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2014 Urban Debate National Championship

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This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in District of Columbia.

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Saturday Morning Updates

Breakfast- At hotel outside the Faculty Club.  Starts at 7 AM.

Give away’s at Breakfast!  Water Bottles if you missed one at registration.

Ballot table will be at breakfast.  Judges pick up your Round 3 ballots at the hotel.

 

Buildings (We are adding a lot, check the map before you leave the hotel)

Leavey = Leavey Student Center (connected to hotel), take elevators on student Union //side http://maps.georgetown.edu/leaveycenter/

Near Front Gate

ICC = Intercultural Center (red brick building from the 80’s in the middle of Hogwart’s)  http://maps.georgetown.edu/interculturalcenter/

HEA = Healey Hall (main building at the front gates, looks like Hogwarts) http://maps.georgetown.edu/healyhall/

Other side of multipurpose field

McCarthy http://maps.georgetown.edu/mccarthyhall/

Reynolds http://maps.georgetown.edu/reynoldsfamilyhall/

Past Walsh

LXR = Xavier Hall/Loyola Hall, one block past Walsh on Prospect.  Enter from the 35th Street entrance between N and Prospect.  http://maps.georgetown.edu/xavierhall/  

 

Picture Day!  Dress your best for your league photo!

 

Instructions for connecting to Georgetown Wireless networks for FREE!

https://sites.google.com/a/georgetown.edu/uis-docs/internet/wireless

 

 

Monday Morning Buildings

Lots of new building, check this out before you leave the hotel (since some of your rounds might basically be in the hotel).

HEA = Healey Hall (main building at the front gates, looks like Hogwarts) http://maps.georgetown.edu/healyhall/

ICC = Intercultural Center (red brick building from the 80’s in the middle of Hogwart’s)  http://maps.georgetown.edu/interculturalcenter/

Leavey = Leavey Student Center (connected to hotel), take elevators on student Union side http://maps.georgetown.edu/leaveycenter/

LXR = Xavier Hall/Loyola Hall, one block past Walsh on Prospect.  Enter from the 35th Street entrance between N and Prospect.  http://maps.georgetown.edu/xavierhall/  

McCarthy http://maps.georgetown.edu/mccarthyhall/

Reynolds http://maps.georgetown.edu/reynoldsfamilyhall/

 

FRIDAY NIGHT UPDATES

Dinner will be served in  the building you are debating in.  

Walsh-- Pizza is on the 1st floor.  Bring ballots to Luke on floor 1.

Reiss- Pizza is on the 2nd floor.  Bring ballots to Misael on floor 2.

Breakfast will be served outside the Faculty Club starting at 7 AM on Friday.  

If your team did not pick up their water bottle or team regnition certificates you can pick them up at breakfast in the morning.

 

 

As the tournament grows closer here are a few useful links

UDNC Caselist

Judge list

Tournament Guide

Georgetown Campus Map - All round in Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), building 27

 

 

Judging

Judging Responsibilities Each school will provide one judge for a commitment of 3 preliminary debates. Judges are expected to be available for all preliminary rounds. All judges will be committed for one round after your team is eliminated. For teams that do not clear to elimination debates, judges are obligated through the first elimination debate on Sunday morning. All coaches attending the tournament as a guest of the NAUDL will be expected to enter the judging pool unless exempted by the tournament director. If a coach is assigned to judge a round and does not appear to judge that round, his or her team will forfeit that round. Donated rounds by assistant coaches and league staff are appreciated and should be entered into Speechwire as judges for the league. Judges will not hear teams from leagues with which they are affiliated. Rounds are not available for hire.

NOTE: There will be a coaches’ reception during round 5 for the head coach of each school in attendance. Judges noted as coaches in Speechwire will be held out of the pool for this round. We encourage league staff and assistant coaches to volunteer to judge this debate so we can take the time to recognize our hard working coaches. The designated league staff person is asked to ensure that all of the League’s coaches in attendance understand and comply with this new mandatory judging requirement.

Revealing Decisions

Judges may reveal decisions after a ballot has been submitted to the tab room. Judges are encouraged to give substantive oral critiques of about 5-10 minutes in length. Judges are encouraged to fill out written ballots that will be shared with the students after the tournament. Decisions of the Octafinal debates will be announced at the awards ceremony. The Chair of each panel in the Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Final Round will announce the decision when all ballots have been collected.

Code of Conduct

The Urban Debate National Championship, hosted by the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues showcases the best urban debaters from across the country. At the tournament, we celebrate the the continued growth of urban debate and seek to display wide array of both geographical and argument diversity. In recognition of this, the Code of Conduct seeks to provide a useful baseline of expectations for all participants to ensure a rewarding experience for all. Violations of the code of conduct should be reported to the Tournament Director. The Tournament Director and an advisory committee of League Directors will decide the appropriate action including, but not limited to forfeiture of rounds or removal from the tournament. Debaters, educators, schools, and leagues recognize debate as a powerful, educational activity built upon the ideals of respect, community, and civil discourse. All actions and decisions during a tournament seek to promote these ideals, and ensure a positive learning environment for all participants, judges, and observers.

1. Debaters represent their school and therefore all relevant rules and regulations of their local school district will apply during their time at the tournament and related events.
 
2. Debaters should be good competitors. It is the duty of each debater to participate honestly and fairly. Debaters should respect all competitors, coaches, judges and audience members.
 
3. Bullying and behaviors which belittle, degrade, demean, or otherwise dehumanize others are not permitted at the Urban Debate National Championship. These actions are not in the best interest of the activity because they interfere with the goals of education and personal growth.
 
4. Debaters should respect the educational role that judges provide the activity. Debaters who engage in a dialogue with a judge after a round should maintain a respectful demeanor. Discussions should focus on understanding the decision of the judge and improving the debater’s performances in future rounds. Remember the post round is an opportunity to learn, not deliver your final rebuttal.
 
5. Debaters should not plagiarize. Claiming another's written or spoken words as one's own is plagiarism, a very serious offense against responsible scholarship. Evidence used in a debate should be properly attributed to the author verbally during the debate. Debaters should be able to provide, within a reasonable time, complete documentation of all evidence presented. Documentation includes: name of author(s), source of publication, full date, page numbers and author(s) credentials when available in the original] when challenged. Evidence that is not attributed adequately should be disregarded by judges.
 
6. Debaters value communication and should present arguments at a rate that can be understood by their assigned judge. Debaters should not “clip” cards. All evidence entered in the debate should be clearly marked as to what parts of the evidence were and were not presented during the round for review by opponent and judge.

Please find all information about the Urban Debate National Championship and associated events at http://urbandebate.org/What-We-Do/Urban-Debate-National-Championship/2014-Urban-Debate-National-Championship-Tournament

Contact lukehill at urbandebate.org with any questions about registration or tournament proceedures.

Caselist

A centralized caselist for the UNDC has been created (UDNC Caselist).  Disclosure is a helpful tool in preparation for a tournament of this nature. If you would like to participate, please create a link from your team and disclose the affirmative and/or negative arguments you have read. Disclosure is optional and not at all binding (so no need to disclose that new aff!). The National Debate Coaches Association case list provides some good guidelines on what should be included in a disclosure and how to format them. If you have already created a disclosure on the NDCA site or another resource please provide a link here so that team's can have a quick reference point for the UDNC.

If you have any problems or questions 

A few changes for 2014 I want to make sure people are aware of.

Manager contact information

Luke Hill
Email address: lukehill@urbandebate.org
Phone number: 678-852-9280

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