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This is a College tournament in Nebraska.

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Dear Forensics Friends,                                              

 

When the Nebraska Territory was founded in 1854, Omaha served as its capital city. However, most of Nebraska’s population lived south of the Platte River, sparking vigorous debate about moving the capital city to a location that would serve more people. And so began the Battle for the Capital, or so we like to think, until 1867 when the capital was moved from Omaha to Lincoln.[1]

 

To honor the history of our state and the friendship between our academic institutions, we invite you to the first annual University of Nebraska Battle for the Capital. Both days of this swing will be held on the University of Nebraska-Omaha campus on February 28th & March 1st.  Day one of the tournament will be hosted by UNL and day two will be hosted by UNO.

 

For several years, UNL and UNO have co-hosted together on the last weekend of the regular season to give teams an opportunity to stretch their budgetsTo do this, we offer low entry fees of $2 per slot; each uncovered slots will incur an additional $12. Please bring enough usable judges to cover your entry. In order to offer this low entry rate, we will award certificates or similar inexpensive trinkets instead of trophies. Moreover, our judge’s lounge will be modest at best (coffee, bagels, etc.).

 

Events and Point Distribution: We will offer competition in all eleven AFA events and appropriate elimination rounds.  AFA tiebreaking procedures will be followed throughout the tournament.  Awards will be given for 1st-6th places in each individual event.  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be given in team sweepstakes.  We will also recognize overall team sweepstakes winners.

 

Points for team awards will be as follows: 10 for 1st, 8 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, 4 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th.  Ties in team sweepstakes will be broken by number of finalists, then number of 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, etc.

 

Entry Deadline: Entries are due Tuesday, February 24th by 5:00 p.m. via www.speechwire.com.  Fees will be assessed based on information we have received by February 25h at 12:00 p.m.

 

Fees: A fee of $10 will be charged for all changes made at registration.  A fee of $50 will be charged for any judge dropped at registration.  Such changes make it difficult to run a timely and efficient tournament.  Please try to communicate all changes to the tournament directors ahead of time.  No fee will be charged for events dropped after day one of the swing.

 

Directions to Campus:

Tournament registration will take place in UNO’s Arts & Sciences (AS) building in the first-floor hallway.

 

Driving Directions: UNO is located in the metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska.  We are centrally located on 60th & Dodge Street.  If you travel to Omaha via Interstate 80:

• Take Exit 449 labeled “72nd Street” and travel north on 72nd Street to Dodge Street.

• Turn east (right) on Dodge Street.  Continue on Dodge Street past most of campus.

• At 60th Street (last entrance onto campus), turn south (right) onto University Drive East.

• Continue up the hill and when you reach the stop sign, turn right and park in either parking lot. 

 

Visit this website for a map of Omaha and the UNO campus: http://www.unomaha.edu/pages/map.html

*Special Needs: If you have a student or coach with special needs, please let us know. We will be happy to provide accommodations.

 

Tournament Schedule (Same for both days):

We will offer all eleven AFA individual events on both days.

 

  8:00    Registration (first floor of AS)

  8:30    Extemp Draw

  8:45    Round 1A (Duo, CA, Extemp, Info, POI, Prose)

10:00    Round 1B (ADS, DI, Impromptu, Persuasion, Poetry)

11:15    Lunch

11:45    Extemp Draw

12:00    Round 2A

  1:15    Round 2B

  2:30    Extemp Draw

  2:45    Finals A        

  3:45    Finals B

ASAP   Awards

 

We will send out an information pack the week of the tournament with food options and information regarding important rooms, including judges’ lounge and extemp draw.

 

Hotel Accommodations in Omaha:

Omaha has limitless options for your lodging needs. Hotels located near 72nd street are a good option because they are close to campus. Here are two choices:

 

Baymont Inn


3301 South 72nd Street
Omaha, NE 68124


Phone: (402) 391-8129


Complimentary dining: hot and cold breakfast


 

Courtyard Aksarben Marriott


1625 South 67th Street
Omaha, NE

68106 (402) 951-4300


Dining: The Bistro is an on-site restaurant that features healthy food choices, breakfast and dinner, an evening bar, and a Starbucks.


*This hotel is more expensive, but is of better quality and located on campus. Rate: Ranges from $87-109 per night


 

If you have any questions, please contact either of us.  We look forward to seeing you soon!  

 

Cameron Logsdon                                           Aaron Duncan

Assistant Director of Forensics                      Director of Forensics

University of Nebraska Omaha                      University of Nebraska Lincoln        

(402) 709-2361                                              (402) 472-6920

cameronlogsdon@gmail.com                           aduncan3@unl.edu



[1] For you history buffs, the capital was moved from Omaha to the village of Lancaster.  Lancaster was not renamed “Lincoln” until Nebraska was admitted to the union on March 1, 1867. 

 

Manager contact information

Cameron Logsdon
Email address: cameronlogsdon@gmail.com
Phone number: 402-709-2361

Mailing address

6001 Dodge St, AS 105E
Omaha, NE 68182

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