEAN MCSLOY)
9:00 - 11:00 B-fast
(Pastries, Fruits, Juice, Coffee)
9:00am -
9:15am Registration—OLIN
SECOND FLOOR LOUNGE
9:30am - 11:00am
11:15am -
12:45pm
12:45pm
- 1:15pm
1:15pm -
2:45pm
3:00pm -
4:30pm
5:00pm -
6:30pm Elim 1
6:30pm -
7:00pm Pizza Dinner and
Awards
7:00pm -
8:30pm Elim 2
8:45pm - 10:15pm Elim 3
10:30pm -
11:55pm Elim 4
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 21 (THE BOB WITHYCOMBE FIRST DAY)
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 -
3:45pm IE Rd 1
3:45pm -
5:15pm Parli Rd 4
5:15pm -
5:45pm Mexican Taco Bar
Dinner
5:45pm -
7:15pm Parli Rd 5
7:15pm -
8:30pm IE Rd 2
8:30pm - 9:55pm Parli Rd 6
9:55pm Desserts
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 22 (THE BOB WITHYCOMBE SECOND DAY)
9:00 - 11:00 B-fast (Pastries,
Fruits, Juice, Coffee)
9:30am - 11:00am Parli Elim 1
11:15am –
12:45pm IE Rd 3 and Finals for
events with breaks
12:45pm
- 1:15pm Fried Chicken and Veggie Side Dishes Lunch
1:15pm –
2:45pm Parli Elim 2
3:15pm -
3:45pm Awards
3:45pm -
5:15pm Parli Elim 3
5:30pm -
5:45pm Awards (Pizza for
those still participating)
5:45pm -
7:15pm Parli Elim 4
7:15pm -
7:30pm Awards
7:30pm -
9:00pm Parli Elim 5
Map of Restaurants and
Stores in Walla Walla
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ENTRY AND FEES |
Entries are due by 5pm, Tuesday, February 17.
EMAIL JIM AT HANSONJB@WHITMAN.EDU FOR CHANGES NOW
Click here to enter One or Both tournaments
www.forensicstournament.net/
Entries
CLASSIC 1 (DEAN MCSLOY)
OPEN DIVISION OF PARLI DEBATE
ONLY
CLASSIC 2 (BOB WITHYCOMBE)
Open, Jr, Novice
Parliamentary Debate
Open Division of All IE
Events plus Junior Extemp and Junior Impromptu
Note students may enter at most 3 events BUT Extempers cannot
triple enter; Duo competitors cannot triple enter and Extempers cannot do Duo.
Yes, you can do two duo
interps as long as it is with a different partner.
*collapsed divisions will
have finalist awards for up to the top 3 in that division.
Fees:
Classic 1 (The Dean McSloy)
School Fee: $30
Each
student food fee is $8 (Fri. breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Food for
coaches and judges is provide free
Each Debate Team is $60
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
Each
student food fee is $16 (Sat breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert; Sun breakfast,
lunch, dinner)
Food for
coaches and judges is provided free
Each Debate
Team is $60
Each IE
Debater Slot is $10
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 IE
Slot Debater needing a judge is $10—PLEASE DON’T HIRE JUDGES! You may not hire judges for more than 12
uncovered IE slots.
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 $15 for the extra required prelim
round).
Each IE judge covers 6 IE
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 relevant to that event (debating, interping, or
speaking). Exceptions to this policy will only be made if we do not have enough
senior division judges.
Entries are due by 5pm, Tuesday, February 17.
EMAIL JIM AT HANSONJB@WHITMAN.EDU FOR CHANGES NOW
Click here to enter One or Both tournaments
www.forensicstournament.net/