General Information

Events:

•  CX Debate will be debating the 2020-21 Resolution – Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.
• LD Debate (both Novice and Varsity) will be debating the September/October NSDA Resolution - Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory
• Public Forum Debate will be debating the September/October NSDA Resolution - Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019.
• Students participating in Congressional Debate will debate the TFA Fall 2020 docket. 
• Morning Session will debate odd number pieces of legislation.
• Afternoon Session will debate even number pieces of legislation.
• Contestants competing Novice division of debate events will be ranked based on their performance in the 3 preliminary rounds. They will NOT have out rounds.
• Individual Events, excluding Extemporaneous Speaking, will be conducted Asynchronously. Videos will need to be uploaded by noon on September 9.

Fees:

 Please make all checks payable to Princeton HS Speech and Debate.

·         CX Debate - $40.00

·         LD, PFD, Duo, and Duet Entry - $20.00

·         Individual Event Entry (and Congress) - $15.00

·         Missing Judge Fee - $150.00

 Judging Requirements:

·         CX – One judge for every 2 entries or portion thereof.

·         LD & PFD – One judge for every 4 entries or portion thereof.

·         IEs* – One judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof.

* If you have a judge that is only qualified to judge only a some of the individual events, please indicate this information in the notes section of the entry and what that event or those events are. If there is no note present, we will assume that the judge is qualified for all individual events and will put them into all pools.

Judging Contracts:

If you are an individual that wishes to pursue a judging contract at this tournament, email your judging résumé and any other pertinent details to Heather Stringer at hstringer@princetonisd.net.

 General Information:

 Any general questions should be addressed to Heather Stringer at hstringer@princetonisd.net or at (214)448-4196.

 ·         If the entries do not make, we will consolidate novice and varsity divisions together into one varsity division. We will combine novice and varsity divisions together. 

·         We will accelerate the schedule as possible, so please pay close attention to postings and turn on your Live Updates.

·         Judges are allowed and encouraged to give an oral critique after debate rounds, but this form of critique should NOT replace a well written ballot. Additionally, all oral critiques should be short and to-the-point, and all ballots should be returned within 5 minutes of the round’s completion, if at all possible.