Wildcat CARD Classic

Weber State University

Greetings from the Weber State Debate Team,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Wildcat CARD Tournament on October 14^th and 15^th 2023 at Weber State University. The tournament will be hosted live in Ogden Utah at Weber State with the option to debate virtually.

Fall2023 Topic Wording: Resolved: The United States should restrict its nuclear forces in one of the following ways: adopting a no-first-use policy; unilaterally disarming its nuclear weapons; removing all of its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe.

Article Library Details & Guidelines:

Full-text articles in the packet are available via a shared dropbox. A “view-only” link is available here:

https://www.westerndebateunion.org/topic-packet

Participants can utilize any portion of any article listed in the established article library.

Entry Fees

Entry fees are $55 per participating partnership. $150 for uncovered judging obligations.

Entries and judging needs to be finalized by Wednesday October 11^th at 5pm.

Payment Link: https://secure.touchnet.com/C20249_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=137

Tournament Schedule (MDT)

October 14^th

8:30am - Round 1 pairings

9:00am- Round 1 start time

10:30am– Round 2 pairings

Lunch – 12:30- 1:45pm

1:30pm- round 3 pairings

2:00pm – Round 3 start time

4:00pm -round 3 pairings

4:30pm – Round 4 start time

October 15^th

8:30am - Round 5 Pairings

9:00am- Round 5 Start

10:30am- Semi Final Debate Pairing

11am- Semi Final Debate Start

1:00pm - Showcase Debate Pairing

1:30pm – Showcase Debate Start

Award Ceremony- Directly Following Showcase

Contact Information

For further questions or concerns please contact:

Lauren Johnson

Director of Debate at Weber State University

208-949-4880

Laurenjohnson10@weber.edu

Nick Ryan

Tabulating for the tournament

Assistant Director of Debate at Liberty University

Nryan2wc@gmail.com