INVITATION TO THE NORTHWEST CEDA CHAMPIONSHIP

March 3-5, 2007, Saturday-Sunday, Version 1.4

 

We are very pleased to be hosting the 2007 Northwest CEDA Championship Tournament. The tournament celebrates the accomplishments of the policy community in the Northwest as well as teams coming from throughout the nation. This year, Idaho State, Wyoming, Pepperdine, Western Connecticut, Denver, and the University of Florida will be joining teams from Whitman, Gonzaga, Oregon, Portland State, and UPS. You are welcome to join us! We promise outstanding hospitality and a great tournament!

 

Sincerely,

 

Jim Hanson

Professor of Forensics

Rhetoric and Film Studies Department

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA 99362

509-527-5499

hansonjb@whitman.edu

 

Bob Withycombe

Professor, Rhetoric and Film Studies

Aaron Hardy

Assistant Director, Policy Debate

Rob Olsen

Assistant Director, IEs and Parli Debate

Andrew Lum

Student Assistant

 

Jim Hanson, Aaron Hardy, and Glen Frappier will serve in the tab room.

 

Cums, Elims, Speaker Awards, 2006 NW CEDA Champs

 

Pictures from the 2006 Tournament

 

NW CEDA PACKET with results history

 

WHAT’S IN THE INVITATION

 

1. LODGING--MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS WITH JIM BY FEBRUARY 1.

2. AIR TRAVEL INFORMATION

3. ENTRIES due to the Bruschke Site by TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 27.

4. JUDGE PREFERENCE SHEETS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 2, 9PM PACIFIC TIME.

5. COMING TO WHITMAN COLLEGE

6. SCHEDULE

7. GUIDELINES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

 

1. LODGING

 

Email Jim for your reservations—He has the bloc under his name.

YOU NEED TO DO THIS BY FEB. 1.

You will stay at the Walla Walla Inn (formerly Howard Johnson) (509-529-4360). $109 up to 4 people, two queen beds.

I’m sorry the price is so high—it is the only hotel with rooms that weekend due to a girls soccer event in town.

It is within walking distance of where the debates occur (a little over a block away)

They have internet but it requires an Ethernet cord (there is no wireless at the hotel).

 

The tournament begins Saturday, March 3, at 9:30am.

The tournament finishes Monday, March 5, by 3:30pm and probably earlier (see schedule below).

 

2. AIR TRAVEL

 

Fly to Pasco, Washington or Walla Walla, Washington. Pasco's airport is about 50 minutes from Whitman College. The Walla Walla airport is about 10 minutes from Whitman. We will pick you up at either location, free of charge in a Whitman van, driven by a safety certified driver.

 

NOTE: Whitman would be glad to provide transportation for your squad free of charge in a Whitman van, with a Whitman safety certified driver from either airport. Just give Jim at least one week notice at hansonjb@whitman.edu

 

NOTE: We provide transportation free on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. If you wish transportation on Thursday or Tuesday, it is $75 extra.

 

NOTE: Each squad may receive one pickup and one dropoff at the Pasco airport. More than that, there is a $50 fee for each trip to Pasco.

 

NOTE: We do not provide transportation for flights leaving before 10am from Pasco. Sorry, you have to leave after 10am or get your own transportation OR we will take you to one of the Pasco airport hotels the night before (so you’d need to get a room there).

 

NOTE: You need to email Jim with your flight itinerary—ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE—at least one week before the tournament begins. Please, do this.

 

3. ENTRIES

 

ENTER BY TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27.

www.debateresults.com

 

·        TEAMS FROM OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON
--Free—No Entry Fees (food is free). Free shuttle (pickup at the airport, drive to and from the hotel and stores as needed). BE SURE TO CONTACT JIM ABOUT SHUTTLE SERVICE AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.
--Judging: 1 team requires a 4 prelim round plus elims judging commitment*; 2 teams requires a 6 prelim round plus elims judging commitment; 3 teams requires 10 prelim rounds plus elims commitment*; 4 teams requires 12 prelim rounds plus elims commitment. If you need to hire a judge, it is $50 per uncovered round.

·        TEAMS FROM WASHINGTON AND OREGON
--Each team is $200 (food is free).
--1 team requires a 4 prelim round plus elims judging commitment; 2 teams requires a 6 prelim round plus elims judging commitment; 3 teams requires 10 prelim rounds plus elims commitment; 4 teams requires 12 prelim rounds plus elims commitment. If you need to hire a judge, it is $50 per uncovered round.

·        THE GOLDEN 8 TEAMS
--8 teams from outside of the greater Northwest have been chosen by Jim to receive free registration, free lodging (one room per 4 debaters/judges), free transportation (pickup at the airport, drive to and from the hotel and stores as needed), $250 reimbursement per debater/judge for travel costs, and of course, the tournament’s free food. BE SURE TO CONTACT JIM ABOUT NEEDED TRANSPORTATION AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.
--Each Golden 8 team MUST bring a judge who will judge ALL prelim and elim rounds. If you have a second team without a second full commitment judge, you pay the $300 judging fee. You may request rounds off but the fee is $50 per round. Basically, we want you to judge. :)

·        EVERYONE
The tournament provides food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts) during the tournament. There is no fee for this.

·        *PARTIAL COMMITMENT JUDGES
PLEASE consider judging more--we pay $40 per round including for the 1 extra prelim round that we require.

·        HIRING A JUDGE
Each team needing a judge: $300 ($50 per round); PLEASE PLEASE AVOID THIS AND TELL JIM WELL IN ADVANCE.

Questions? Got Judges? Adds, drops, changes? Email JIM HANSON at hansonjb@whitman.edu

 

4. JUDGE PREFERENCING

 

JUDGE PREFERENCES, ENTERED AT THE BRUSCHKE SITE, ARE DUE BY 9PM, FRIDAY, MARCH 2.

 

5. COMING TO WHITMAN

 

Arrive Friday, March 2. If you need directions to get to Whitman, just email Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu

 

Registration is at the tournament on Saturday. Jim will just come and talk to you about it.

 

All rounds happen in the Olin Building at Whitman College—SAME ONE WE USED AT NW CEDA CHAMPS LAST YEAR.

Park in the Harper Joy Parking Lot, the main parking lot off Isaacs street. Walk past the Science building to Olin, the building we used at last year’s NW CEDA Champs. Go to the second floor at the east end (where the elevator is) for registration and postings. All debates will occur in the Olin Building.

 

6. SCHEDULE

 

FLYING IN? ARRIVE ON FRIDAY; Shuttles on Thursday are $75 extra.

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby—ALL ROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT ARE IN THE OLIN BUILDING

Note: Throughout the tournament, you may use our computer lab including full printing privileges and you may use the Olin Building’s Wireless Internet Access.

Jim will contact you individually about paying fees.

 9:30        Post Round 1              at 10:00, 1AC speaks

12:15       Lunch (Deli)

12:45       Post Round 2              at 1:15, 1AC speaks

  3:15       Break with snacks

  3:45       Post Round 3              at 4:15, 1AC speaks

  6:30       Dinner (Chinese or Thai)

  7:00       Post Round 4              at 7:30, 1AC speaks (tubs may be left in rooms)

  9:30       Desserts

10:00       Reception

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby

  9:30       Post Round 5              at 10:00, 1AC speaks

12:15       Lunch (Pizza)

12:45       Post Round 6              at 1:15, 1AC speaks

  3:15       Break with snacks

  3:45       Post Elim 1                  at 4:15, 1AC speaks

  6:30       Dinner with Awards (Mexican)

  7:45       Post Elim 2                  at 8:15, 1AC speaks

10:30       Post Elim 3                  at 11:00, 1AC speaks (This elim occurs at this time if people still participating support it or if it is needed to assure people make their flights.)

 

Note: We will work cooperatively with all those still competing to assure teams flying out on Monday can get to their flights on time. This may include a late night Sunday semis or an earlier start on Monday. If we break only to quarterfinals, we reserve the right to hold finals Sunday night after Elim 2, going very late.

AS LONG AS YOU GET TICKETS THAT LEAVE AFTER NOON ON MONDAY, WE GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL MAKE YOUR FLIGHT EVEN IF YOU ARE IN FINALS.

IF YOU GET MONDAY MORNING TICKETS, WE GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL MAKE YOUR FLIGHT EVEN IF YOU ARE IN SEMI-FINALS.

 

MONDAY, MARCH 5

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby

  9:30       Post Elim 3 or 4           at 10:00, 1AC speaks

12:15       Lunch (food choice at request of participants)

12:45       Post Elim 4 (if needed)     at 1:15, 1AC speaks

 

FLYING OUT ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY? NOTE—We will not take people to flights at the Pasco airport that leave before 10am. If you want that, you need to get a hotel room in Pasco by the airport for the night before your flight (we will take you there).

 

7. GUIDELINES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

 

1. JUDGE PREFERENCING: We will use a preference system honored until a team is no longer in contention for elimination rounds. We will allow teams to be seen twice by the same judge in preliminary rounds to ensure the highest preferencing possible.

2. TIME LIMITS: 9-3-6 with 10 minutes of preparation time.

3. THE TOPIC: The 2006-07 CEDA-NDT Courts Topic.

4. WHITMAN SPLIT TEAM: We reserve the right to pre-pair the tournament to assure that teams have approximately equal competition (loosely based on the Bruschke rankings) and to assure that teams hit Whitman teams as few times as possible.

5. BREAKING TO ELIMS: The break to elimination rounds will be based on, in order, the following: Win-loss record; Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Double adjusted speaker points; Total speaker points; Z Score. If we have 23 or less teams, we will break to quarterfinals and no more than half the teams and no more than 4 Whitman teams will advance. If we have 24 or more teams, we will break the top half of the teams up to a full octas.

6. BREAKING BRACKETS IN ELIMS: We will break brackets in the elimination rounds using the drop down one slot method used by Gary Larson and Rich Edwards. If we have partials, we will not break brackets in such a way that it would require a team to debate in partials that is not seeded to be in partials.

7. SPEAKER AWARDS: Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Double-adjusted speaker points (drop two highs; two lows); Total Speaker points; Z score.

8. TEAM AWARDS: The upper half of teams will receive an award.

9. SPEAKER AWARDS: The upper half of speakers will receive an award.

10. TOURNAMENT PHILOSOPHY STATEMENTS: Our tournament supports and adheres to the CEDA Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy, and the Bartanen-Hanson Speech Guidelines for courteous behavior.