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THE PLU DEBATES September 26 and 27, 2009 (Saturday
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Melissa and
I are excited to be offering the year-starting tournament at PLU this fall,
2009. The tournament features:
Please join
us for a great debate tournament this fall.
Sincerely,
Jim Hanson hansonjb@whitman.edu
Melissa Franke mfranke@plu.edu
Tournament Directors
Click a link to go to the information:
RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS
LODGING FOR THE PLU TOURNAMENT
WHEN YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOURNAMENT
AIR TRAVEL TO THE PLU TOURNAMENT
DIVISIONS, SPEAKING-PREP TIMES, MPJ-STRIKES
RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS |
LODGING FOR THE PLU TOURNAMENT |
The Red
Lion Hotel
Nice hotel.
$89 per night plus tax, Two queens, 1 to 4 People
Rooms have irons,
mini-fridges, and microwaves.
Reserve by Sept. 11.
Call 1-866-548-3433 to make your reservations. Ask for the PLU Debate Tournament Block.
Most
teams will want to check in Friday, Sept. 25 and check out Sunday, Sept. 27.
WHEN YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOURNAMENT
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Arrive 9am, Saturday, September 26; 6 Prelim Rounds; finish
by 9:30pm.
Arrive 9am; Elims on Sunday,
September 27; Finals finish by 8:00pm, Sunday with the first elim being double octafinals.
AIR TRAVEL TO THE PLU TOURNAMENT
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Fly to
Sorry, the
tournament is unable to provide ground transportation but there are rail, bus,
taxi, and rental car options.
DIVISIONS, SPEAKING-PREP TIMES, MPJ-STRIKES
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
1. DIVISIONS:
NOVICE (has been in debate at 6 or fewer tournaments AND has
not advanced to elimination rounds at 3 or more tournaments)
SENIOR (open to anyone)
2. TIME LIMITS: 7-8-8-8-4-5 with one minute of
preparation/cross-examination before the LOC, MG, MO, and PMR (no
cross-examination before the PMR though).
Yes, there are still POI’s and
yes, this is approved by the NPDA.
3. 6 ROUNDS PLUS APPROPRIATE ELIMS
4. MPJ/STRIKES: Teams may
choose to use MPJ (1, 2, 3, and one strike) or a small number of strikes with
the remaining judges as 2’s or no strikes and all judges as 2’s.
TOPIC AREAS
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1. TOPIC
AREAS: The Topic Areas will be announced about a month before the
tournament occurs. They’ll be solicited on net benefits and via email. Jim will
edit the list and then participants may vote. The vote will decide the topic
areas with minimal editing by Jim mainly to avoid repetitive topics or to tweak
the wordings of a topic area.
____ The
USFG should increase its cooperation with Russia on security issues.
____ The
USFG should substantially expand programs to develop space beyond earth’s
mesosphere.
____ The
USFG should adopt a policy to regulate food production in the US.
____ The
USFG should increase the use of renewable energy.
____ The
USFG should reduce its nuclear arsenal.
2. RESOLUTIONS Teams will debate resolutions that
the tournament will announce online at The
PLU Warm Room Page and in a central location 20 minutes before rounds
begin. The resolutions will be based on the topic areas.
ELIMINATION ROUNDS AND AWARDS
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PARLI
DEBATE BREAKS:
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; and Win-loss record of opposing teams.
We will advance up to half the field so long as we have
sufficient judges to do so.
We will break brackets in the elimination rounds using the
drop down one slot method used by Gary Larson and Rich Edwards.
PARLI
DEBATE SPEAKER RANKINGS: Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Total
Speaker points; Double-adjusted speaker points (drop two highs; two lows); Z
score.
DEBATE
AWARDS: All elimination participants.
DEBATE
SPEAKER AWARDS: Top half in each division.
SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
9:00 GO
TO THE Administration BUILDING.
Registration,
see Melissa Continental Breakfast.
For
the environment’s sake, we ask that you bring your own water bottle for
refills.
9:30am – 11:00am
11:30am –
12:55pm
12:55pm
– 2:00pm Lunch, on your own
2:00pm - 3:30pm Parli Rd 3
3:45pm - 5:15pm Parli Rd 4
5:15pm -
5:45pm Break, Snacks provided
by the tournament
5:45pm - 7:15pm Parli Rd 5
7:45pm - 9:15pm Parli Rd 6
Finish by
9:30pm, Elim participants posted as soon as possible
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
9:00 Continental
Breakfast provided by the tournament
9:30am - 11:00am Elim 1
11:30am - 12:55pm Elim 2
12:55pm – 1:30pm Break,
Snacks served by the tournament
1:30pm -
1:45pm Awards
1:45pm -
3:15pm Elim 3
3:45pm -
4:00pm Awards
4:00pm -
5:30pm Elim 4
5:45pm - 6:00pm Awards,
with snacks served by the tournament
6:00pm - 7:30pm Elim 5
7:45pm - 8:00pm Final
Awards
ENTRY AND FEES
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Enter your teams and
judges at http://www.forensicstournament.net/
FEES
School Fee: $30
Each Debate Team is $65
Each uncovered team is $150
Write checks to
Each team you enter requires half a judge (two teams require
you to provide one judge).
YOU MAY NOT HIRE JUDGING FOR MORE THAN 2 UNCOVERED TEAMS.
EACH UNCOVERED TEAM COSTS $150.
Judges with less than 2 years of experience coaching or
debating should say no to judging open when entering on the
forensicstournament.net site.
Do you have
a judge who could use some money? Please e-mail Jim at hansonjb@whitman.edu We
will pay $160 for judging Saturday all day and Sunday until 1:15pm and provide
free food!
Got a judge willing to judge extra rounds? We pay $20 for
each extra round.