FULL WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT INVITATION----11/4/13
THE WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT INVITATION ...................................................................................... 1
1. ENTRY CUT-OFF ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. ROOM SHORTAGES ................................................................................................................................................. 2
3. WIRELESS................................................................................................................................................................. 2
4. Expectations and Behaviors .................................................................................................................................... 2
5. Women in Forensics Forum .................................................................................................................................... 3
6. Additional Fee Information. .................................................................................................................................... 3
Debate Events ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Speech Events ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
(PART ONE) Initial Invitation, 9-27-13 .......................................................................................................................... 11
General Guidelines .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Lodging / Directions .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Events and Event Restrictions ................................................................................................................................... 12
Patterns A, C, and D (Debate Events):....................................................................................................................... 12
Pattern B (Individual Events and Dual Interpretation): ............................................................................................ 12
Judges ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Fees and Judging Obligations .................................................................................................................................... 13
Fee Calculation form ................................................................................................................................................. 14
Contacts and Support................................................................................................................................................ 14
WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
MAPS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
The Whitman National Debate Institutes (WNDI), Summer of 2014 ....................................................................... 17
1. ENTRY CUT-OFF
Please enter as soon as possible. The site has been open for weeks. We cannot confirm with
catering or determine final room needs until we know our numbers.
NOTE: We will shut down registration for new schools on the SATURDAY before the
tournament starts (Nov. 2). We will shut down all changes in registration on Monday night at
10pm the Monday before the tournament starts. Drops after that point still incur the
registration costs.
All changes once the registration site has been shut down will need to be sent to
whiths2013@gmail.com and kuswakd@whitman.edu and be confirmed.
2. ROOM SHORTAGES
Our room situation is severe. We do not want to cram multiple rounds into a single
auditorium, but we cannot even do that this year because the auditorium is in use on part of
Friday and a number of other groups are on campus. Classes are in session during a majority
of the tournament and we just do not have that many rooms on our tiny campus. We will
keep you posted on this situation. We hope to keep all the divisions in all the debate events at
6 prelims and we will definitely keep the Open divisions at 6 prelims. We will update you fully
on these developments.
3. WIRELESS.
It will be erratic and often will not work. If you are lucky, you can get on the Whitman wi-fi
hotspot without a password. Don’t count on being able to get on-line. If you can get on-line,
restrict your data usage (no net flix or other heavy data uses are allowed).
4. Expectations and Behaviors
Treat our campus and tournament as well as you possibly can. We love having you and want
to support high school speech and debate, but we need your cooperation in terms of having a
low impact—treating everyone in the competition, on campus, and in the community with
generosity, kindness, and respect. Please refrain from interrupting classes taking place, please
keep conversations down and low key in the hallways, please gather in tournament areas
(such as the first floor in Reid and not the second floor), please clean up and leave classroom
spaces as you find them, and, most importantly, please remember to emphasize education
and encouragement as students, judges, and coaches. Also, for your own protection, when
you are walking around campus after dark, travel in groups. The campus is quite safe, but
being careful and cautious does not hurt.
We do not want to ask any of our guests to leave, but may in instances of behavior running
counter to the goals of the tournament informed by the college and governing organizations.
The tabroom, the coaching staff, and the team members will all work together to promote the
tournament and ensure a sustainable event. In short, treat the campus and each other with
the utmost of respect or you will be asked to leave the tournament. Inappropriate behavior
will not be tolerated.
5. Women in Forensics Forum
A pre-session will be held on Friday (probably from 10-10:30) to meet and greet the women on
the Whitman team and brainstorm ways to stay in contact and to address problems of
systemic inequity in Forensics. A larger forum will be held Saturday afternoon (tba). We will
provide notes and open up a new web page for these conversations after the tournament to
allow competitors who cannot attend to join the discussions on-line.
6. Additional Fee Information.
Any observers who wish to eat will be charged $30 to receive tickets to lunches on Friday and
Saturday and dinner Friday. Tickets are $15 per meal if you need to purchase one in line. We
will be providing each team with meal tickets for all their competitors and judges.
Debate Events
LD DEBATE INFORMATION
1. TIME LIMITS 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 with 4 minutes of prep time
2. THE TOPIC: LD Debaters will use the 2013 November/December Topic
Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to take precedence over attorneyclient privilege.
The NFL topic webpage can be viewed here: www.nationalforensicleague.org/aspx/nav.aspx?navid=227
4. TWO PERSON LD TEAMS ARE NOT PERMITTED
5. All rounds are double flighted except Semis and Finals
POLICY DEBATE TEAM INFORMATION
1. TIME LIMITS 8-3-5 with 5 minutes of preparation time
2. THE TOPIC : Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic
engagement toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela.
The NFL topic webpage can be viewed here: www.nationalforensicleague.org/aspx/nav.aspx?navid=227
3. THREE OR FOUR PERSON TEAMS ARE NOT PERMITTED
One person teams are not permitted
Teams with members from two different schools are not permitted per wsfa rules unless debate is not offered
at one of the schools and the two schools are in the same district
4. WE USE THE OFFICIAL WA AND IDAHO NOVICE CASE LISTS
Novices are restricted in the arguments they may present in policy debate:
(1) Lift the Cuban embargo
(2) Lift all restrictions on agricultural sales to Cuba
(3) Allow U.S. Oil companies to contract with Cuba for deep-water oil drilling
(4) Lift the tourism ban
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE INFORMATION
1. TIME LIMITS
NOTE: NO COIN FLIP. THE PRO-AFF AND THE CON-NEG TEAM WILL BE LISTED ON THE POSTING
Pro First Speaker = 4 Minutes
Con First Speaker = 4 Minutes
Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro Second Speaker = 4 Minutes
Con Second Speaker = 4 Minutes
Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro First Speaker Summary = 2 Minutes
Con First Speaker Summary = 2 Minutes
Grand Crossfire = 3 Minutes
Pro Second Speaker Final Focus = 2 Minutes
Con Second Speaker Final Focus = 2 Minutes
Prep Time (per team) = 2 Minutes
2 THE PUB FORUM TOPIC Public Forum Debaters will use the 2013 November Topic
Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms.
The NFL topic webpage can be viewed here: www.nationalforensicleague.org/aspx/nav.aspx?navid=227
3. ONE, THREE OR FOUR PERSON TEAMS ARE NOT PERMITTED
Teams with members from two different schools are not permitted per wsfa rules unless debate is not offered
at one of the schools and the two schools are in the same district
4. We reserve the right to limit entries in Public Forum debate if we lack space
5. The TOC follows NFL rules for events.
From page 11 of the NFL rules for PF:
Procedure and order of speeches: Prior to EVERY round and in the presence of the judge(s), a coin is tossed by
one team and called by the other team. The team that wins the flip may choose one of two options: EITHER the
SIDE of the topic they wish to defend (pro or con) OR the SPEAKING POSITION they wish to have (begin the
debate or end the debate). The remaining option (SIDE OR SPEAKING POSITION) is the choice of the team that
loses the flip. Once speaking positions and sides has been determined, the debate begins (the con team may
lead, depending on the coin flip results).
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE INFORMATION
1. TIME LIMITS AND RULES
We follow current NFL rules for Congressional Debate but the individual sessions are considered
segments and therefore recency and precedence will not reset.
Students may not access the internet nor play games during the segments.
2. RESOLUTIONS
Students will deliberate the merits of the fall WSFA bills ONLY using Robert’s Rules of Order
DEBATE ELIM ROUNDS AND AWARDS
ADVANCING TO ELIMS
IN POLICY, LD, AND PUBLIC FORUM: We will break up to 16 teams who have at least a 4-2 record (no 3-3’s will
advance and no more than 16 teams will advance per division). We will publish the variables used to determine
clearing teams before the start of round one. Policy will use win-loss, hi-low points, opp wins, and total points.
IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE: We will break up to 20 students into the Super Segment
WE DO NOT BREAK BRACKETS
POLICY-PUBLIC FORUM-LD-PARLI AWARDS: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Quarterfinals, Octafinalists
SPEAKER AWARDS: Top 5 in Policy. LD, Public Forum. Speaker awards are given on the basis of adjusted speaker
points, total speaker points, then judge variance.
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE AWARDS: 1ST-10th and 1st for the Presiding Officer
TECHNOLOGY USE RULES FOR ALL DEBATES
You may NOT do internet research during your debate nor any kind of research that involves searching resources that
are stored or located outside the physical drives of the computer you brought into the room. You may only do this
“outside research” until the first speech begins in a debate.
You may NOT use instant messaging, cell phone “blackberry”, “text messaging”, “web video”, etc. to communicate with
those not debating in your round.
Judges have the right to stop behavior in violation of the above including looking at your computer screen and judges
have the right to lower speaker points, rankings, and to drop teams for violating these policies after consulting with the
tournament director.
Speech Events
IE INFORMATION
Students remain responsible for arriving at their rounds on time. And judges may give “no shows” to students who do
not show 15 minutes before the time the ballot is required to be in.
IE EVENTS AND THEIR RULES
EXTEMP*
In the Extemp Prep Room, each contestant will be given three current news topics, posted in speaker order at timed
intervals
The student selects one of the three topics and may prepare for 30 minutes with the use of notes, books, magazines,
newspapers and periodicals
Students may, if they choose, use one 4 x 6 note card for preparing and speaking
Students must state the topic in the introduction
Students must prepare the speech without assistance form others
Students may use laptops BUT may not use the internet AND must have their laptops facing so the Extemp Monitor
can see the laptop screen at all times
TIME LIMIT 7 MINUTES WITH 30 MINUTES PREPERATION. Students are given time signals in Extemp.
Topics will be generated based on Google News
*Note: You cannot do Dual Interp if you are doing Extemp
IMPROMPTU
The speaker will be given a choice of three topics in each round and will pick one on which to speak.
The topics will include a single word, a quotation, and a question designed to elicit the student’s viewpoint.
Students must state the topic as part of the introduction.
Students may use a small 4x 6 note card for preparation and speaking.
TIME LIMIT: speakers will have 6 MINUTES to read the topics, think about them, and speak. The speaker may divide
the time at his or her discretion. Speakers are given time signals in Impromptu.
EDITORIAL COMMENTARY
A scripted speech that offers an analysis of an commentary on a contemporary news event.
Speakers will read the manuscript from a seated position.
TIME LIMIT: between 1:45 and 2:00. Speakers ending after 2:30 may be ranked one lower.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT RADIO COMMENTARY. You do look at the judge during your speech.
ORATORY
The speaker shall deliver from memory a persuasive speech, the purpose of which is to convince, stimulate, or move
the audience to change their beliefs or actions.
The speech must not contain more than 150 words of quoted or paraphrased material.
Manuscripts need not be turned in at registration, but students must have typed copies to give any judge who
requests it.
TIME LIMIT: 10 MINUTES. No time signals will be given.
EXPOSITORY
The student shall deliver a speech the purpose of which is to describe, clarify, explain, and/or define an idea,
concept or process.
Audio or visual aids may be used, but are optional. The tournament will not provide special facilities or aids for the
students.
Notes are permitted but students should not be dependent on them.
TIME LIMIT: 8 MINUTES. No time signals will be given.
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
The speaker shall interpret one or more sections, serious in nature, from one or more authors of prose, poetry,
drama (play), radio, television, or recording and may be a monologue.
Presentation must be memorized.
Students may not use props, makeup or costumes.
Physical movement to suggest characterization is permitted including full body movement.
The title and author must be identified during the presentation.
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
The rules are the same as those for Dramatic Interpretation except that he material should be humorous.
DUAL INTERPRETATION
A program of one or more selections of published prose, poetry, or drama presented by two students.
The title(s) and author(s) must be identified.
The presentation must be from memory, scripts will be penalized.
Props, makeup and costumes are not permitted.
Physical movement to suggest characterization is permitted including full body movement.
The contestants will not look at each other, but rather ahead, except that they may look at each other during the
introduction.
The contestants will not touch each other.
TIME LIMIT: 10 MINUTES. No time signals will be given.
ORAL INTERPRETATION (Interpretive Reading)
1. The contestant shall interpret two or more selections from two or more authors.
2. The collection must include at least one selection of prose and one of poetry.
3. No dramas (plays) are allowed.
4. The interpretation should be read from a manuscript and not memorized.
5. Students may not sue props, makeup, or costumes.
6. Expressions, gestures, body positions and upper body movement are allowed as a means of characterization.
7. Full body movement is permitted.
8. The title and author for each piece must be identified during the presentation.
9. A theme must be established and the pieces should be balanced time-wise.
10. Time limit: 8 minutes. No time signals given.
IE OVERTIME AND MATERIAL RULES
No using the same material in different individual events
Note: Students may not use the same material in different events. Students may not use a manuscript or interpretation
cutting material used in previous years.
Overtime Rules:
In all Individual Events except Editorial Commentary, students who go 60 seconds over are stopped by judge.
Students in Editorial Commentary who go 30 seconds over are stopped by judge.
If the judge can show on a timer or stopwatch that the student went overtime, he or she may and should rank the
student one position lower.
Notice—Time limits for DI, Oratory, HI and Dual are 10 minutes.
IE ELIMS AND AWARDS
NUMBERS OF IE COMPETITORS ADVANCING TO ELIMS:
We will break the top half of contestants in any event up to 6 competitors.
CRITERIA FOR ADVANCING IE COMPETITORS TO ELIMS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Total Ranking
Total Rating
Total Ranking minus the worst ranking
Total Rating minus the worst rating
CRITERIA FOR PLACING IN FINALS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Total Ranking in Finals
Total Rating in Finals
Total Ranking in Finals minus the worst ranking
Total Rating in Finals minus the worst rating
Judge Preference in Finals
Cumulative ranking
Cumulative rating
IE AWARDS
1st, 2nd, 3rd and Finalist awards.
SWEEPSTAKES
1st-5th awarded.
Policy, LD, Public Forum: 1-50, 2-45, 3-40, 1/4ers-30, Octos-25
Congress: 1-30, 2-25, 3-20, 4-15, 5-15, 6 to 10-5, PO-20
IEs: 1-30, 2-25, 3-20, Finals-15
(PART ONE) Initial Invitation
Welcome to the Whitman College “Wilcox” High School Tournament for Speech and Debate
A few comments at the top. We really hope you will continue to attend the tournament. We are making some changes that we think
will improve the experience and we are also open to suggestions from the community.
We are keeping fees the same but are spending quite a bit more on judges and food. Whitman students will be judging, not providing
food. Campus catering will be providing the food. We will provide hot lunches to everyone at the tournament on Friday and
Saturday. We will also provide a hot dinner on Friday night.
Also, we will have tabbing experts in the tab room and a number of hired judges to make the judging as strong as possible. We are
also working on obtaining rooms that are acceptable for competition. And, finally, we have reworked the schedule to make Congress
a full event alongside the other debate events and to give each event the best staggering possible.
General Guidelines
1. We do not allow "Independent" Schools per WSFA Rules. Make sure that you have an official school/school district
chaperone or coach attending the tournament with students.
2. BACKGROUND CHECKS. All coaches and judges should have cleared a background check pursuant to Washington
state law 43.43.830-.842. Many of you already did so last year for the tournament or otherwise, which is good, but we
need to confirm that. Coaches should send me those lists. In addition to the criminal background checks that high schools
are obligated to conduct on all employees of that institution, we must have specific proof that a criminal background
check has been done and has come back clean for the following groups:
A) Any outside coaches from high schools. This includes any temporary, part-time, volunteer, or other coaches that have
not had a criminal background check as full-time employees of the high school. We must have received confirmation
from their employing school districts that these individuals have had a criminal background check completed, with clean
results, before they can supervise (judge) minors under the age of 16. That confirmation needs to come directly from their
schools or school supervisors, not through them. You can send that information to me at kuswakd@whitman.edu.
B) Whitman students and volunteer parents. Each person in this group needs to complete a 'Conviction/Criminal History
Information Form' and arrange to have a background check completed well before the tournament. Please provide the
names and addresses of these people ASAP to me at kuswakd@whitman.edu. Whitman Human Resources will then send
them the form to complete and return to HR, as well as instructions on initiating the background check. Our budget will be
billed for the cost of background checks for any participating parents and we will have to pass on that cost (roughly $45
per person) when school fees are assessed.
This is necessary to comply with Washington state law. Background checks are mandatory under WA state law
(43.43.830-.842) for those with unsupervised access to minors under the age of 16. Coaches should be aware of RCW
43.43.830-.842—this is designed to protect our students and provide a safe space for competition. This has to be
completed and confirmed the Tuesday before the tournament or the individual/s in question will not be permitted at the
tournament and any judging obligation fees that person was covering will double.
3. Each judge and student must be certified. This takes 5 to 7 minutes. More information on this will be forthcoming
4. Judge Philosophies are now handled through forensicstournament.net. Input your judge's philosophies using the link in
the upper right. The philosophies remain for all future tournaments (and can be edited). Judge philosophies are strongly
encouraged and are required for the Open division of Policy and LD.
Lodging / Directions
Information can found here: http://www.whitman.edu/academics/whitman-debate/high-school-tournament/hotelinformation. You should call and book rooms today. There are limited rooms in Walla Walla and other events in town the
weekend of the tournament.
Events and Event Restrictions
More information on each events’ time limits, clearing process, and parameters will be provided at least one week before the
tournament.
Patterns A, C, and D (Debate Events):
Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, Policy, and Congress. Students can only enter one event in only one debate pattern. The debate
patterns are Pattern A (LD and Public Forum), C (Congress), or D (Policy). Policy debate will have two divisions: Open and Novice.
Novice is for students who are in their first year of competition in any form of debate and have advanced to elimination rounds at three
or fewer tournaments. We may offer a “JV break-out” elimination round in policy for teams in open that are in their first or second
year of competition and have advanced to elimination rounds in non-novice divisions fewer than three times. We will request JV
eligibility information at registration, but those students will compete in the Open division. Novice policy debaters will use the
Washington and Idaho novice case lists.
LD and Public forum will have three divisions. Novice is for students who are in their first year of competition in any form of debate
and have advanced to elimination rounds at three or fewer tournaments. JV is for students that have advanced to elimination rounds in
non-novice divisions three times or fewer.
Note: Students can only enter ONE debate event and Congress is considered a debate event.
Pattern B (Individual Events and Dual Interpretation):
Dramatic-Interp, Dual-Interp, Editorial-Comm, Expository, Extemp, Humorous-Interp, Impromptu, Oral-Interp, and Oratory.
Students can only enter TWO individual events. Each event will have an Open and Junior division. Students who have competed at
fewer than 10 (ten) tournaments are eligible for the Junior division.
Note: there is a 7 (seven) entry limit in every event (per division) except in Open policy. We will take a waitlist for entries beyond 7
in the same division of the same event.
Judges
All judges should enter judge philosophies on the web site, especially all Open Debate judges. Judges should
indicate on Forensicstournament.net what specific event they are covering and what other events they are qualified and
willing to judge. Each debate judge should sign up for one type of debate, but indicate willingness and qualifications for
other debate formats. For example: “Edwina Beard will be judging 6 rounds of LD to cover Pacifica High School but she
can also judge Public Forum.” Congress judges should indicate whether they can “score” “serve as parliamentarian,” or
both. We need to certify judges by collecting the following information.
Fees and Judging Obligations
Please note our food costs will likely double and the costs of criminal background checks on our judges will also increase.
School fee: $30 per school
Per person fee: $15 All of this fee will be put toward food. We are committed to providing lunch on Friday and Saturday as well as
dinner on Friday.
LD, Public Forum Debate entries: $30 per entry.
Individual Events entries: $10 per entry
Congress entries: $15 per entry
Policy debate entries: $40 per entry
1 judge per 5 entries in Congress or Individual Events
$15 per uncovered entry in Congress or IE.
1 judge per 3 (three) Public Forum or LD entries. 1 judge per 2 (two) Policy Debate Entries
1 Uncovered entry in Policy: $120
1 Uncovered entry in LD or Public Forum: $80
Please keep in mind we have to feed and house our judges as well as pay them a reasonable rate and cover their criminal background
checks. Covering one team costs us three rounds plus at least one elimination round, food charges, any lodging costs, and any
criminal background checks.
Fee Calculation form
School Fee:
Per person food fee:
Pattern A (Ld, Public Forum) fee:
Pattern B (IEs) fee:
Pattern C (Congress) fee:
Pattern D (Policy) fee:
1 uncovered Pattern A entry
1 uncovered Pattern B, C entry
1 uncovered Pattern D entry
Processed criminal background checks
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Contacts and Support
Whitman Director of Debate
Whitman Student Director:
Whitman Coaches:
Kevin Kuswa. Email kuswakd@whitman.edu, Cell 804-370-9392
Meritt Salathe. Email: salathmr@whitman.edu, Cell phone: 208-761-7749
Andy Larson: Hunter #307. Cell 208-340-2944
Matt Gander: Hunter #304. Cell 503-580-3954
Joe Hykan: Hunter#304. Cell 720-561-1880
Tab Room Directors:
Policy: Andrew Larson (208) 340-2944 and Jonathan Barsky (760) 274-7200
LD: Brad Thew and Matt Gander (503) 580-3954
PF: Joseph Hykan and Emma Thompson
IEs: Sarah Sherry (sherrysm@puyallup.k12.wa.us) Puyallup High School and Chris Coovert (Gig Harbor)
Congress: Roberta Rice (robertarice99@yahoo.com): Cell (509) 939-4535, Central Valley High School and Kyle Hendrix
(Whitman)
Sincerely,
Kevin
Kevin D. Kuswa, Ph.D.
Director of Debate
Whitman College
Hunter Conservatory #309
345 Boyer Avenue,
Walla Walla, WA 99362
email (best contact): kuswakd@whitman.edu
phone: 509-522-4433 (checked infrequently)
cell: 804-370-9392
2013 WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Reid is the primary gathering space for the tournament. Students should stay on the 1st floor or the basement unless
they are competing on the second floor. Please respect the buildings by keeping volume down and disposing of your
trash. Wash hands regularly – the flu is among us.
THURS, NOV. 7
2:00-3:45
Register at Hunter Foyer
4:00 - 6:30pm
Policy, PF & LD Round 1
4:30 – 6:30 Congress Segment 1- Congress cannot compete in any other debate event
5:30 to 7pm Light Dinner in Reid / or on your own
7:00 – 9:30
Policy PF, and LD Round 2
7:30 – 9:30 Congress Segment 2- Congress cannot compete in any other debate event
FRI, NOV. 8
7:45am--8:45 late registration (IEs only), Hunter Foyer
7:45am - 9:45
Policy, PF, and LD Round 3
9:45am to 10:30am
Women in Forensics Forum—"pre-session meet & greet" (Reid G02)
10:00
Extemp Prep
10:30 -Noon
IEs Rd 1
12:15 – 2:30pm
Policy, PF, and LD Round 4
11:30—2:00pm
Lunch Available in Reid (Tickets required—your coaches have tickets)
2:30 – 4:30
IEs Round 2
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Policy, PF, and LD Round 5
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Congress Segment 3- Congress cannot compete in any other debate event
6:30 – 8:15
IEs Round 3
5:00—7:00pm
Dinner Available in Reid (Tickets required—your coaches have tickets)
8:15—10:30pm
Policy, PF, and LD Round 6
SAT, NOV. 9
8:00 – 10:30
8:30 – 10:30
10:15 –
10:30 – Noon
11:00 – 1:00
Noon – 2:30 pm
12:30 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:30
3:30 – 5:30pm
5:30
6:30 – 8:30pm
Policy, PF, LD – Partial Octo-Finals
CONGRESS Super-SEGMENT - 1
Extemp Prep for Finals
IE FINALS - All Events
Lunch available in Reid (Tickets required—your coaches have tickets)
Policy, PF, LD QUARTERS
CONGRESS Super-SEGMENT - 2
Women in Forensics Forum (Reid G02)
Policy, PF and LD SEMIFINALS
AWARDS, Cordiner Auditorium
Policy, PF, LD FINALS
There is a digital copy of this schedule at: https://www.forensicstournament.net/WhitmanWilcox/13
Refrain from streaming and non-debate work so that we keep the internet functioning reasonably well.
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The Whitman National Debate Institutes (WNDI), Summer of 2014
Our pedagogy is student-centered and privileges active learning through experience. It is not our goal to deposit mountains of information in
students' minds, but rather to familiarize students with the process of thinking through, researching, and developing complete, compelling arguments on
each new topic. In other words, we want you to leave the camp feeling confident in your ability to research any topic and craft high quality arguments on
your own. This means that we seek to build foundational skills in creative, critical thinking, responsible research, and argument construction more than
we wish to teach how to argue about any single issue or philosopher.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS, PUBLIC FORUM, EXTEMP
Our curriculum unfolds in three stages. First, students will plunge into speaking/debating. Before students even arrive at camp they will receive a
sizeable packet of quality evidence on one of the NFL topics for next year. Students will spend the first two days constructing affirmative and negative
cases in workshops with our faculty. Within the first week, everyone will debate at least twice, once on the affirmative and once on the negative. Finally,
philosophy seminars and debate skills sessions will supplement the practice debates. Extempers will practice speeches and conduct guided research on
a variety of topics throughout the week.
POLICY (Standard and Kritik Approaches)
We believe that research, speaking, advocacy, and passion for debate are an important balance that emerge through a
combination of careful reading and summarizing, crafting of arguments, presentation and delivery of an overall position, refutation, and
rhetorical packaging. We use this philosophy to guide our institute and instruction modules.
This workshop provides serious debaters with the best that institutes have to offer. Students will have the opportunity to receive
personalized instruction from top-notch faculty in intimate groups and benefit from all the amenities available to students at larger
camps. All the amenities will include electives, practice debates, rebuttal re-dos, guided research, a starter set of evidence prepared
exclusively for the camp, computer access, copies of camp blocks, recreational events, etc.
Scheduling for the workshop will include research skills, group discussions, mini-debates and practice debates, theory
discussions, electives, and a tournament. Students will select blocks of time based on possible schedules that will be distributed to all
of the students prior to the workshop. We are extremely proud to announce that a number of our national circuit debaters / graduates
will be assisting us again this summer. Our promise is that you will get better each and every day.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Tuition costs include room and board as well as full instruction. We may be able to offer lower rates for commuters.
Contact us at debate@whitman.edu.
Sunday, June 15th, 2014 – Saturday, June 21st
(Tuition Cost: $800)
Policy Debate: Reading Week , All experience levels welcome
LD, Public Forum, Extemp Session I, All experience levels welcome
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 – Saturday, July 12th
(Tuition Cost: $2,200)
Three Week Policy: Debate Session, All experience levels welcome
Three Week Policy: Kritik Debate Session, All experience levels welcome
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 – Saturday, July 5th
(Tuition Cost: $1,550)
Two Week Policy: Debate Session, All experience levels welcome
Two Week Policy: Kritik Debate session, All experience levels welcome
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 – Saturday, June 28th
(Tuition Cost: $800)
One Week Policy: Debate session, All experience levels welcome
One Week Policy: Kritik Debate Session, All experience levels welcome
Sunday, July 5th, 2014 – Saturday, July 12th
(Tuition Cost: $800)
LD, Public Forum, Extemp Session II, All experience levels welcome