West Los Angeles District Qualifier

for the 2023 National Tournament

Tentative Schedule

Day 1

March 5th at Crescenta Valley High School

Address:2900 Community Ave, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA 91214

7:00 AM Registration

7:30 AM Judge Orientation

8:00 AM Debate Round 1 (LD, PF, Policy, BQ)

9:30 AM Debate Round 2 (LD, PF, Policy, BQ)

11:00 AM Speech Round 1 (extemp prep starts 30 min before)

12:30 PM Debate Round 3

2:00 PM Speech Round 2 (extemp prep starts 30 min before)

3:30 PM Debate Round 4

5:00 PM Speech Round 3 (extemp prep starts 30 min before)

6:30 PM - Speech Elim - Final Round

Day 2

March 12th at Loyola High School

Address:1901 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90006

9:00 am Debate Elim 1 (PF, BQ Quarters, LD Octos)

11:00 am Debate Elim 2 (BQ Semis, LD Quarters)

12:15 pm Debate Elim 3 (LD Semis)

1:30 pm Debate Elim 4 (LD Finals)

Congress Round 1 12:00

Congress Round 2 3:00

Topics

After a district vote

For Public Forum 2023 February Topic Area: Economy - Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good. For Lincoln Douglas: 2023 March/April Topic- Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited.

Congress Legislation

We are asking for Congress Legislation to be submitted by 2/15,

Email legislation to rlebeda@dths.org.

Official legislation will be posted the week after.

Fees

50$ School Fee

15$ Solo events (LD, BQ, Congress, DI, HI, POI, USX, ISX, INFO, OO)

30$ Dual Events (DUO, PF, Policy)

Missing judge fee 100$ per day/judge. NOTE: fee is per JUDGE.

Payments:

Please make checks payable to:NSDA West Los Angeles District

Mailing Address:

c/o Leilani McHugh

440 St. Katherine Drive

La Canada, CA 91011

Payment can also be made through PayPal to @WestLANSDA

When paying via PayPal, please add your school name to Notes

Tentative World Schools Information

March 19th Virtual

Round 1/2: This House believes that the United States should abolish political parties. Round 3: Impromptu Motion Round 4: This House would require corporations to follow the same environmental and labor standards in foreign nations as they are obligated to in their home nation. All Non-Final Elim Rounds: Impromptu Motion Final Round: This House believes in the virtue of a disproportionate response.

Judges
For speech, you will need 1 judge for every 5 entries.

For debate, you will need 1 judge for every 2 entries within that event.

Judges are entered into one pool and must be available to judge any event. Thus, even if the judge is "covering" speech events, they still should plan on showing up at the start of Saturday to help judge debate.

Coaches make sure to enter your student’s points so they will have the 25 NSDA points necessary to compete.