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NYCUDL Harlem Championships
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a Middle School tournament in New York. View manager contact information
NYCUDL Harlem Championship PS 161 On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League & PS 161, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL Harlem Championships on May 14th, 2016 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.
We will offer three debate formats: Public Forum, Parliamentary Debate (MS) and Policy Debate (HS)
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 –aubrey@debate.nyc
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 aubrey@debate.nyc ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM –May 11th, 2016
Once registration is closed on Wednesday May 11th 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 two 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. TOPICS
Public Forum: April 2016 Topic – Resolution – Resolved: To alleviate income inequality in the United States, increased spending on public infrastructure should be prioritized over increased spending on means-tested welfare programs.
Policy Debate NSDA 2015-2016 Topic: Surveillance – Resolution: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Parliamentary Debate (Middle School)
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. Sweepstakes points will be awarded to the top 5 schools. Sweepstakes will be calculated based on the school’s entries (up to 5 top teams).
IMPORTANT DATES
Check-in / Day of tournament check-in: Saturday, May 14th , by 9:00AM
Last Day to Add Team Entries on Speechwire: Wednesday, May 11th, by 5:00PM TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
SATURDAY – May 14th, 2016 8:30am - 9:30am - Registration and Breakfast 9:00am - Registration Closes
Policy Debate Schedule 10:00am - Round 1 12:00pm -Round 2 2:00pm - Lunch 3:00pm - Round 3 (Power Matched) 5:30pm - Awards Public Forum Debate Schedule 10:00am - Round 1 11:00am - Round 2 12:30pm - Lunch 1:30pm - Round 3 (Power Matched) 3:00pm – Awards 4:00pm - Departure Parliamentary (MS) 10:05am – Round 1 11:10am - Round 2 12:00pm - Lunch 12:50pm - Round 3 Pairings and Topic Announced 1:10pm - Round 3 3:00pm - Awards 4:00pm - Departure TRAVEL DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT
Location: PS 161 Address: 499 West 133rd Street NY NY 10027
Public Transportation: Subway 1 Train - 137th Street - City College A & D Trains - 125th Street B & C Trains - 135th Street Buses Bx 15, Bx33, M10, M100, M101, M104, M11, M2, M3, M4, M5, M60-SBS Aubrey Semple Mailing address None provided SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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