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Battle for the Capital Sunday
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Nebraska. View manager contact information January, 2014 Dear Forensics Friends, When the Nebraska Territory was founded in 1854, Omaha served as its capital city. However, most of Nebraska’s population lived south of the Platte River, sparking vigorous debate about moving the capital city to a location that would serve more people. And so began the Battle for the Capital, or so we like to think, until 1867 when the capital was moved from Omaha to Lincoln.[1] To honor the history of our state and the friendship between our academic institutions, we invite you to the second annual University of Nebraska Battle for the Capital. Both days of this swing will be held on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on March 1st and 2nd. All entries will be due via SpeechWire on Tuesday, February 25th by 5:00 p.m. For several years, UNL and UNO have co-hosted together on the last weekend of the regular season to give teams an opportunity to stretch their budgets. To do this, we offer low entry fees of $2 per slot; each uncovered slots will incur an additional $12. Please bring enough usable judges to cover your entry. In order to offer this low entry rate, we will award certificates or similar inexpensive trinkets instead of trophies. Moreover, our judge’s lounge will be modest at best (coffee, bagels, etc.). Events and Point Distribution: We will offer competition in all eleven AFA events and appropriate elimination rounds. AFA tiebreaking procedures will be followed throughout the tournament. Awards will be given for 1st-6th places in each individual event. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be given in team sweepstakes. We will also recognize overall team sweepstakes winners. Points for team awards will be as follows: 10 for 1st, 8 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, 4 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Ties in team sweepstakes will be broken by number of finalists, then number of 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, etc. The top speaker in individual sweepstakes will be honored on Saturday and Sunday; an overall individual sweepstakes champion will also be recognized. Entry Deadline: Entries are due Tuesday, February 25th by 5:00 p.m. Please submit all entries via www.speechwire.com. Fees: A $5 fee will be charged for all entry changes made after February 27th at 12:00 p.m.A fee of $10 will be charged for all changes made at registration. A fee of $50 will be charged for any judge dropped at registration. Such changes make it difficult to run a timely and efficient tournament. Please try to communicate all changes to the tournament directors ahead of time. No fee will be charged for events dropped after day one of the swing. I.E. Tournament Schedule (Same for both days): Both Days Will be hosted on the Campus of UNL 8:00 Registration (first floor of CBA room 143) 8:30 Extemp Draw 8:45 Round 1A (Extemp, Persuasion, DI, ADS, Poetry, POI) 10:00 Round 1B (Impromptu, Prose, Informative, CA, DUO) 11:15 Lunch 11:45 Extemp Draw 12:00 Round 2A 1:15 Round 2B 2:30 Extemp Draw 2:45 Finals A 4:00 Final B ASAP Awards
Hotels We are unable to secure a block of hotel rooms for the tournament because this is also the weekend of the girl’s state high school basketball tournament in Lincoln. Rest assured there are more than enough hotels in town but we do suggest you make your reservations early. If you have any problems getting a hotel please let Aaron know. Day one of the tournament will be hosted by UNO and day two by UNL. If you have any questions, please contact either of us. We look forward to seeing you in March! Abbie Syrek Aaron Duncan Director of Forensics Director of Forensics University of Nebraska Omaha University of Nebraska Lincoln (402) 554-3952 (402) 472-6920 abbie.syrek@gmail.com aduncan3@unl.edu
[1] For you history buffs, the capital was moved from Omaha to the village of Lancaster. Lancaster was not renamed “Lincoln” until Nebraska was admitted to the union on March 1, 1867.
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