Robbinsdale Armstrong and Robbinsdale Cooper High School is proud to host their debate tournament on November 17, 2018. The Robbinsdale Birds of Prey promises to offer competitive and exciting tournament action in a simple one-day format.

Formats:
Lincoln-Douglas: We will offer Varsity, JV, and Novice Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Lincoln-Douglas will be held at Armstrong High School. 10635 36th Ave North. Plymouth, MN 55441

Public Forum: We will offer Varsity, JV, and Novice Public-Forum debate.
Congressional Debate: We will offer two sessions of congressional debate.
Public Forum and Congressional will be held at Cooper High School. 8230 47th Ave. North. New Hope, MN 55428
The schools are approximately 10 minutes apart from each other.  We will not be offering shuttles between the buildings.

NOTE: Public Forum debate will follow MDTA rules and sides are set by tab (coin flip is NOT used).

Impromptu - We will be offering Impromptu in both buildings.  We will have three rounds - they will happen after round 3, 4 and 5.  Impromptu speech length plus prep time will be five minutes.  We ask that schools provide one judge for every 4 impromptu students.
Categories: TBD


Resolutions:
Lincoln-Douglas: November/December topic: In a democracy, the public’s right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office.

Public Forum: November topic: The United States federal government should impose price controls on the pharmaceutical industry.

Congress: Legislation is posted to the right and is available for download.

First & Second Session

* B1 - VOTE Act

* B2 - Treaties

* B3 - Abolish Bail

* B4 - Crown Prince

* B5 - Driver Tests

Super Session

* S1 - Birthright Citizenship

* S2 - Gun Ownership

* S3 - Electoral Districts




 
Judges:
You are asked to provide one judge for every two entries LD or PF and 1 per 5 Congress and 1 per 4 Impromptu entries.

Please make sure that judges arrive on time. Teams that arrive without their full complement of judges may be charged for hiring of additional judges or asked to drop entries to allow the tournament to run on time.
If you have questions about your judge commitment please let me know.
 
Registration: For your convenience, we will accept registrations via tabroom.com this year. You can find the site at. http://birdsofprey.tabroom.com

Registration is due by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 13th.  Drops can continue on tabroom.com until 7:45 AM Saturday morning.


Fees: $12.50 per entry | Public Forum Team or Lincoln-Douglas debater.  $6 per entry for congressional debate. $1 per entry for impromptu.

If you are a new program to debate talk to the tournament host about discounts!!!

Please send checks to:
Cooper High School
Attn: Book Keeper - Debate
8230 47th Ave N
New Hope, MN 55428

 
Schedule: Round 1 for LD is at 8:30 AM.  Round 1 for PF/Congress is at 8:45 AM.  We recommend schools drop off at Armstrong first and then go to Cooper.  We will have 5 rounds of debate, semi-final and finals in all events (unless numbers do not warrant it).  Awards are scheduled for 4:30 PM with final rounds to start AFTER awards.  Please remind judges that they are obligated through Semi-Finals.

Registration occurs from 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM at each school.  You may also call 763-458-4702 to register on the way.

LD/PF Schedule:

    Round 1 LD - 8:30 AM
    Round 1 PF - 8:45 AM
    Round 2 - 9:30 AM
    Round 3 - 10:30 AM
    Round 4 - 12:15 PM
    Round 5 - 1:45 PM
    Semi-Finals - 3:30 PM
    AWARDS
    Finals - After awards

Impromptu

    After rounds 3 - 4 - 5

Congress Schedule

    Session One - 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
    Session Two - 10:45 to 1:15 PM (lunch 11:45 to 12:15)
    Session Three - 1:45 to 3:45 PM

Food: Pizza and other concessions will be available throughout the tournament for all students.

Entry Limits: We will have an early entry limit of 6 entries per division in LD/PF debate.  Last year we well exceeded room/random spaces to debate in and we had to turn people away.  If this is a problem, enter the students on the waiting list and please let me know.