Welcome to the Coyote Howl!

This is an intra-collegiate debate tournament, for students in attendance at The College of Idaho. Over the course of the day (11/20), we will complete 4 debates, on two topics.

Topics

Rounds 1 & 2 will share the topic: 

Rounds 3 & 4 will share the topic: 

Format

The format for the tournament will be as follows:

6- Affirmative Constructive (Affirmative Speaker 1)

2- Negative Flexible Use Time

7- Negative Constructive (Negative Speaker 1)

2- Affirmative Flexible Use Time

7- Affirmative Rebuttal (Affirmative Speaker 2)

1- Negative Flexible Use Time

7- Negative Rebuttal (Negative Speaker 2)

4- Negative Summation (Negative Speaker 1)

1- Affirmative Flexible Use Time

5- Affirmative Summation (Affirmative Speaker 1)

Definitions

Affirmative: The team that speaks in support of the resolution. They are allowed to speak first and last, because they must demonstrate a need to change from the way the world is now.

Negative: The team that opposes the resolution. Their obligation is to demonstrate why the Affirmative's arguments are (a) wrong, (b) cause bad things to occur, and/or (c) trade off with something better.

Flexible Use Time: This is time that occurs in between speeches. It technically "belongs" to the team that speaks next--and they are free to ask questions of the opposing team, or to prepare their arguments for the next speech.