We are pleased to announce the invitation to participate in the Jersey Shore Invitational at Monmouth University to be held from February 8-9  This year's policy debate tournament will feature six preliminary rounds of competition including five on Saturday, one on Sunday, with break rounds to follow.  We will be debating the 2019-20 not/ceda debate resolution on the whether the US government should substantially increase cooperation on space policy with China and/or Russia.

 

We want the tournament to be a great experience for everyone and hope that the tournament Hotel near the beach will be an inviting backdrop for debaters to build friendships across campuses.  The registration fee is $50.00per person (debater ($100 per team, $50 per coach, or judge).  The tournament will provide provide breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and  breakfast and lunch  on Sunday.    

 

 

The tournament offers competition in three divisions of policy debate: open, junior varsity and novice divisions. We will be using a 30-point scale with a tenth of a point increments (e.g. 27.1, 27.2 etc) on individual speaking scores. 

Our tournament is CEDA sanctioned and will comply with CEDA’s Statement on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination and the Statement of Ethical Principles.  Time limits for speeches are 9-3-6 with ten minutes of preparation time.  Rounds one and two will be pre-determined and rounds three through six will be power matched.  Each school is responsible for securing three rounds of judging for every team registered at the tournament.  

Hotel Accommodations: We reserved rooms just a couple of miles away from campus at The Berkeley Hotel located near the beach in Asbury Park, NJ 07712.   The phone number is 732 774-7100.  Rooms are reserved at a discounted rate of $119.00 per night.  Please try to make Hotel arrangements early in order to guarantee the tournament rate.  The Hotel is a five to ten minute drive to campus and is in walking distance to a lot of restaurants and musical venues, including the Stone Pony, made famous by Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and a number of Jersey Shore musicians.  

If you have any questions, please contact me at (732) 263-5742 (office) (732) 930-4300 (cell)
or by e-mail at jpatten@monmouth.edu.  Please let me know if there’s anything at all we can do for you or your students to help make this a wonderful tournament and weekend.

In friendship,

 

    Joe Patten, Monmouth University