Hotel Block:

Indiana Memorial Union Cost: Queen doubles $115, Double doubles: $105 

Block code: DEBATE13

Online reservations can be located here: http://www.imu.indiana.edu/hotel/Accommodations-Reservations.shtml. 

Date: January 19-21, 2013



The University of Indiana and the Hoosier debate team cordially invite the policy debate community to our campus the third week of January. Our tournament will provide your teams with seven rounds of competition. We will continue with “Breaking Away Theme.” The bike racing tradition has made our campus world famous for its Little 500 spring race. We are going to bring you a taste of the event during the tournament with a "school speaker" award. 

Reasons to attend
* From Gourmet muffins and pastries, award winning Pizza, and never ending coffee and chai tea we provide the best food and service during your stay. 
**Simplicity and Ease: The tournament is hosted in one large classroom building located next door to the tournament hotel and Union. We will keep you well fed with three breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners. During the winter months, it’s always nice to stay in from the cold!
***IU is centrally located. Flights to Indianapolis, the shuttle service, and the "lesser" cost of Indy rental vans make this tournament a cost effective option if you plan on bringing several teams.

Hotel Information 
The tournament hotel is the historic IMU Biddle Hotel. The IMU is in the middle of the campus located directly across from the Ballantine classroom building where the tournament is held. The block rate is $115 for Queen Doubles and $105 for double-doubles. Internet and parking during your stay is free. 
Contact Info:
(800) 209-8145 
http://www.imu.indiana.edu/hotel/index.shtml

Why stay at the hotel? 
1) Convenience: You are a one-minute walk from the building where debates are held.
2) The hotel is located in the student union which has several amenities including restaurants and a Starbucks.
3) Flying? Use the Bloomington Shuttle Service to Indianapolis. It is cheap ($16 each way per-person), reliable, and will drop you off at the hotel. The shuttle has never been late in the two years that our team has used it. 1hr 15 min to/from the airport. http://www.bloomingtonshuttle.com/airport.html

Fees: $45.00 per person 

Payment and registration website

You must register and send in payment to the IU conference PO Box provided by the link above. You can pay by check, credit card, or money order. Due to Indiana University policy IU debate cannot handle any money (checks, money orders, cash, or credit cards) during registration. Please pay prior to your arrival. A confirmation email and receipt of payment will be sent to your email as well as mine so we can double check entries and fees when you arrive.. 

Hospitality/Meals
Coffee, chai, and water bottles a will be served all day from Saturday-Sunday.


*Friday Night:
 Registration

**Saturday: 
Breakfast: Assorted pastries and muffins from the Bakehouse, a Bloomington Favorite coffee shop.


Lunch: Jimmy John’s sandwiches


***Sunday: 
Breakfast: Bakehouse scones, coffee cakes, and muffins.
Lunch: Out of this World organic and locally grown Burritos from Laughing Planet http://thelaughingplanetcafe.com/11/menu. 


Dinner: Mother Bears Pizza,

Awards Snack: Cookies from “Baked,” a local fresh cookie distributor for all those late night study sessions.

****Monday: 
Breakfast: University Catered Breakfast and Coffee.

Judging Requirements
*Each entered team will be required to provide 4 rounds of preliminary judging. Uncovered teams will accrue an additional $100 charge. All judges are committed for the first elimination debate and one round after their team has been eliminated. 
**All coaches are expected to make themselves available for at least some judging and will be on the preference sheet.
***Prelim rounds must be decided within two hours and thirty minutes of the posted start time of the debate. The tab room will flip a coin to determine the winner when the judge cannot decide in time.
****Judges must vote for one and only one team in each debate and must assign speaker points and ranks in prelim rounds. The tab room will flip a coin to determine the winner if the judge cannot.

Tournament Administration Details
The tournament will feature Seven preliminary rounds of two-person, switch-sides, cross-examination debate on the 2012-2013 national debate tournament topic in the standard 9-3-6 format. We will attempt to offer three divisions, Open, JV and Novice, depending on entry levels.

Speaker Points: 
We will use a 30-point scale with tenth point increments. 
Speaker points should have no ties.

Preferences and Tabulation:
We will use some level of mutual preference judging – depending on entry levels. Tabulation will be done by Brian DeLong.

Audio and Video Recording:
All rounds (defined as the speeches and judge critiques) are open to the public and may be electronically recorded for private educational use by any tournament participants (registered coaches, debaters and helpers, and Iowa tournament staff) only. Public distribution of such recordings is expressly prohibited unless the consent of all people on the recording is obtained.

Conduct:
All participants debating at the Hoosier Invitational Tournament at Indiana University will follow tournament rules as well as any rules of their sponsoring institutions. We abide by all rules and norms of CEDA and the AFA, including but not limited to CEDA's sexual harassment policy.

Schedule
Friday
Registration

Saturday:

Ballantine Hall
8:00 am        

Breakfast


8:30 am         Round 1


11:30 pm       Round 2


2:00 pm         Lunch


2:45 pm         Pairings R3 Released


3:30 pm         Round 3


6:00 pm         Dinner


6:30 pm         Pairings R4 Released


7:15 pm         Round 4


Sunday: Ballantine Hall


8:00 am         Breakfast


8:30 am         Round 5


11:30 pm       Round 6


2:00 pm         Lunch


3:30 pm         Round 7


5:30 pm              Dinner                                    


7:00 pm         First Elimination debate


8:00 pm         Delivery of late night snack from Baked (cookies and milk)


9:30 pm         Awards in Ballantine

Monday: IMU Conference Rooms


8:00 am         Breakfast
 and Awards

8:30 am         Elim Round 2
[Lunch not provided, however restaurants and cafeteria are all available in the Union].