Virtual

Registration

8:00-8:30am (CDT)

Head Coach enters the Virtual Tournament office and checks in.

First Round

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

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

Awards

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

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 November/ December topic. IHSFA Rules Apply.
• Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.

Public Forum:

• Varsity and  Novice offered.
• Both Divisions will use the November/December topic.
• Resolved: The United States should adopt a declaratory nuclear policy of no first use.

World Schools Debate:

• One Division will be offered.
• Teams will debate both sides of one prepared and one impromptu motion.
• Resolved: This house believes that US citizens should be allowed to import from foreign nations pharmaceuticals approved by foreign government's FDA's.

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