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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE RESOLUTION

10:02 AM Sunday Topic Announcement - Quarters of Open Parliamentary Debate

Resolved: The United States federal government should recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan.

 

 

 

REGISTRATION OPEN SEPTEMBER 15! Please direct questions about the tournament to the tournament director. Please direct questions about using SpeechWire to support@speechwire.com and assistance will be provided when possible.

 

NOTE: ALL STUDENT-COMPETITORS AND JUDGES MUST SIGN THE WAIVER FORMER ATTACHED TO DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS. FAILURE TO SIGN AND COMPLETE MAY RESULT IN STUDENTS BEING REMOVED FROM TOURNAMENT AFTER REGISTRATION.

 

The University of the Pacific Speech and Debate team cordially invites your team to attend the 36th annual Jon Schamber High School Forensics Tournament on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2018. The tournament will feature the following events:

Debate

• CX Debate
• Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Public Forum debate (TOC QUALIFIER FOR SEMI*-FINAL ROUND PARTICIPANTS!)
• Parliamentary Debate
• Radio Broadcasting

Individual Events

Pattern A                                                                                                           

• Expository
• Dramatic Interp,
• Impromptu
• Thematic Interpretation
• OPP

Pattern B

• Oratory
• Humorous Interp
• Extemp (Combined National & International Topics)
• Duo Interpretation
• Oral Interpretation

We also offer Triathlon, which allows schools to triple enter up to six students in Individual Events.

 

Awards: Awards will be presented to all elimination round competitors. Speaker awards will be presented to the top three debaters in all divisions as well as the top three speakers in both divisions of Triathlon. The top two high schools with eleven or more contestants entered and the top two high schools with ten or fewer contestants entered will be honored with sweepstakes awards. In addition, the traveling sweepstakes trophy will be presented to the school that has accumulated the highest number of sweepstakes points over the years that the tournament has been offered on our campus. Additionally, Pacific Forensics Scholarships of at least $5,000 will be awarded to the top competitor(s) in Parliamentary Debate, CX Debate, Triathlon, and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Tournament Administration is same place: Grace Covell. The members of Pacific Speech and Debate are looking forward to seeing your squad in October. We hope to see you here!

 

Prof. Steven Kalani Farias

Director of Forensics

University of the Pacific

sfarias@pacific.edu

(209) 946-3050//(209) 628-6331

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