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This is a High School tournament in Wisconsin.

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Registration is open for the 2014 MDL Open Tournament!
 
Saturday, October 25th at Bay View High School: 2751 S Lenox St. Milwaukee, WI 53207
 
Divisions: VSS, JVSS, NSS, LD, & PF. Novice is intended for first year debaters and JV is intended for second year debaters. In Policy Debate, please keep any oral comments after the round to a minimum. Policy debate prep time is 8 minutes for all divisions. LD Prep is 4 min. PF Prep is 2 min. 
 
Disclosure Guidelines and Evidence Restrictions: Novice is restricted to the Novice Packet (Topicality, China DA, Spending DA, Environment DA, Precautionary Principle aff and neg, Aquaculture aff and neg, Ocean Clean up aff and neg).  According to MDL policy, novices must use the novice packet and CANNOT supplement arguments with outside research- this rule will be in effect at the tournament. JV CANNOT run kritiks. Any counterplan is allowed. 
 
In JV and Varsity Policy debate, ANY affirmative beyond the novice packet must be disclosed by registration on the wiki (milwaukeedebateleague.wikispaces.com). Disclosures are expected to be all tags, citations, and plan texts that will be read in the 1AC. 
 
Topics: Policy-Oceans LD-Organ Procurement PF- public subsidies for professional athletic organizations
 
Judge Requirements: 1 judge per 1-2 VSS/JVSS/NSS/LD/PF entries or any fraction thereof
 
1 judge may cover 1 LD & 1 PF entry—we’ll assume they can judge both unless you specify otherwise.
 
Registration: Registration deadline is FRIDAY, OCT 17TH AT 5PM. Fees are locked as of October 21st at 10:00pm.  Use speechwire.com. Let me know if you have problems. If you have adds after the deadline, email them to me and I’ll add them if there’s still space. Confirm your registration (even if you have no changes) between 8-8:30 am on Saturday by calling 414-731-7668.
 
Tentative Schedule: 
 
Registration: Front lobby EVERYTHING 8:00-8:30
 
*Please note that if you are not at the school to register by 8:30 and I haven’t received a phone call from you at 414-731-7668, we will start dropping your teams in the computer.* 
 
Policy 
 
Rd 1- 9:00 am 
Rd 2- 11:00 am
Lunch
Rd 3- 1:30 pm
 
LD/PF
 
Rd 1- 9:00 am 
Rd 2- 10:00 am
Rd 3- 11:00 am
Rd 4- 12:00 pm
Lunch
Rd 5- 2:00 pm
 
Awards- 4:00 in cafeteria
 
Fees: VSS/NSS: $30 per entry LD/PF: $20 per entry *Entry fees include food for the day. There will NOT be concession for purchase. Let me know about any dietary restrictions when registering.  
 
Make checks payable to Milwaukee Debate League. If mailing, please send to: Milwaukee Debate League, P.O. Box 342146, Milwaukee, WI 53234
 
Fees are locked as of Oct 21st at 10 pm, plus any fees from adding teams or missing judges. If you do not bring the required amount of judges, I reserve the right to either charge you $150 per missing judge or unregister your teams until the judges you have present are enough to cover your obligation. There will be very few, if any, extra judges available.
 
Thank you for your interest in our tournament, we’re very excited! Please contact Emily Summers with any questions at 414-731-7668 or emilysummers@urbandebate.org. Otherwise, we’ll see you Oct. 25th.

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Emily Summers
Email address: emilysummers@urbandebate.org
Phone number: 414-731-7668

Mailing address

P.O. Box 342146
Milwaukee, WI 53234

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