Thank you all for coming to Atlantic for the Bull Creek Invitational Tournament!

I am so excited to welcome you to AHS and build this tournament to be bigger and better each year!

Our address at AHS is 1201 E 14th St. Atlantic, IA 50022

Checks can be made to Atlantic High School (c / o Speech & Debate).

You may bring them to the tournament or mail them in advance.

We will be offering the main 8 IE categories as well as Congress, PF, LD, and Policy on the Debate side.

Please arrive no earlier than 3:30 as we try to let our parking lot clear after school.

Our commons area is for team camp setup.

Concessions will be in the commons as well.

Extemp Prep will be in our library.

TAB will be our main office.

This will be your first opportunity to compete with the Nov/Dec topic for both PF and LD!

PF Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan

LD Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a wealth tax.

CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

• Congress legislation can be sent to tniceswanger@atlanticiaschools.org

Due by Thursday, Oct 24th. Full docket of legislation will be emailed out Monday, Oct 28th

• Judging Requirements

IE: 1 per 5 entries

PF: 1 per 2 entries

CON: 1 per 5 entries

LD: 1 per 5 entries

Policy: 1 per 5 entries

Speech events will be held on Friday evening and Debate will take place on Saturday.

Our schedule will be as follows:

Speech

Round 1 - 4:30 pm (Extemp Draw 4:00)

Dinner Break - 5:30pm

Round 2 - 6:30 pm (Extemp Draw 6:00)

Round 3 - 8:00 pm (Extemp Draw 7:30)

PF/LD

Round 1 - 8:00 am

Round 2 - 9:15 am

Round 3 - 10:30 am

Lunch - 11:45 am

Round 4 - 12:30 pm

Round 5 - 1:45 pm

Outround - 3:00 pm

CX

Round 1 - 8:00 am

Round 2 - 10:00 am

Lunch - 12:00 pm

Round 3 - 1:00 pm

Round 4 - 3:00 pm

Congress

Session 1 - 8:30-11:30 am

Lunch

Session 2 - 12:30-3:00pm