Salado Online UIL Groundhog Classic

2023 — NSDA Campus, TX/US
Salado High School Presents the Salado Online UIL Groundhog Classic Online February 25th, 2023

We will offer all traditional UIL speaking events (CX debate, LD debate, Congress, Persuasive, Information, Prose and Poetry. These tournaments are intended for schools or teams that prefer "UIL style" forensics.

We will be using tabroom for registration and balloting. We will use NSDA campus for virtual rounds.

For information on how to make a tabroom account check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTqMwhRJpo

For information on how to register for the tournament after creating an account is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3pdZi5WXM

Keep in mind students will need to have their own tabroom account created and linked to the school/institution they attend and an email address attached/linked to their account.

For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Tim Cook at tim.cook@saladoisd.org or Julian Erdmann at Julian.T.Erdmann@gmail.com

Entry Fees

Congress, Interp, Extemp $20 per competitor

LD $30 per competitor

CX $40 per team

Judge Fees

1 judge for every 2 entries or less for CX or a missing judge fee of $150

1 judge for every 4 entries or less for LD or a missing judge fee of $125

1 judge for every 6 entries or less for IE/Congress or a missing judge fee of $125

TOPICS

CX Debate: Policy debate will use the 2022 - 2023 topic.

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

LD Debate: LD Debate will use the UIL Spring 2023 topic.

Resolved:Term limits for members of the United States Congress are justified.

Congress Docket: Texas Forensic Association Docket items 1-10

Payment Via the Salado Online Store

  1. You can find the store here:https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56745/confirm-guest

  2. Please fill out your invoice amount that you will be paying for the respective tournament.

  3. Once added to the cart, you may check out by clicking the cart button towards the right of the store page.

  4. Select Checkout

  5. Select to make an account or checkout as guest

  6. Fill out billing info and payment info and select verify order details

  7. Once at the checkout screen locate the box that says additional information.

  8. Include the following: Tournament Name, Tournament Date, School Name (This will help to make our bookkeeping easier)

NOTE: Due to outstanding balances over the last two years that have been unpaid, we reserve the right to refuse participation to any school that hasn’t paid leading up to the tournament.