Whitman
Christina Seong will be reporting on the tournament this week Nov 4-6 at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
We’re very excited about covering our first Washington tournament and we thank Christina for agreeing to post about it.
The rules at Whitman are very different than what we are used to:
On POIs:
Each speaker MUST take at least one question during his/her constructive speech AND the question is not timed.
Questions may not be asked during the first and last 30 seconds of the constructive speeches.
Students may ask questions during the 1 minute preparation time periods.
Speech times:
Prime Minister Constructive: 3 min.
1 minute preparation/cross-examination
Leader of Opposition Constructive: 4 min.
1 minute preparation/cross-examination
Member of Government Constructive 4 min.
1 minute preparation/cross-examination
Member of Opposition Constructive 4 min.
Leader of Opposition Rebuttal 3 min.
1 minute preparation/cross-examination
Prime Minister Rebuttal 4 min.
The topics are already set:
Round 1 topic:
The USFG should increase nuclear power use in the United States.
Round 2 topic:
The USFG should increase nuclear power use in the United States.
Round 3 topic:
The US should withdraw its military forces by the July 2011 deadline in Afghanistan.
Round 4 topic:
The US should withdraw its military forces by the July 2011 deadline in Afghanistan
Round 5 topic:
The USFG should end all of the Bush income tax cuts.
Quarterfinals topic
The USFG should implement Obama’s infrastructure investment program.
Semifinals topic
The US should cut aid to Israel unless Israel agrees to return to the pre-1967 borders.
Finals topic
The USFG should implement a program to grant citizenship for undocumented peoples living in the United States.
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How interesting. Pre-released topics.
Finals are
BC Academy Hyungjoo SSeong8 vs. Sam Barlow JoncusNiles-Paul
Go Christina!
The overall tournament was pretty smooth, but there were a lot of lay/ comm judges in the preliminary rounds due to flow judges being transferred to policy. Even though the topics were released, no pre written cases ot blocs were allowed in the rounds. There were originally 4 divisions in parliamentary, but due to a lack of parli debaters, all 4 divisions (novice, junior, senior and champ) were merged. Unlike last year’s Whitman tournament where there was a good turnout in parli, this year, only 8 teams showed up- 3 from Ashland, 3 from BC Academy, 1 from Crescent Valley and 1 from Sam Barlows. The times of each speech were really different from what any of us were accustomed to, so there were minor confusions, but at the end of the day, it really was an amazing experience.
The overall result was a 3-0 win for BC Academy (prop). Impact calc clearly was the way to go! Thanks Alice for everything, I really appreciate it
Pairings/ results at:
http://www.whitman.edu/rhetoric/hstourn/hstourn-postings/2010/index.htm