THE NORTHWEST CEDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2009, Saturday-Monday

 

Invitation Version 1.0

 

 

We are excited to host the 2009 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. Last year, Idaho State, Wyoming, Emporia, Western Connecticut, Sacramento State, Pepperdine, and Missouri State, joined teams from Whitman, Gonzaga, and UPS.

 

Join us for the 2009 Tournament! 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 of Rhetoric and Film Studies

Aaron Hardy

Policy Debate Coach

Eric Chalfant

Assistant Policy Debate Coach

Mike Meredith

Parli Debate and IE Coach

 

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

 

 

WHAT’S IN THE INVITATION

 

NW CEDA Champs Pictures History & Results

 

 

WHAT’S IN THE INVITATION

 

1. LODGING--MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS BY JANUARY 28.

2. AIR TRAVEL INFORMATION

3. ENTRIES due to the Bruschke Site by TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 24.

4. JUDGE PREFERENCE SHEETS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 27, 9PM PACIFIC TIME.

5. COMING TO WHITMAN COLLEGE

6. SCHEDULE

7. GUIDELINES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

 

 

1. LODGING

 

CALL LA QUINTA 509-525-2522  Doubles ($XXXXXXXXX plus tax)

 

RESERVE ROOMS BY JAN. 28.

Golden 5 Teams, Your First Room is already reserved. If you need more than one room—reserve those additional rooms by Feb. 1.

 

The La Quinta is about 1 mile from campus.

 

The tournament begins Saturday, February 28, at 9:30am.

The tournament finishes Monday, March 2, by 3:45pm (see schedule below).

 

LA QUINTA Tournament Hotel Address is: 7 E Oak Street, Walla Walla, WA (Right off Second Avenue; across the street from El Sombrero Mexican Restaurant)

 

DIRECTIONS FROM THE HOTELS TO THE TOURNAMENT:

--Turn Left onto 2nd Avenue and drive about 3 blocks.

--Make a Left onto Rose St. (Chevron Station to the left).

--Drive eight blocks (the road changes names to Isaacs).

--Make a right into the parking lot (about where the train tracks cross Isaacs).

--Park there.

--Take your stuff to the OLIN building--it is the building after the science building (the brick one right next to the parking lot). Olin is also a brick building.

--Inside Olin--keep walking to the end of the building furthest from the parking lot; go right around the main office to the elevator and go up one floor--that's the main meeting area for the tournament.

 

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: READ THE FOLLOWING ABOUT SHUTTLE SERVICE.

 

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, your flight must 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 24.

www.debateresults.com

 

·        TEAMS FROM OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON
--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
--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 5 TEAMS
--5 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), $100 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 5 team MUST bring a judge who will judge ALL prelim and ALL elim rounds. You may request rounds off but the fee is $50 per round. Basically, we want you to judge.
--Golden 5 Teams, Your Hotel Room is already reserved for you. If you need more than one room—reserve those additional hotel rooms by Feb. 1.

·        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, FEBRUARY 29.

 

 

5. COMING TO WHITMAN

 

Arrive Friday, February 27. 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.

 

MAP AND DIRECTIONS FOR getting to Whitman

 

 

6. SCHEDULE

 

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

 

DIRECTIONS FROM THE HOTELS TO THE TOURNAMENT:

--Turn Left onto 2nd Avenue and drive about 3 blocks.

--Make a Left onto Rose St. (Chevron Station to the left).

--Drive eight blocks (the road changes names to Isaacs).

--Make a right into the parking lot (about where the train tracks cross Isaacs).

--Park there.

--Take your stuff to the OLIN building--it is the building after the science building (the brick one right next to the parking lot). Olin is also a brick building.

--Inside Olin--keep walking to the end of the building furthest from the parking lot; go right around the main office to the elevator and go up one floor--that's the main meeting area for the tournament.

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby—ALL ROUNDS SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR CLASSROOMS OF THE OLIN BUILDING

Note: Throughout the tournament, you may use the Olin Building’s Wireless Internet Access.

Printing? See the computer kiosk with printer on the Second Floor in Olin near the Tab Room.

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 1

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby

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

12:15       Lunch (Pizza and Fried Chicken)

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

 

MONDAY, MARCH 2

  9:00       Light Breakfast, Olin 2nd Floor Lobby

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

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

12:45       Post Elim 4                      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 again 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 2008-09 CEDA-NDT Topic.

4. PAIRING PRELIMS: 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); Total speaker points; Z Score if the tournament pre-paired; Opponent Record if the tournament is power-paired. We will break the top half of teams but no team with less than a 50% record shall advance.

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); Total Speaker points; Z score.

8. TEAM AWARDS: The upper half of teams will receive an award so long as they go at least 3-3.

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.

11. Mavericks are permitted and may break but only one per school. The second speaker receives a 24 each round (the equivalent of a 0 in our speaker point system).

12. Hybrids are permitted.