September 10, 2012

Dear Forensics Colleagues:

It is with great pleasure South Dakota State University’s Forensics Team invites you to attend our annual Jackrabbit Jousts October 5-6. Teams can compete in the 11 AFA individual events and parliamentary debate. The tournament will follow AFA scheduling with three flights of individual events and three preliminary rounds. There will be four preliminary rounds of parliamentary debate. Students can enter debate and one event in Flight C.  

Schedule

Friday, October 5

12:30pm-2:30pm Registration

2:00pm Round I Parli

3:00pm Round I Flight C

4:00pm Extemp Draw

4:30pm Round I Flight B

5:45pm Round I Flight A

7:00pm Round II Flight C and Parli 

8:00pm Round III Parli

Saturday, October 6

8:00am Draw

8:30am Round II Flight B

9:45am Round II Flight A

11:00am Round III Flight C and Parli Round IV

12:00pm Draw

12:30pm Round III Flight B and Parli Quarters

1:45pm Round III Flight A and Parli Semis

3:00pm Finals: ADS, CA, DI, POE, PERS, DUO

4:00pm Draw for Extemp Finals

4:30pm Finals: Parli, IMP, PRO, EXT, POI, INF

Entries

Entries should be submitted on-line by visiting http://speechwire.com/register/jackrabbit. If you have difficulties registering on-line please contact Andrea Carlile at andrea.carlile@sdstate.edu. Registration will close on-line at 8:00pm on Monday, October 1.  Any changes to your registration after 8:00pm on Monday, October 1 should be mailed to Andrea Carlile. 

Judges

One judge covers 6 IE entries and two Parli teams.  We will work with judges to get the best possible combination

for everyone.  $10 per uncovered IE slot, and $30 per uncovered Parli team.  All judges are expected to be available

for final rounds.  All judges are considered clean for final rounds. 

Fees

Each IE entry is $8. Each Parliamentary Debate entry is $25. Entries are due on Monday, October 1 at 5:00pm. Fees will be assessed on October 2, at 12:00pm. A $15 add/drop fee will be added for each IE change and a $25 fee

for each debate add/drop after that time.

Awards

All finalists will receive awards. The top three in both Team Sweeps and Individual Sweeps will receive awards. Students be entered in at least one interpretation event and one public address or limited prep event to be included for Individual Sweeps. Parli will include the top 5 debaters in the tournament. Sweepstakes points will be tallied as follows:

IE Prelims

1^st: 3pts

2^nd: 2 pts

3^rd: 1pts

IE Finals

1^st: 6pts

2^nd: 5pts

3^rd: 4pts

4^th: 3pts

5^th: 2pts

6^th: 1pts

Parli

1^st:12 pts

2^nd:10 pts

Semi: 8 pts

Quarters: 4pts

Prelim win: 2 pts