Virtual

Registration

8:00-8:30am (EDT)

Head Coach enters the Virtual Tournament office and checks in.

First Round

8:45am (EDT)--All judges/students should enter their first competition room.

9:00am (EDT)--Round 1 begins.

Awards

Will be livestreamed at approximately 5:30pm (EDT)

Notes:

• Policy, LD, PF, WSD, and Congress will be offered and will follow IHSFA rules.

• Policy, LD, PF, and WSD will be power-matched rounds 3 & 4 as time allows.

Policy:

• 2 divisions offered:  Varsity and Novice. IHSFA rules apply.  See below for Novice restrictions.

• Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

Novice Policy

Areas:

• Novice is defined as a first year debater. The following IHSFA Novice Topic Areas will be followed:

Forensic Science: Limit use of facial recognition software.

Policing: Abandon federal efforts to force local police to assist in immigration enforcement.

Sentencing: Abolish mandatory minimum sentences.

Sentencing: Drug decriminalization.

Lincoln-Douglas

• Varsity and Novice offered.  

• Both divisions will use the September/October topic. IHSFA Rules Apply.

• Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

Public Forum:

• Varsity and  Novice offered.

• Both Divisions will use the September/October topic.

• Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019.

World Schools Debate:

• One Division will be offered.

• Teams will debate both sides of the following two prepared motions:

• Rounds 1 & 2: This House regrets the rise of “cancel culture.”  INFO SLIDE

• Rounds 3 & 4: This House would eliminate the use of standardized tests as a component of college/university admissions.

Congress:

• Varsity and Novice offered.  

• Legislation to be debated can be found on the Files to Download tab.  

• Varsity will elect presiding officers from within the house with competitors voting for best P.O.  

• Please email me directly if you have someone willing to PO a novice house.  

JUDGES:

• Please bring one judge for every 4 debaters or fraction thereof (3 PF teams=2 judges). Congress=1 judge per 5 entries/fraction.

• All judges should be ready to judge any event.

• Varsity debaters with 250 NFL points+ may judge novice (PLEASE make sure to mark them as such on their registration.)

• We will be using online balloting via Speechwire and NSDA Campus as the online platform, so please make sure you accurately enter your judges’ emails when registering on Speechwire.