Gonzaga University CARD Tournament

2024 — Spokane, WA/US

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

You are cordially invited to the 2024 Jesuit Debates, hosted by Gonzaga University on our beautiful campus in Spokane, Washington. This years tournament will be hosted November 2nd - 3rd, 2024. Due to our hosting of the NDT this April, Harvard will be hosting our NDT/CEDA divisions this year, and the Jesuit will only feature CARD debate. Below is some helpful information to help orient you to the tournament.

Jesuit Booklet can be accessed here

Schedule: The schedule can be accessed here

Please note that changes sometimes happen (although we try to minimze those) so please check the schedule the day before the tournament so you are certain you see the most recent version. And clear your cache so you aren't seeing older versions of the spreadsheet that might already be stored on your computer.

Format: This year's Jesuit will feature 5 preliminary rounds of an Open and Junior Varsity division of CARD format debate, followed by a finals showcase debate in each division. Below is some key information to help you prepare for your the tournament.

Tabroom Staff: The tournament will be tabulated by Nick Ryan and David Cram Helwich.

Modality: The tournament will be online.

Judges who are judging an in-person and an online team should NOT watch the debate in the same room as the in-person team. There will be extra rooms in College Hall available for judges, or feel free to use your hotel room, student center, or really any other available space on campus to watch the round.

Awards: The event will conclude with an award ceremony that recognizes student performance in debate across CARD’s 3 areas of student performance, as well as awards for showcase participants and the top overall speaker.

Fees: Fees will be charged to schools participating in the debate tournament to offset the costs of hosting the tournament. The fee structure is pasted below.

School registration fee $100

Fee per individual participant/coach/judge: $20 per person.

You can pay your fees online with a credit card. If you’d like to do this please visit our secure payment site at https://commerce.cashnet.com/GUDebate2 click “The Jesuit Invitational Debate Tournament” and just follow the directions.

Judge Expectations : We require 3 rounds of judging for a single entry, or 5 rounds for 2 entries. All coaches are expected to make themselves available for at least a 2-round judging commitment, barring reasonable accommodations. All judges are obligated through the showcase round on Sunday. All judging for hire should be arranged via the hired judging exchange on Tabroom.

Judges must vote for a single team in each round, as well as submit their decision within 1 hour and 20 minutes of the posted start time for all rounds. This time limit will be enforced.

Judges and competitors should enter constraints on Tabroom under the following circumstances.

· If you are former college or high-school debate colleagues

· If you have a substantial fiduciary relationship with the school or program

· If you have had a professional student/coach relationship, or a non-platonic personal relationship

· If you have been a party to a harassment, discrimination, or similar complaint filed with an educational institution, intercollegiate debate association, or other entity charged with resolving grievances of this nature

We encourage teams attending in-person to bring in-person judges. However, in the interest of putting together the strongest pool possible we will allow in-person teams to bring on-line judges. Online judges will still be charged the per person participation fee.

Judges who are new to the CARD format are encouraged to visit the CARD site for more detailed information regarding adjudicating CARD debates. https://www.westerndebateunion.org/judges

Room mobility issues. If you have a documented ADA accommodation that requires you to remain in the same room throughout prelims we will certainly honor that. Please contact us well in advance of the tournament so we can be sure that request is put in place.

If you are a judge and your team has an ADA accommodation to stay in the same room that does not mean we can also ensure you are judging in a room near them. Since all rounds are in College Hall you should have plenty of time to both coach and get to your round. Also, remote coaching via Zoom would solve any residual concerns you have about that.

Constraints against other teams: We generally will constrain teams from debating each other is if a) they are from the same school b) they are debating a hybrid and one of those debaters is from the same school or b) if there is a pre-existing Title IX or other related issues. We will assess each request for constraints on a case by case basis.

If there are questions, do not hesitate to contact Tournament Director, Glen Frappier (gfrappier@gmail.com)

We hope to see you and your team this Fall in Spokane!