NYCUDL Queens Borough Championships

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This is a Middle School tournament in New York.

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NYCUDL Queens Borough Championship

Hunters Point Community MS

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League & Midwood, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL Queens Borough Championships on April 16th, 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 –April 13^th, 2016

Once registration is closed on Wednesday April 13th 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) 

• This House would increase funding for space exploration
• This House would let 100,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. 
• This House would repeal the Hyde Amendment and fund abortions. 

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, April 16th , by 9:00AM

Last Day to Add Team Entries on Speechwire:  Wednesday, April 13th, by 5:00PM
 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Saturday – April 16th, 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: Hunters Point Community MS 

Address: 1-50 51st Avenue Queens, NY 11101 

Public Transportation:

Subway 

7 Train - Vernon Blvd - Jackson Avenue 

G Train - 21st Street 

Manager contact information

Aubrey Semple
Email address: aubrey@debate.nyc
Phone number: 347-589-3733

Mailing address

None provided