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NYCUDL/CITI Foundation HS Championships
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in New York. View manager contact information
On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League & Institute of Collaborative Education & the Citi Foundation, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL CITI High School Championship on March 20-21st, 2015 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.
We will offer three debate formats: Public Forum, Policy Debate and Worlds/Parliamentary debates.
Judges’ training will be available for individuals interested in judging public forum, policy, and parliamentary debates.
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,
Program Director-Tournament Host – 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 18th, 2015
Once registration is closed on Wednesday March 18th 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 must provide one judge for every four teams competing.
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 for Parli on Saturday.
Judges must check in on the afternoon of the first day of the tournament by 4:00pm, for Policy and Public Forum.
TOPICS
Public Forum: February 2015 Topic – Resolution: In the United States, students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college.
Policy Debate NSDA 2014-2015 Topic: Oceans – Resolution: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth’s oceans.
Parliamentary/Worlds Debate PRELIMINARY DEBATES
ELIMINATION DEBATES (WILL BE PICKED FROM THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS)
LATE ARRIVAL POLICY
Once check-in closes (at 4:00pm on Friday for Policy and PF and 9:00am for Parli on Saturday ) - 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: Policy and Public Forum Debates: Friday, March 20th, 2015 – 4:00pm (the latest) Parliamentary Debates: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 – 9:00am (the latest)
Last Day to Add Team Entries on Speechwire: Wednesday, March 18, by 5:00PM Tournament SchedulePublic Forum DebateDay 1 – Friday, March 20, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education3:00-4:00pm – Tournament Registration 4:30-5:30pm – Round 1 (Preset) 5:45-6:45pm – Round 2 (Preset) 6:45pm – Dismissal 7:30pm – Round 3 pairings released online (www.speechwire.com & www.debate.nyc)
Day 2 – Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education8:00-9:30am – Breakfast 9:30am – 10:30am – Round 3 (Power matched from Round 1-2) 11:00 – Noon – Round 4 (Power match from Round 3) Noon – 12:45pm – Lunch 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Partial Quarterfinals * Teams are encouraged to watch other debates at the Citi Foundation HS Championships until Awards 4:00pm – Awards (Announcing teams competing in the National Qualifier Semifinals at Kirkland/Ellis Law Firm)
Day 3 – Wednesday, March 25, 2015 – Location: Kirkland/Ellis Law Firm - 601 Lexington Avenue3:00pm – 4:00pm – Check-in 4:00pm – 5:00pm – National Qualifier Semifinals (Panels) 5:30pm – 6:30pm – National Qualifier Final Round (Panels) 6:30pm – Awards
Open Parliamentary / Worlds Debate Division
Day 1 – Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education8:00am – 9:30am – Breakfast 9:30am – 9:50am – Announcement of Round 1 Motion & Prep 9:50am – 11:00am – Round 1 (Preset) 11:30am – 11:50am – Announcement of Round 2 Motion & Prep 11:50am – 1:00pm – Round 2 (Preset) 1:00pm – 1:45pm – Lunch 2:00pm – 2:20pm – Announcement of Round 3 motion & Prep 2:20pm – 3:30pm – Round 3 (Power matched from Round 1-2) 4:00pm – 4:20pm – Announcement of Round 4 motion & Prep 4:20pm – 5:30pm – Round 4 (Power matched from Round 3) 5:30pm – Awards (Announcing teams competing in the National Qualifier Semifinals at Kirkland/Ellis)
Day 2 – Wednesday, March 25, 2015 – Location: Kirkland/Ellis Law Firm – 601 Lexington Avenue2:30pm – 3:00pm – Check-in 3:00pm – 3:20pm – Announcement of Semifinal Round Motion and prep 3:20pm – 4:30pm – Semifinal Round (Panels) 4:45pm – 5:05pm – Announcement of Final Round Motion and prep 5:05pm – 6:30pm – Final Round 6:30pm – Awards
Novice Policy DebateDay 1 – Friday, March 20, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education2:00pm – 2:30pm – Tournament Registration 3:00pm – 4:30pm – Round 1 (Preset) 4:45pm – 6:30pm – Round 2 (Preset) 7:30pm – Round 3 pairings released online (www.speechwire.com & www.debate.nyc)
Day 2 – Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education8:00am – 9:30am – Breakfast 9:30am – 11:00am – Round 3 (Power matched from Round 1-2) 11:30am – 1:00pm – Semifinals (Panels) 1:00pm – 1:45pm – Lunch 2:00pm – 3:30pm – Finals (Panels) 4:00pm – Awards
Advanced Policy DebateDay 1 – Friday, March 20, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education2:00pm – 2:30pm – Registration 3:00pm – 4:30pm – Round 1 (Preset) 4:45pm – 6:30pm – Round 2 (Preset) 7:30pm – Round 3 pairings released online (www.speechwire.com & www.debate.nyc)
Day 2 – Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Location: Institute of Collaborative Education8:00am – 9:30am – Breakfast 9:30am – 11:00am – Round 3 (Power matched from Rounds 1-2) 11:30am – 1:00pm – Round 4 (Power matched from Round 3) 1:00pm – 1:45pm – Lunch 2:00pm – 3:30pm – Partial Quarters (Panels) 4:00pm – Awards (Announcing teams competing in the National Qualifier Semifinals at Kirkland/Ellis) * Teams not competing in elims can potentially serve as judges for Final Round Day 3 – Tuesday, March 24, 2015 – Location: ACORN Community High School2:30pm – 3:00pm – Check-in 3:00pm – 4:30pm – National Qualifier Semifinals (Panels) 5:00pm – 6:30pm – National Qualifier Final Round (Panels)
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT
Location: Institute of Collaborative Education Address: 345 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
The Institute for Collaborative Education is a proud member of the Old Stuyvesant Campus Complex located at 345 E. 15 Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, with the I.C.E. Main Office on the 5th Floor in Rm 513.
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