We invite you to the Southview Rotary Invitational ONE-DAY tournament.  We will be hosting a full day of Congressional Debate, 4 prelims of speech plus a finals, and six rounds of LD and PF debate (powering after Round 2)  We also will be offering Middle School events and will allow double entries. We are not capping any events so long as teams can cover their judges and understand they *may* hit their own team members. We are hosting all events at Sylvania Southview High School. We look forward to hosting you in January!

See the following for information on times, Rounds begin at 9:30 a.m. (Extemp Draw starts at 9:00!). Entry fee is $6.00 per student. There are no caps in LD, Congress and PF. provided you can cover your judges and understand competitors *may* hit their own team members.

Checks should be made out to Southview Forensics Boosters. Please do NOT bring a Purchase Order. We accept cash or checks!

All events are in-person.

Thanks!

Tournament Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TcHqiyUv1B0xg6Q7KsvV6ywpW1ZZvE4TkBvt1rwSz_Y/edit?usp=sharing 

Tab: will be in one of the classrooms to the left of the Cafeteria 

Extemp Prep: will be in the Library/Media Center 

• There will be cross ex for the final round, of extemp events 

Judges Lounge: Will be in the science wing, in the home economics / consumer science area 

Student Lounge: Will be in the main portion of the Cafeteria

Awards: Will be in the Main Gym directly off the Cafeteria 

Debate Topics: 

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2024 January/February Topic

Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.

• Public Forum Debate – 2024 January Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

• Policy Debate – 2023-2024 Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.

• Middle School Congressional Debate 

OSDA Middle School Docket Even Numbered legislation 

• Varsity Congressional Debate 

ODSA Docket: January Week 3 Congressional Debate Legislation

Judge Requirements:

• 1 for every 2 Entries in LD/PF/MS-ED/CX

• 1 for every 5 Entries in Speech (I.E.) events

• 1 for every 5 Entries in Congressional Debate (MS-CD/CD)

• There is a $50 fee for all uncovered judge requirements (this is what we pay our for hire judges for the day)

More details to come, but registration is now open.

Manager contact information

Hanan Brunt
Email address: HBrunt@sylvaniaschools.org
Phone number: (567) 288-6553

Mailing address

7225 W Sylvania Ave

Sylvania, OH 43560

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