Larry Stuber Memorial Debate Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Dear Coaches,

You and your students are invited to the October 29, 2016, Valparaiso Dr. Larry B. Stuber Memorial Debate Tournament.

v  Congress – All students will compete in the morning Preliminary round. The top competitors per Chamber will advance to the Super Chamber of 15-16 in the afternoon. All others will compete in the Consolation Session in the afternoon. Both Novice and Varsity Divisions will have a Super Session and a Consolation Session (consolation rounds may be combined in the event of small congress entries).

Ø  Legislation for a.m. Preliminary session: IHSFA 5, 6, 14

Ø  Legislation for p.m. Super Session: IHSFA 1, 2, 12

Ø  VHS will probably be able to supply all of the presiding officers – depending on entries; however, if you are bringing a potential PO, please email Coach Fridh with your potential PO’s name.

v  Lincoln-Douglas

Ø  Debaters will be speaking on the September/October topic as noted by the NSDA

Ø  Resolved: Countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power.

v  Public Forum Debate

Ø  Debaters will be speaking on the September/October topic as noted by the NSDA.

Ø  Resolved: In United States public K-12 schools, the probable cause standard ought to apply to searches of students.

v  Policy Debate

Ø  Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.

Ø  IHSFA Novice Restrictions

Ø  Topics are as follows

o Cooperation with China in Outer Space

o Signing a Bilateral Investment Treaty with China

o A grand bargain on Taiwan: Repealing the Taiwan Relations Act in exchange for Chinese concessions in the South China Sea

o Eliminating the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Installations in East Asia in exchange for China’s

assistance in stopping North Korean nuclearization.

v  World Schools Debate

Ø  Prepared Topics:

Ø  1.  This House believes Colleges and Universities should not restrict students' free speech rights.
2.  This House would support removing US nuclear weapons from Turkey.

v  Big Question Debate – NEW EVENT

Ø  We would like to offer you an opportunity to compete in Big ? Debate this year as sponsored by the NSDA

Ø  Resolved: Science leaves no room for free will.

v  Awards @ 4:00 p.m., CST

Ø  Yes (Gavels, Ribbons and Sweepstakes Trophies for Top 4 Teams)

v  Judges

Ø  1 judge per 4 debaters (5 debaters = 2 judges, etc.)

Ø  All judges must be prepared to judge all events

Ø  Judges must stay in the building and be available for the entire tournament

Ø  Varsity debaters with a minimum 2 years experience and 250 points may judge only novice events. 2016 high school debate graduates must judge novice only.

v  Food

Ø  Students ~ breakfast, lunch & snack items will be available for purchase in the Cafeteria

Ø  Judges ~ breakfast and lunch items will be available in the Teacher’s Lunch Room

v  Registration

Ø  Registration on SpeechWire  www.speechwire.com

§  DUE by 5 pm (CST) on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 (Registration will remain open after the deadline for drops only.)

§  This is an Open Tournament; however, you must be a Registered User in order to use SpeechWire to register

§  Novice = an individual with no previous high school speech or debate experience prior to September 2016. All others are considered to be Varsity.

§  Send registration questions to Mary Fridh – email: mafridh@gmail.com or Heather Beach – email hbeach@valpo.k12.in.us

§  Final registration is Saturday, October 29 at Valparaiso HS from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. (CST).

§  Rounds will start promptly at 8 am (CST)

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Valpo!

   Heather Beach, Mary Fridh, Nadine Gerig, Benjamin Klawitter, John Peluso, Sharon Shepard and Trevor Wells (coaches),  the VHS Speech, Debate & Mock Trial Team & the VHS Forensics Boosters, Inc.

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Mary Fridh
Email address: mafridh@gmail.com
Phone number: 2193246603

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