Hap Hingston Forensics Invitational

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General information

This is a High School tournament in Oregon.

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Dear Forensics Colleagues:

Pacific University is pleased to invite you to the annual Hap Hingston Forensics Invitational to be held on January 11-12, 2024. The tournament is named after A.C. “Hap” Hingston. Hap was a faculty member at Pacific University from 1942–1973 and continued serving on Pacific’s Board of Trustees until 1983. He also served as chairperson of the department of communication and the director of forensics for many years. We are proud to have our tournament named after Hap Hingston.

We have a few tournament announcements this year:

• We will use electronic ballots–please bring a laptop and power cords to complete ballots. Typing comments is much easier on keyboards!

• We will run IEs on Saturday, January 11 and Debate (including Congress) on Sunday, January 12. Please submit Congress legislation by Friday, Jan 3.

• Please note our registration and change deadlines are Tuesday, January 7 and Thursday, January 9. We will post schematics on Friday, January 10 so students and coaches can check for errors early.

• We are delighted to announce that the Top Individual Events Sweepstakes winner will receive a scholarship, should they choose to apply and enroll at Pacific University in the future.

Finally, while we use the OSAA Speech Handbook as a guide, we will not strictly adhere to tournament procedures that govern the OSAA State Championship. This means we will: a) allow exceptions for use of notes, b) utilize unique topic areas in impromptu, c) utilize speaker points to break ties in individual events, and d) maintain brackets in semifinal and finals debate. We believe that we will meet Auto-Qual requirements based on the size of the tournament and usage of Oregon events.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in January.

Manager contact information

Jennifer Conner
Email address: jconner@pacificu.edu
Phone number: 5037894414

Mailing address

2043 College Way
ATTN: Dan Broyles
Forest Grove, OR 97116