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Bradley University's 67th Annual LE Norton Memorial

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September 2014

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

Bradley University is pleased to invite you to the 67th annual L.E. Norton Memorial Tournament to be held November 1 & 2, 2014. Team officers Talan Tyminski, Rachel Anders, and Kit Baumgartner are busy planning what we hope will be a fun, competitive, and educational event for you and your students. Our tournament offers strong national and local competition towards the end of the first semester of the year, providing a good test at the halfway point of our seasons.

 

We will be offering a novice division in all events where there are at least 35 varsity entries. We will also be giving our traditional pottery mugs as awards to the top five schools in open and 2-year team sweepstakes, top five pentathlon speakers (both 2-year and open), and top six speakers in each event (both varsity and novice). Congratulations to last year’s open team sweepstakes winner, Western Kentucky University, 2-year team sweepstakes winner, Harper College, open pentathlon winner Josh Planos from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and novice pentathlon winner Harry Wood from Northwestern University. Finally, we will continue to present the L.E. Norton award to a coach who represents Dr. Norton’s commitment, compassion, and dedication to collegiate forensics. Congratulations to last year’s winner, Leah White from Minnesota State University-Mankato.

 

We hope you can join us in November for this celebration of both our tournament and our mentor, Dr. L.E. Norton.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Ken Young                            Justin Helmley                              Tanya Melendez                  

Director of Forensics             Asst. Director of Forensics           Assistant Coach               

(309) 677-2439        

kyoung@bradley.edu                    

 

 

L.E. Norton Memorial

Information and Procedures

 

RULES and GUIDELINES:

1.    The L.E. Norton Memorial will adhere to the ethical standards and event descriptions of the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament. They can be accessed online at afa-niet.org. All judges AND competitors are expected to be aware of and well-versed in these standards.

2.    The Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking final round will feature an open cross-examination period of 2 minutes.  Each speaker will be questioned by the previous speaker, with the last speaker questioning the first speaker.  Contestants who will cross-examine the speaker are required to watch the speech and are permitted to take notes during the speech.  We ask that all finalists report to draw first so that speaker order can be assigned to accommodate multiple entries and the questioning period.  It is at the judges’ discretion to include or not to include the cross-examination period in their ranking of the round.  

3.    No material may have been performed by a student in any competition (high school or college) prior to this academic year (2014-2015). Students in violation of this rule will be disqualified.

 

REGISTRATION:

1.    Novice divisions will be offered in events containing at least 35 varsity entries and at least 12 novice entries. Novice designates students from four year schools with NO intercollegiate forensics experience prior to August 1, 2014 and any students from two year schools/community colleges.  In other words, novice categories are open to 4-year students in their first year of competition and any two year student.

2.    Each school may enter an unlimited number of students per event.

3.    Each student may enter a maximum of two events per group. Two duos count as two events.

GROUP A:

GROUP B:

GROUP C:

Impromptu Speaking

Duo Interpretation

 After Dinner Speaking

Informative Speaking

Extemporaneous Speaking

Communication Analysis

Prose Interpretation

Persuasive Speaking

Dramatic Interpretation

 

Program Oral Interpretation

Poetry Interpretation

 

4.    Semi-Finals will be held for events containing over 60 entries. Quarter-Finals will be held for events containing at least 120 entries.

5.    Entries must be submitted via Speechwire.com.  Entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. (noon), CST, Tuesday, October 28, 2014. No additions will be accepted after this time.  Drops can be made on Speechwire.com until noon on Wednesday, October 29th at which point entries and fees will be assessed.

 

AWARDS:

1.    Individual event trophies will be awarded to the top six competitors and semi-finalists in each event (Both Novice and Varsity).

2.    Team trophies will be awarded to the top five schools in both open and 2-year team sweepstakes.

3.    Pentathlon trophies will be awarded to the top five speakers of the tournament, in both novice and 
open categories (if there are at least 5 entries in each category). To be eligible for open Pentathlon, a student must compete in at least five open events, including one interpretation event, one limited preparation event, and one public address event, plus two other events of the student’s choosing. Two Duos do not count as two events in Pentathlon. Points are based on elimination rounds only. The student’s five best events will be tabulated for Pentathlon points. If entries warrant, we will also offer awards for novice (2-year) Pentathlon. Only students whose five events are novice will be eligible, providing they meet the genre requirements listed above.

4.    Team sweepstakes and Pentathlon are calculated according to the following point scale.

*12 points:

1st place in varsity final

*6 points:

1st place in novice final

*10 points:

 2nd place in varsity final

*5 points:

2nd place in novice final

*8 points:

3rd place in varsity final

*4 points:

3rd place in novice final

*6 points:

4th place in varsity final

*3 points:

4th place in novice final

*4 points:

 5th place in varsity final

 *2 points:

5th place in novice final

*2 points:

 6th/7th place in varsity final

*1 point:

6th/7th place in novice final

*1 point:

 All quarter-finalists and semi-finalists (varsity and novice)

 

 

 

 

 

FEES:

1.    A fee of $10 will be charged for each entry slot.

2.    One judge is needed for every six slots entered. Judges may be hired for an additional $10 per slot not covered by your school. Hired judges will be paid $10 per round.

Please note:  Any school bringing a Bradley Alumnus as a judge will have that judge cover 10 slots rather than the typical six.  It is your responsibility to register any alumni judges.

3.     Drop penalties are as follows:

-NO CHARGE for drops up to 12:00 noon, Wednesday, October 29, 2014.

-$10 charge per dropped slot, $25 per dropped judge plus new uncovered slots after 12:00 noon, Wednesday, October 29, 2014.

-$25 charge per dropped slot and $75 charge per dropped judge at Registration.

4.     Checks should be made payable to Beta Sigma Tau.

 

 

 

Anticipated Schedule

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014

                     8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.         Early Registration (Michel Student Center Atrium)

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014

                     8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.           Late Registration (Student Center Atrium)

                     9:00 a.m.                               Extemp Draw (Baker Hall, B51)

                     9:30 a.m.                               Round 1, Group B (DUO, EXT, PER, POI)

                   10:30 a.m.                               Extemp Draw (Baker Hall, B51)

                   11:00 a.m.                               Round 2, Group B

                   12:00 p.m.                               LUNCH BREAK

                     1:00 p.m.                               Extemp Draw (Baker Hall, B51)

                     1:30 p.m.                               Round 3, Group B

                     2:45 p.m.                               Round 1, Group A (IMP, INF, PRO)

                     4:15 p.m.                               Round 2, Group A

                     5:45 p.m.                               Round 3, Group A

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014

                     7:00 a.m.                               Buildings Open for Warm-Ups

                     8:00 a.m.                               Round 1, Group C (ADS, CA, DI, POE)

                     9:15 a.m.                               Round 2, Group C

                   10:30 a.m.                               Round 3, Group C       

                   11:30 a.m.                               LUNCH BREAK

                     1:15 p.m.                               Outrounds session one (all semifinals)

                     3:15 p.m.                               Outrounds session two

                     5:15 p.m.                               Outrounds session three

                     ASAP                                     Awards ceremony (Markin Center)

 

                      9:00 p.m.                              Social Gathering – location and details TBA

 

 

HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS:

 

Regardless of where you choose to stay, book immediately! Other activities on campus and in town can make getting hotel rooms difficult. However, the Peoria, East Peoria, Pekin, and even Morton areas have many hotels. All reservations must be a transaction between your school and the lodging establishment. This year we have brought in the folks at Travel Advocates to help you negotiate the lowest rates at the hotels YOU prefer.  See below:

           

                  TRAVEL ADVOCATES                                          BAYMONT INN AND SUITES   

                  Melody Carlisle                                                        2002 War Memorial Dr.

                  Sales Manager                                                         Peoria, IL 61614

                  (201) 222-1990 x207                                                (309) 686-7600

                  melody@traveladvocates.com                                 Company Name: Bradley Forensics Co.

                                                                                                    Rate: $59 + tax

NEW**Courtyard Mariott Peoria Downtown

533 Main St., Peoria, IL 61602

(309) 671-5050

Bradley Forensics Tournament Room Block

Rate: $95 + tax

 

 

Manager contact information

Ken Young
Email address: kyoung@fsmail.bradley.edu
Phone number: 8157399337

Mailing address

None provided

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