Larry B. 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 19, 2019, Valparaiso Dr. Larry B. Stuber Memorial Debate Tournament.  Please plan to enter through Door # 1.

5. 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 late morning/early afternoon. All others will compete in the Consolation Session in the morning/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).
   • Legislation for Preliminary session: IHSFA #s 6, 11
   • Legislation for Super Session: IHSFA #s 13, 14
   • VHS may be able to supply all of the presiding officers – depending on entries; however, if you are bringing a potential PO, please email Coach Fridh (mafridh@gmail.com) with your potential PO’s name.

5. Lincoln-Douglas
   • Both Divisions will be speaking on the September/October topic as noted by the NSDA
   • Resolved: In the United States, colleges and universities ought not consider standardized tests in undergraduate admissions decisions

5. Public Forum Debate
   • Both divisions will be speaking on the September/October topic as noted by the NSDA.
   • Resolved: The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative.

5. Policy Debate
   • Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.        
   • IHSFA Novice Restrictions
     • Topicality arguments are prohibited by novices until November 1; therefore, they may not be used at this tournament.
     • Novices may not offer counterplans or kritiks until December 1.
     • All novice teams are limited to the following affirmative cases until December 1.
       • Saudi Arabia
       • Small Arms and Light Weapons
       • Drone Exports
       • India

5. World Schools Debate
   • Order of Debate of Impromptu & Prepared Topics:
   • Round 1: Impromptu
   • Round 2: Prepared: This house believes that schools and teachers should actively work for students’ mental and emotional well-being.
   • Round 3: Impromptu
   • Round 4: Prepared: This house believes that mass shootings can be prevented through government action.

5. Awards @ 4:00 p.m., CST (we hope)
   • Yes (Gavels for POs, Ribbons for the Top Eight, and Sweepstakes Trophies for Top 5 Teams)
5. Judges
   • 1 judge per 4 debaters (5 debaters = 2 judges, etc.)
     • 2 PF Teams = 1 Judge
     • 2 Policy Teams = 1 Judge
     • 2 WSD Teams = 1 Judge
     • 1-4 LD Debaters = 1 Judge
     • 1-4 Congressional Debaters = 1 Judge
   • All judges must be prepared to judge all events
   • Judges must stay in the building and be available for the entire tournament
   • Varsity debaters with a minimum 2 years of experience and a minimum of 250 points may judge only novice events. 2019 high school debate graduates must judge novice only.

5. Food
   • Students ~ breakfast, lunch & snack items will be available for purchase in the Cafeteria
   • Judges ~ breakfast and lunch items will be available in the Judges’ Lounge (RED 212)

5. Registration
   • Registration on SpeechWire  www.speechwire.com
     • DUE by 5 pm (CST) on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 (Registration will remain open after the deadline for drops only. Please list all judges’ names.)
     • 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 2019. All others are considered to be Varsity.
     • Send registration questions to Mary Fridh – email: mafridh@gmail.com
     • Final registration is Saturday, October 19^th.  at Valparaiso HS from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. (CST), with a judges’ meeting in the cafeteria at 7:45 a.m.
     • Rounds will start promptly at 8 am (CST) ~ we hope!

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Valpo!

Mary Fridh, Abigael Johnson, Andy Lavalley, Brian Niksch, and John Peluso, (Coaches), the VHS Speech, Debate & Mock Trial Team & the VHS Forensics Boosters, Inc.

Manager contact information

Mary Fridh
Email address: mafridh@gmail.com
Phone number: 219-363-6618

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