Novice Lincoln-Douglas

Novices must be in their FIRST SEASON of Lincoln-Douglas debate. 

Resolution

Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

Tentative Schedule (PST)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN YOUR COMPETITION ROOMS 10 MINUTES BEFORE START TIME.

Note as of 1/15, we have decided to move to 6 prelims and we have added a semifinal round + finals round. 

Saturday January 16

Round 1: pairings released at 8:15, start time 9:00am
Round 2: 11:15am
Round 3: 1:45pm
Round 4: 4:00pm

Sunday January 17

Round 5: pairings released at 8:15, start time 9:00am
Round 6: 11:15am

Rapid-fire debate trivia round! We are having a super quick trivia round before semifinals It is only 10 questions, and the person who guesses the answer correctly first will win a $10 gift card to Starbucks. Each question = $10 gift card on the line, so 10 of them are available to win! This will take maybe 20 minutes max, but it gives us a chance to have some fun before elims. The questions will be debate-related. We will send out a Zoom link on Sunday for everyone to join. 

Semi-finals: 1:45pm
Finals: 4:15pm

Prep time:

LD will have 5 minutes of prep time. 

Requirements for novice judges

All judges in novice LD must disclose their decisions and provide verbal feedback to the debaters. You are always welcome to write additional comments on your Tabroom ballot, but we want to stress the importance of giving students direct feedback. These are kids navigating their first year of debate in a difficult environment; we should at least attempt to humanize the online debate experience by talking to students after each debate. 

An important note about disclosure and file-sharing:

Novice debaters are not obligated to follow the Opensource policy, but they do need to share their evidence with their opponents. They can set up an email chain or use the fileshare option on NSDA campus. Please make sure your novices are equipped to do this prior to the tournament.