COVID Tournament Protocols from our hosts Minnesota State University-Mankato 

We’re sharing these specific policies at the behest of Student Affairs:

• Campus hosts should inform visitors that we currently have a masking mandate, if we are designated substantial or high case counts (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view).
• Beginning October 4th students who participate in select campus activities will be asked to provide proof of vaccination or proof of weekly testing. Successful demonstration of proof of vaccine or weekly testing will allow forensic and debate students to perform unmasked. 
• Visitors to campus should be informed of the proof of vaccine and weekly testing requirement as they plan their visit. No proof of vaccine or a recent test will be collected.
• Any student, visitor, or employee should refrain from coming to campus if they have COVID symptoms.

 

Tournament Schedule 

Day 1: IES Only Feb. 25

3:30pm Registration 

4:00 pm Extemp Draw

4:30 pm Round 1 

5:30 pm Extemp Draw

6:00 pm Round 2

7:30 pm Finals

 

Day 2 (IES & Parli) Feb. 26

9:00 am Round 1 A:ADS, DUO, IMP, INFO, PRO, Parli  

10:15 am Round 2 A:ADS, DUO, IMP, INFO, PRO Parli 

11:15 am Lunch Break

12:00 pm Draw 

12:30 pm Round 1 B: CA, DI, EXT, PERS, POE, POI, Parli 

1:30 pm Draw

2:00 pm Round 2 B: CA, DI, EXT, PERS, POE, POI Parli, SF

3:30 pm  Finals A/Parli Finals 

5:00 pm Finals B

ASAP Awards both days

 

 

Events and Conflict Patterns

The tournaments will be using the AFA Individual Events rules.

 

Flight A: Dramatic Duo, After Dinner Speaking, Prose Interpretation, Informative Speaking, Impromptu Speaking

 

Flight B: Program Oral Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Communication Analysis, Poetry Interpretation, Persuasive Speaking, and Extemporaneous Speaking

 

Parliamentary Debate: Those participating in Parliamentary Debate may not enter IEs on Day 2.

 

Individual Events: Students who are only entered in Individual Events may enter up to 2 events on Day 1 and may enter up to 2 events in both Flight A and Flight B. Triple Entries are discouraged in one flight pattern, but maybe allowed at the discretion of the tournament manager. This is to balance room and judge availability. 

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