Welcome back and Happy New Year! Our fifth MAST of the year will be on Wednesday, January 19th at Stoneman Douglas High School.

 

Please follow the instructions on this page to register your entries. Remember, each school may only initially enter FIVE students in all events except Congress, in which you can enter TEN.

 

Registration for NEW ENTRIES will close on MONDAY, January 17th at 5pm. At that time as many students will be released from the waitlist as judge numbers allow. Changes (drops or name changes) can be made until 12pm on January 17th. Any changes after that, please text Lisa Farris: 954.547.3547 the school name, student who is dropping, and her/his event. 

 

You MUST arrive for the tournament between 1:30pm and 2:15pm. If you arrive after 2:15 you will get caught in Stoneman Douglas's dismissal traffic and could miss/forfeit the first round.

 

Everyone will stay in the cafeteria until Stoneman Douglas has dismissed and round 1 is ready to begin (hopefully around 3:15pm). The judge lounge will be in the media center.

 

For PF, the January topic will be used -  Resolved: The United States federal government should legalize all illicit drugs.

 

For LD, the January/February topic will be used - Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust.

 

For Policy Debate, the 2021-22 topic will be used - Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States. In addition, at the MASTs all teams MUST use the Novice Policy Packet. The Novice Policy Packet can be accessed at http://www.debatecoaches.org/2021-2022-novice-packet.

 

Extemp topic areas will be "Voting Rights" and "International Supply Chain Issues", and Impromptu topic areas will be "MLK" and "Future"

 

Congress legislation for the spring semester was emailed to all coaches. It is also accessible electronically here under the "Files for Download" section. The spring legislation packet has designations for which bills will be debated in which months, with 4 bills per month. Per usual, chambers might not debate all 4 bills if time does not allow.

 

More information will be distributed as the tournament approaches. Please let your mentor know if you have any questions.

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