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TECHNOLOGY USE RULES FOR ALL DEBATES
Schools
can enter 12 Policy and/or LD debaters.
Schools
can enter 12 Public Forum and/or Parli debaters.
Policy and
LD debaters can enter Parli (but if they advance to elims in Policy/LD, they
cannot compete in parli).
1. L-D DIVISIONS:
·
Championship: Open to any student who wishes TOC
level competition or who cannot enter the other divisions. Champ LD debaters
will be able to strike and/or preference judges.
·
Senior: Open to anyone who has not yet won
six quarterfinalist or higher awards in SENIOR division.
·
Junior: Open to anyone who has not yet won
four quarterfinalist or higher awards.
·
Novice: Open to those who 1) have not yet
won two quarterfinalist or higher awards; 2) have not competed before
2. TIME LIMITS: 6-3-7-3-4-6-3
with 4 minutes of prep time.
3. THE TOPIC: LD debaters will
use the Nov-Dec NFL LD Topic. Resolved: Public health concerns justify
compulsory immunization.
Click here to see the
Nov-Dec LD Topic at the NFL Web Site. (if this link does not work, please
email Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu
The LD
Topic is announced October 1.
4. TWO
PERSON L-D TEAMS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
5. Novice and
some junior division LD debates will occur in a large room due to space
constraints.
6. All
rounds are double-flighted except Semis, and Finals.
7. NOTE: LD DEBATERS CAN DO PARLI DEBATE—Sign up for both. If you break into elims, we’ll
take you out of Parli and refund your money.
LD Debaters cannot do Student
Congress, Public Forum Debate, Policy Debate.
8. One judge covers 4 LD debaters.
9. Yes, debates are powermatched. Round 3 off 1, Round 4 and 5 off 1-3; Round 6 off 1-5.
1. POLICY DIVISIONS:
·
Championship: Open to any team who wishes TOC
level competition or who cannot enter the other divisions. Champ Policy Teams
will be able to strike and/or preference judges.
·
Senior: Open to any team with competitors
who have not yet won six quarterfinalist or higher awards in SENIOR division. If one student on the team has
won six or more such awards but the other student on that team qualifies for
novice division, that team may enter senior division.
·
Junior: Open to any team with competitors
who have not yet won four quarterfinalist or higher awards.
·
Novice: Open to teams with only frosh,
sophomores, and juniors who 1) have not yet won two quarterfinalist or higher
awards; 2) have not competed before
2. TIME LIMITS:
3. THE TOPIC: Resolved: The
United States Federal Government should substantially increase social services for
persons living in poverty in the United States.
Click here to see the
Policy Topic at the NFL Web Site. (if this link does not work, please email
Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu
4. THREE OR FOUR PERSON TEAMS ARE PERMITTED EXCEPT IN CHAMP DIVISION: Just
indicate on the Entry Form. Obviously, only two people compete in each round.
One Person teams are not permitted.
TEAMS WITH MEMBERS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ARE NOT
PERMITTED per WSFA rules unless debate is not offered at one of the schools and
the two schools are in the same district.
5. NOTE: POLICY DEBATERS CAN DO PARLI DEBATE—Sign up for both. If you break into elims, we’ll
take you out of Parli and refund your money.
Policy Debaters cannot do Student
Congress, Public Forum Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
6. Novice and some junior division debates will occur in
large rooms with multiple tables due to space constraints.
7. WE USE THE OFFICIAL WA NOVICE CASE LIST. Please tell your novice division debaters what the
WA novice case list is!
In
Novice Division, affirmatives run a case on one of these 5 case areas:
1.
Welfare reform -- substantially expand access to welfare, including eliminating
some or all restrictions on TANF
2.
Broadband Access -- expand Lifeline and Link-Up to include broadband
3.
Medicaid for Immigrants -- eliminate immigration status requirements for
Medicaid
4.
Legal Services -- substantially increase funding and support for the Legal
Services Corporation
5.
Head Start -- substantially increase funding and support to Head Start programs
*
Topicality: falling within the novice case area does not guarantee that your
plan is topical. Negatives may still run
topicality.
*
Counterplans: the States counterplan is the only counterplan that is allowed.
*
Kritiks: affs and negs must stay in the policy realm. No advocating non-fiat or performance advocacy.
8. One judge covers 2 policy debate teams.
1.
PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS:
·
Championship: Open to teams who wish good
competition or who cannot enter junior division.
·
Junior: Open to any team with debaters who
have both not competed in debate, extemp, or impromptu at 10 or more
tournaments.
2. YES—POLICY AND LD
DEBATERS CAN COMPETE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
If you break in Policy or LD to
elims, you won’t compete in Parliamentary Debate and your school will be refunded.
If you don’t break in Policy or LD
to elims, you’ll be on the pairing Saturday morning for Round 1 of Parli.
3. TIME
LIMITS:
Topic Announcement followed by 15
minutes of Preparation and walking to the round.
The PMC speaks 15 minutes after the
topic is announced.
Prime Minister Constructive: 4 min.
1 minute preparation
Leader of Opposition Constructive: 5
min.
1 minute preparation
Member of Government Constructive 5
min.
1 minute preparation
Member of Opposition Constructive 5
min.
Leader of Opposition Rebuttal 3 min.
1 minute preparation
Prime Minister Rebuttal 4 min.
Questions may
be asked during the first four speeches—except in the first and last 1 minute
of the speeches.
Light heckling
is permitted.
4. MATERIALS YOU MAY BRING TO YOUR ROUNDS
Only materials prepared
during prep time may be used during a debate.
Yes, you may and should
prepare cases/argument outlines for prep time BUT YOU MUST write out any notes
you will use in your debates.
You may NOT use in a debate
anything written/printed that was prepared before prep time.
You may NOT use anything
written by someone else other than your debate partner.
You may NOT use laptops
during debates unless you have an ADA reason to do so and notify Jim Hanson,
tournament director.
5. TOPIC AREAS
We will have 3 specific topic areas
announced in early October. Resolutions used at the tournament will come from
the topic areas.
2009 TOPIC AREAS
United
States Federal Government Health Care Reform should include a public option.
The
United States Federal Government should substantially expand programs to
develop space beyond earth’s mesosphere.
The
United States should alter its strategy in Afghanistan.
6. THREE AND FOUR PERSON PARLI TEAMS PERMITTED but
only 2 may debate a time.
7. We reserve the right to limit
entries in parliamentary debate if we lack space.
8. Some
rounds will occur in large rooms with multiple tables due to space constraints.
9. One judge covers 2 Parli Teams. Policy and LD Judges MAY NOT also judge Parli Debate.
10. Yes, debates are powermatched. Round 3 and 4 off 1-2.
11. Why isn’t Parli offered Thurs and Fri? Because of room constraints. Having Parli Saturday
only also means some Policy and LD debaters can compete in Parli.
12. FOR SPECIFIC RULES FOR PARLI DEBATE, SEE THE
NPTE RULES FOR DEBATE PAGE, Section 4 (we follow these except we have
shorter times for speeches)
1. PUBLIC FORUM DIVISIONS:
·
Championship: Open to any student who wishes
higher levels of competition or who cannot enter the other divisions.
·
Junior: Open to anyone who has not yet won
four quarterfinalist or higher awards in debate.
2. POLICY, LD, PARLI DEBATERS MAY NOT COMPETE IN PUBLIC FORUM.
(they happen at the same time)
3. TIME LIMITS:
NOTE: NO COIN FLIP. THE PRO-AFF AND THE CON-NEG
TEAM WILL BE LISTED ON THE POSTING.
Pro First Speaker = 4 Minutes
Con First Speaker = 4 Minutes
Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro Second Speaker = 4 Minutes
Con Second Speaker = 4 Minutes
Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro First Speaker Summary = 2 Minutes
Con First Speaker Summary = 2 Minutes
Grand Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro Second Speaker Final Focus = 2 Minutes
Con Second Speaker Final Focus = 2 Minutes
Prep Time (per team) = 2 Minutes.
3. THE TOPIC: Public Forum
Debaters will use the November Topic. Resolved:
Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.
Click here to see the November
Public Forum Topic at the NFL Web Site. (if this link does not work, please
email Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu
The
November Public Forum Topic is released Oct. 1.
4. THREE OR
FOUR PERSON TEAMS ARE PERMITTED. Just indicate on the Entry
Form. Obviously, only two people compete in each round. One Person teams are
not permitted.
TEAMS WITH MEMBERS FROM TWO
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ARE NOT PERMITTED per WSFA rules unless debate is not offered
at one of the schools and the two schools are in the same district.
5. We reserve the right to limit
entries in Public Forum debate if we lack space.
6. Some
rounds will occur in large rooms with multiple tables due to space constraints.
7. NOTE: Public Forum conflicts
with Policy Debate, LD Debate, Parli Debate, and Student Congress.
8. One judge covers 2 Public Forum Teams. Policy and LD Judges MAY NOT also judge Public Forum Debate.
9. Yes, debates are powermatched. Round 3 and 4 off 1-2.
10. Why isn’t Public Forum offered Thurs and Fri? Because of room constraints.
ADVANCING
TO ELIMS:
IN POLICY AND
LD: We will break up to 16 teams who have at least a 4-2 record (no 3-3’s will
advance and no more than 16 teams will advance).
We do not
advance more teams because of room and judge constraints.
IN PUBLIC
FORUM AND PARLI DEBATE: We will break up to 8 teams with at least a 3-1 record.
We do not
advance more teams because of time and judge constraints.
FOR POLICY,
LD, PUBLIC FORUM, AND PARLI: The break to elimination rounds will be based on
the following hierarchy: Win-loss record; Adjusted speaker points; Total
Speaker points; and Win-loss record of opposing teams.
WE BREAK BRACKETS EXCEPT IN SEMIS IN CHAMP
DIVISION.
That means that among the teams that are set to debate
in an elim, we will adjust pairings so that teams from the same school do not
hit each other (if that is possible).
DEBATER/TEAM
AWARDS: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Quarterfinalists, Octafinalists (no
octa-finalists in parli or public forum debate).
SPEAKER
AWARDS: Top 5 in Policy, LD, Public Forum, and Parli divisions.
Speaker awards are given on the basis of adjusted speaker points, total speaker
points, z score, then double adjusted speaker points.
NOTE: ALL
OF THE ABOVE ARE SUBJECT to the computer program’s ability to do the above
calculations.
·
You may use computers in your debate rounds to read
material you have put on your computer prior to the beginning of the first
speech in the debate. Note: Parli debaters may have flowed notes on
computers—never word for word written out arguments/cases.
·
You may type into your computer to write overviews,
arguments etc. and you may read these during the debate.
·
You may flow on your computer to take notes of the
arguments, citations, search terms from the text of evidence, and judge’s
comments in the debate.
·
You may NOT do internet research during your debate
nor any kind of research that involves searching resources that are stored or
located outside the physical drives of the computers you brought into the room.
You may only do this “outside research” until the first speech begins in a
debate.
·
You may NOT use instant messaging, cell phone,
“blackberry,” “text messaging,” “web video,” etc. to communicate with those not
debating or judging in your round. You may however, video or audio record your
debating for use after the debate is over.
·
During the debate, you are to keep your communication
to your partner, the other team, and the judge except for in-person
pleasantries/personal conversations that are not about your debate.
·
Judges have the right to stop behavior in violation of
the above and judges have the right to drop teams for violating these policies
after consulting with the tournament director.