Events Offered

Events Offered

The Bulldog Invitational will host the following events:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Novice and Varsity divisions of Lincoln-Douglas debate will be offered, all NSDA rules and time limits will be followed. Novice and Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate will have five (5) rounds of debate followed by outrounds, as needed. At this time, we plan on giving trophies to Semifinalist and up, along with medals for top 3 speakers.

Lincoln-Douglas debate will use the November/December LD topic.

Policy Debate

Novice and Varsity divisions of Policy debate will be offered, all NSDA rules and time limits will be followed. Policy Debate will have four (4) rounds of debate followed by outrounds, as needed. At this time, we plan on giving trophies to Semifinalist and up, along with medals for top 3 speakers.

Public Forum Debate

Novice and Varsity divisions of Public Forum debate will be offered, all NSDA rules and time limits will be followed. Novice and Varsity Public Forum debate will have five (5) rounds of debate followed by outrounds, as needed. At this time, we plan on giving trophies to Semifinalist and up, along with medals for top 3 speakers.

Public Forum debate will use the November/December PF topic.

Individual Events

Eight (8) events will be offered this year:

Dramatic Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Extemporaneous Speaking

Humorous Interpretation

Informative Speaking

Original Oratory

Program Oral Interpretation

Spontaneous Speaking

All NSDA rules and time limits will be followed. Students may single or double enter in any of the IE events; each entry will be charged as a separate entry. There will be four (4) rounds before breaking to finals. NOTE: Individual events are offered Saturday only. Teams bringing students for both days of competition can enter their IE students in the Friday only Congress, if desired. At this time, we plan on giving trophies to the Top3 per event. If events have enough numbers to require a Final round, we will give medals to the Top4-6.

Student Congress

All NSDA rules and time limits will apply to Student Congress. Presiding Officers will not be eligible for speaking awards, although they will receive a gavel for presiding. One Presiding Officer per chamber for the entire session. Each school may submit a maximum of three (3) pieces of legislation. Bettendorf also strongly suggests that each school submits a minimum of one piece of legislation. All legislation needs to be received by Friday, November 3rd, 2023.These bills/resolutions should be uploaded on Tabroom. Legislative packets will then be posted on Tabroom by Monday, November 6th, 2023.The docket will be set at that point and sent out to schools. NOTE: Congress will be offered Friday only. Students participating in both days of competition are encouraged to enter in the Individual Events for Saturday. At this time, we plan on giving trophies to the top3 per chamber. If the event has enough numbers to justify, we will give medals to the Top4-6. Presiding Officers will receive a gavel.