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Bradley University's 67th Annual LE Norton Memorial
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information
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.
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 4. Team sweepstakes and Pentathlon are calculated according to the following point scale.
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
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