Events, Entry Fees, and Awards

STUDENT CONGRESS & DEBATE

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2019

POLICY DEBATE

Varsity and Novice divisions will follow the two-person, 8-3-5 format and will debate the current high school national resolution.  Prep time will be 8 minutes per team per round.  Each division will feature four rounds, powered after Round 2.  Both divisions will break to Semifinals if numbers allow.

Although it is unfortunate, in past years we have experienced some property damage in classrooms used for CX debate. Damage to rooms will result in disqualification from the tournament.  Please ensure that students are aware of this policy.

LD & PUBLIC FORUM

All divisions will follow their customary time formats using the January PF topic and the January-February LD topic. Each division will feature five rounds, powered after round two, and will break to Quarterfinals or Octofinals (if time and entries allow). 

CONGRESS

We will have at least 2 varsity house and will break the top entries to a finals session. The docket is on Tabroom with instructions for claiming bills.  Finals session bills have been marked in the docket. If numbers allow, we will have a separate novice division. We will use direct questioning in all sessions. 

ON-LINE ENTRY

Entries are due on tabroom.com by January 9, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. Changes after that time can be mailed to jholen@lps.org.

Internet Policy

We will be using the NSDA's new internet rule meaning open internet is allowed.

A Note on Novice Entries

Any entries in a novice division must be a competitor (for team events, BOTH competitors on the team) who are in their first year of debate competition. This means if the student has earned ANY NSDA points prior to August of this year, they are NOT a novice. If you believe an exception should be made, please contact the tournament director and we will consider them on a case-by-case basis.    

FEES

CX and PF    $25.00/team

LD                   $25.00/entry

Congress     $15.00/entry

JUDGES

You must provide one judge for every two LD, PF, or CX entry (or part thereof). The cost of hired judges will be $150.00 per policy judge, $100.00 for LD and PF judges, and $10/uncovered Congress slots.  We would rather have your judges than your money!

AWARDS

Sweepstakes trophies will be presented to the top two schools in total points. We will also be continuing our tradition of awarding a small-entry sweeps trophy for the top team with 8 or fewer entries. Trophies will be awarded to all debaters advancing to elimination rounds, with speaker awards given to the top 6 in each division. In Congress, trophies will be presented to the top speakers in the varsity finals house and the top novice representatives, with medals awarded to the remainder of the nominees.  Outstanding Presiding Officers will receive gavels.