Sartartia Debate Club Workshops Tournament

2019 — Sugar Land, TX/US

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Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Event Description:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate centers on a proposition of value, which concerns itself with what ought to be instead of what is. A value is an ideal held by individuals, societies, governments, etc. One debater upholds each side of the resolution from a value perspective. Through this contest, students are encouraged to develop a direct and communicative delivery and emphasize logic, theory, and philosophy, in the development of argumentation.

1. Resolution: Resolved: The United States ought not provide military aid to authoritarian regimes.

2. Order

of Speeches:

Affirmative

Constructive Speech 6 minutes

Negative Cross Examination 3 minutes

Negative Constructive Speech 7 minutes

Affirmative Cross Examination 3 minutes

Affirmative Rebuttal 4 minutes

Negative Rebuttal 6 minutes

Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes

Prep Time 4 minutes per debater

3. Time: No grace time is allowed beyond completion of a sentence. The judge may penalize for overtime through reduction in speaker points. Each debater shall be allowed a total of four minutes of preparation time per round.

4. Conduct During the Round: Only the specific speaker, witness or questioner should audibly participate in the cross-examination, constructive, or rebuttal phase of the round.

5. An entry consists of a single participant.