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Richard J. Ernst Invitational (Jan. 2019)
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Virginia. View manager contact information = Dear Friends, On behalf of Northern Virginia Community College, the NOVA Forensics Team is delighted to invite you to the Washington DC metropolitan area in Alexandria, VA on Saturday, January 19th, 2019 for the Richard J. Ernst Invitational. The tournament will be held on the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College in the Bisdorf Building. Our tournament features formidable competition from some of the top forensics programs in the country, great wellness for your team and a talented tabulation staff for an efficient tournament experience. For individual event and IPDA debate speaker awards, we will provide a combination of ceramic themed art crafted by NOVA students and beautiful plaques for team and individual sweepstakes winners! This year, in addition to offering competition in 11 individual events, the Richard J. Ernst Invitational will also offer IPDA Debate! For IPDA debate there will be four preliminary rounds and two elimination rounds. Phi Rho Pi rules govern IPDA debate. In the round, students doing IPDA debate will be given a choice of 5 resolutions (2 policy, 2 fact/value, 1 metaphor). Negative will strike first; Affirmative will strike second, and so on until one resolution is left. The 30-minute preparation time begins as soon as the Negative strikes their first topic. As per Phi Rho Pi/IPDA rules, students ARE allowed to consult electronic devices and the Internet during prep time only. We are excited to host this event for interested competitors! For an efficient debate tournament, students in IPDA Debate cannot enter in any other Individual Event. After the Richard J. Enst Tournament on Saturday concludes, the NOVA Alexandria campus will host an exciting Southern Northern Atlantic Forensics Union (SNAFU) Tournament on Sunday, January 20th 2019. The SNAFU Tournament will also feature all 11 AFA sanctioned events and also IPDA debate. Please see Speechwire.com for more information on the Sunday SNAFU tournament. We hope to see you in January for a great tournament experience on our campus! Please see below for more specifics about the tournament:
SCHEDULE Pattern A: Extemp, POI, Prose, Informative, Persuasive, Duo, IPDA Debate Pattern B: Poetry, DI, CA, ADS, Impromptu, IPDA Debate Saturday, January 19th, 2019 (Richard J. Ernst Invitational) 8:00 am Registration (Bisdorf Building, Room AA-158) 8:30 am Extemp Draw 9:00 am Round 1A & IPDA Debate Round 1 (Topic Selection in Round) 10:15 am Round 1 B & IPDA Debate Round 2 (Topic Selection in Round) 12:00 pm Extemp Draw 12:30 pm Round 2 A & IPDA Debate Round 3 (Topic Selection in Round) 1:45 pm Round 2 B & IPDA Debate Round 4 (Topic Selection in Round) 3:00 pm Extemp Draw 3:30 pm Finals A & IPDA Debate Elimination Round 1 (Topic Selection in Round) 4:45 pm Finals B & IPDA Debate Elimination Round 2 (Topic Selection in Round) ASAP Awards (Bisdorf-AA-196)
On both days of the tournament we will provide light breakfast fare in the morning and some snacks throughout the tournament in the wellness room, Bisdorf 158. Schools will need to make arrangements for lunch independently. There is a Panera Bread close by that will deliver lunch to the Bisdorf building for your team if you make your reservation in advance. To place an order pleases call 571-458-4907.
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IPDA (Parliamentary Debate) Information for the Richard J. Ernst InvitationalThis year, in addition to offering competition in 11 individual events, the Richard J. Ernst Invitational will also offer an IPDA Debate! There will be four preliminary rounds and two elimination rounds in IPDA Debate. IPDA and Phi Rho Pi rules govern IPDA debate. Students will be given a choice of 5 resolutions (2 policy, 2 fact/value, 1 metaphor). Negative will strike first; Affirmative will strike second, and so on until one resolution is left. The 30-minute preparation time begins as soon as the Negative strikes their first topic. As per Phi Rho Pi/IPDA rules, students ARE allowed to consult electronic devices and the Internet during prep time. We look forward to seeing you! Please contact me if your have any questions Dr. Nathan Carter Director of Forensics Northern Virginia Community College nacarter@nvcc.edu (Office) 703-845-6573
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