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Urban Debate National Championship 2016


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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in California.

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Saturday Night Updates and Clearing Teams

Breakfast 6:30 AM

Pairing Release and Coin Flips in Lobby at 7 AM

Octafinals 8:15 AM

Clearing Teams

Baltimore City SAKA (Baltimore City College) Carolyn Sacco and Peter Kannam

Brooklyn Techn SAMA (Brooklyn Technical High School) Samuel Sagawa and Harrison Mahler

Downtown Magne LESK (Downtown Magnets High School) Samantha Lemus and Eleanor Skladman

East Early ROHE (East Early) Cesar Rodriguez and Jessie Herrera

Hume Fogg DARH (Hume Fogg) Faith Davenport and Starr Rhee

Henry W. Grady FRCH (Henry W. Grady HS) Jaster Francis and Morgan Choi

Henry W. Grady WANA (Henry W. Grady HS) Solomon Watson and Manuel Navarrete

Lionel Wilson HEAN (Lionel Wilson) Jontae Henry and Dacobi Anderson

Northside Coll SAJO (Northside College Prep Debate) Maria Sanchez and Wes Jones

Payton BRWE (Payton) Lenny Brahin and Micah Weese

Roosevelt High PHOQ (Roosevelt High) Rylee Phillips and Christopher Oquist

Rufus King GURO (Rufus King) Kenneth Guy and Ishmael Robinson

Skyline HALI (Skyline) Christine Harris and Max Li

Stern MASS ALVE (Stern MASS) Samantha Velasco and Diana Alvarez

University Pre COMO (University Prep) Tamara Morrison and Tiera Colvin

Woodrow Wilson Gabriel Jankovsky and Alexander Van Geenen

Judges

Anderson

Barlow

Bell

Bowens

Briscoe

Bryce

Campbell

Cedillo

Chao

Dean

Figueroa

Gray

Hopkins

King

Lewis

Liles

Massey

Mathis

Nhan

Oberly

Semple

Trejo

Willoughby

Wright

Friday Morning Announcements/Reminders

The Opening Ceremony starts promptly at 4 PM in Visual Arts 115 at the City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus. Please make sure you arrive on time.

Shuttles depart the Hyatt at 3:30 PM.

If you take the BART from the city City College is located near the Balboa Park station.

Students, coaches and family can get in tournament updates using the text or email featurs of Speechwire Live

Here is a list of teams entered in the tournament.

Judging

Judge Philosophies

Each school will provide one judge for a commitment of 3 preliminary debates.
Judges must be active in their league judging or serving as tabulation staff for at least 3 tournaments during the current academic year.
Judges are expected to be available for all preliminary rounds.
All judges will be committed for one round after your team is eliminated.
For teams that do not clear to elimination debates, judges are obligated through the first elimination debate on Sunday morning.
Donated rounds by assistant coaches and league staff are appreciated and should be entered into Speechwire as judges for the league.
Judges will not hear teams from leagues with which they are affiliated. Rounds are not available for hire.
All judges must complete a background check. We will accept checks performed by local leagues or the school district which employs a judge. Background checks are also available from Verified Volunteers at a reduced rate for individuals working with urban debate leagues. NAUDL reserves the right to remove any attendee from the tournament or judging pool who are a risk to competitors or violate the Youth Protection Policy.
Judges need to provide a judge philosophy to the tournament staff before they may be utilized in the tournament.
A team whose judge commitment cannot be filled will forfeit all rounds until their judges meet all requirments to be placed in the pool.

Revealing Decisions

Judges may reveal decisions after a ballot has been submitted to the tab room.
Judges are encouraged to give substantive oral critiques of about 5-10 minutes in length.
Judges are encouraged to fill out written ballots that will be shared with the students after the tournament.
Decisions of the Octafinal debates will be announced at the awards ceremony. The Chair of each panel in the Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Final Round will announce the decision when all ballots have been collected.

Code of Conduct

The Urban Debate National Championship, hosted by the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues showcases the best urban debaters from across the country. At the tournament, we celebrate the the continued growth of urban debate and seek to display wide array of both geographical and argument diversity. In recognition of this, the Code of Conduct seeks to provide a useful baseline of expectations for all participants to ensure a rewarding experience for all. Violations of the code of conduct should be reported to the Tournament Director. The Tournament Director and an advisory committee of League Directors will decide the appropriate action including, but not limited to forfeiture of rounds or removal from the tournament. Debaters, educators, schools, and leagues recognize debate as a powerful, educational activity built upon the ideals of respect, community, and civil discourse. All actions and decisions during a tournament seek to promote these ideals, and ensure a positive learning environment for all participants, judges, and observers.

1. Debaters represent their school and therefore all relevant rules and regulations of their local school district will apply during their time at the tournament and related events.

2. Debaters should be good competitors. It is the duty of each debater to participate honestly and fairly. Debaters should respect all competitors, coaches, judges and audience members.

3. Bullying and behaviors which belittle, degrade, demean, or otherwise dehumanize others are not permitted at the Urban Debate National Championship. These actions are not in the best interest of the activity because they interfere with the goals of education and personal growth.

4. Debaters should respect the educational role that judges provide the activity. Debaters who engage in a dialogue with a judge after a round should maintain a respectful demeanor. Discussions should focus on understanding the decision of the judge and improving the debater’s performances in future rounds. Remember the post round is an opportunity to learn, not deliver your final rebuttal.

5. Debaters should not plagiarize. Claiming another's written or spoken words as one's own is plagiarism, a very serious offense against responsible scholarship. Evidence used in a debate should be properly attributed to the author verbally during the debate. Debaters should be able to provide, within a reasonable time, complete documentation of all evidence presented. Documentation includes: name of author(s), source of publication, full date, page numbers and author(s) credentials when available in the original] when challenged. Evidence that is not attributed adequately should be disregarded by judges.

6. Debaters value communication and should present arguments at a rate that can be understood by their assigned judge. Debaters should not “clip” cards. All evidence entered in the debate should be clearly marked as to what parts of the evidence were and were not presented during the round for review by opponent and judge.

Contact lukehill at urbandebate.org with any questions about registration or tournament proceedures.

Manager contact information

Luke Hill
Email address: lukehill@urbandebate.org
Phone number: 678-852-9280

Mailing address

Chicago, IL

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