MSQI #3 Debate Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a Middle School tournament in New York.

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MSQI #3 – Battle of the Boroughs

Middle School 45

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League, the Middle School Quality Initiative of the NYC Department of Education & Middle School 45, you are cordially invited to the MSQI#3 – Battle of the Boroughs for Public Forum on March 28^th, 2015 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.

We will offer one debate format: Public Forum, featuring 3 rounds of debate of public forum debate.

Judges’ training will be available for individuals interested in judging public forum

All questions, concerns and/or issues about the tournament should be directed to:

Tournament/Program Director: Aubrey Semple –semplenyc@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you all,

MSQI Literary Coach - Ben Honoroff / Middle School Quality Initiative - NYC Department of Education 

Program Director– Aubrey Semple / New York City Urban Debate League 

Executive Director – Erik Fogel / New York City Urban Debate League

Online Registration

Registration will take place on speechwire.com.

If you have any questions or issues regarding registration, please email the program director, Aubrey Semple at semplenyc@gmail.com

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM – MARCH 25^TH, 2015

Once registration is closed on Wednesday January 7^th at 5pm, you may still drop or change the names of your entries and judges, but you may not add any additional names.

Judging Assignment

Each school can provide one judge for every four teams competing but not required.   

There will be judge training for new/inexperienced judges.  Providing a judge for training may also count toward fulfillment of your judging assignment. 

Judges must check in on the morning of the tournament by 9:00am, the latest.

TOPICS

Resolution for the MSQI tournament will be based on the nuclear power topic (Word Generation - Unit 2.13) - Resolved: Doctors should be allowed to assist terminally ill patients with suicide.

LATE ARRIVAL POLICY

Once check-in closes (at 9:00am) – late arrivals will forfeit the first round and will debate round 2 (even if only late by a few minutes).  During round 1, late arrivals should observe and flow debates.

We must emphasize this rule in order to have an efficient, timely and well-managed tournament.  Please oblige to this request. 

AWARDS

Speaker points will be on the scale of 30 points.

We will provide awards for top speakers, top teams and sweepstakes for top schools.  Sweepstakes will be calculated based on the school’s top 5 team entries.

IMPORTANT DATES

Check-in / Day of tournament check-in: Saturday, March 28, by 9:30AM
 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – March 28TH, 2015

8:30am - 9:30am - Registration and Breakfast

9:00am - Registration Closes

9:30am – 10:30am – Prep session for debate participants

10:30am – 11:30am – Round 1

11:30am – 12:30pm – Round 2

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm – Round 3

2:30pm – 3:00pm – Speaker – Workshop – TBA

3:00pm – 3:30pm – Award Ceremony

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT

Location: Middle School 45

Address: 2502 Lorillard Place, Bronx, NY 10458

Buses:

Bx12, Bx15, BX17, Bx 19, Bx22, Bx34, Bx41, Bx9

Train:

D Train – Fordham Road

Manager contact information

Aubrey Semple
Email address: semplenyc@gmail.com
Phone number:

Mailing address

None provided