The 2013
YALE IV
The Yale Debate Association invites you to participate in the sixth annual Yale Inter-Varsity Parliamentary
Tournament, to take place at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut on Friday, October 4 and
Saturday, October 5.
Competition
The tournament will consist of five preliminary rounds (the first four of which will have open adjudication),
followed by a varsity quarters break and a novice* final round. All rounds will be debated in the British
Parliamentary style, and we plan to strictly enforce Worlds-standard seven minute speaking times. This will
be an excellent opportunity for teams to prepare for Worlds. Additionally, all APDA members who advance
to semifinals will also automatically qualify for APDA’s 2014 National Championships (although
competitors will not earn -OTY points).
We are pleased to announce that our adjudication core will be led by Ben Kornfeld and Nate Blevins. Ben is
a former WUDC semifinalist, the champion and top speaker of the 2013 US Universities Debating
Championships (USUDC), and on the 2013 Team of the Year in American Parliamentary Debate. Nate was
the 2011 North American champion, a USUDC finalist, an Oxford semifinalist, and a two-time WUDC
octofinalist.
Joining Ben and Nate on the adjudication team will be Paul Gross and Sam Ward-Packard. Paul has judged
the open semifinal round of WUDC Berlin and served as the CA for many tournaments in the Northeast; as
a debater, he was a USUDC semifinalist, Yale finalist, and Oxford quarter-finalist. Sam is the reigning
national champion in British Parliamentary debate and was top speaker at USUDC 2012. The conveners of
the Yale IV will be Anirudh Sivaram and Allison Douglis.
The Yale IV is proud to offer a judging pool featuring some of the best adjudicators available. Past
adjudicators at our tournament have included:
• Sam Block: Top Speaker of Assumption Worlds 2008, Chief Adjudicator of Manilla Worlds 2012
• Josh Bone: 2nd Speaker of Assumption Worlds 2008, Cambridge IV Champion 2006
• Adam Chilton: Top Speaker of the Oxford and Cambridge IVs 2007, Worlds Finalist at Koc Worlds
2010
• Cormac Early: Worlds Finalist at Cork Worlds 2009 and Koc Worlds 2010
• Dylan Gadek: Cambridge IV Champion 2006
• Adam Goldstein: Winner Cambridge 2008, Top Speaker Oxford IV
• Will Jones: World Champion of Cork Worlds 2009, European Champion and Top Speaker 2008
• Alfred “Tuna” Snider: Convener of the 2009 and 2011 US Universities Debate Championships
• Michael Baer - Worlds Finalist at Manila Worlds 2012, Chief Adjudicator of Chennai Worlds 2014
• Alex Worsnip - Worlds Finalist at Cork Worlds 2009, Euros Finalist at Tallin Euros 2008, HWS
Round Robin Winner
• Mary Nugent - Two time Worlds Finals judge at Botswana Worlds 2011 and Manila Worlds 2012
• Ben Woolgar - Top Speaker at Manila Worlds 2012, Worlds Finalist at Botswana Worlds 2011
• Kate Falkenstien - Worlds Octofinalist at Manila Worlds 2012; NorthAms 2011, USUDC 2011 and
2012, and APDA Nationals 2012 Finalist; two time NorthAms Top Speaker in 2011 and 2012; Top
Speaker at APDA Nationals 2012
• Grant May - World Semifinalist at Assumption Worlds 2008, Oxford IV 2009 Champion, North
American and APDA National Champion in 2009
• Stephen Boyle – Two time Worlds Quarterfinalist, Champion of the Yale IV and Hart House IV
• Stephen Kryger - Oxford IV 2009 Champion, Worlds Octofinalist
• Saro Setrakian - Worlds Quarterfinalist at Botswana Worlds 2011, NorthAms 2010 Finalist
• Sean Stefanik - Worlds Quarterfinalist at Botswana Worlds 2011, NorthAms 2010 Finalist
• Romeo Maione - NorthAms 2012 Champion
Housing, Food, and Entertainment
Registration for the Yale IV includes dinner on Friday and access to our Friday night social. We will
provide a room to sleep in on Friday night and a delicious breakfast Saturday morning.
For teams traveling significant distances, we can also provide a place to sleep on Thursday and/or Saturday
nights at no additional cost, as well as an after-party on Saturday night.
Registration
Registration for the Yale IV 2013 will take place online. To register, fill in the form at our website,
www.yaledebate.org/iv. The deadline for registration is midnight on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
Payment
Registration will be $125/team for US and Canadian schools which have previously attended the Yale IV,
$90/team for US and Canadian schools which have not previously attended our tournament, and $50/team
for schools outside North America.
There is a pay to play policy for this tournament. We prefer payment in the form of American cash or
checks. If you choose to pay with a check in foreign currency, we will convert the fee to your currency at
the going exchange rate, plus an additional $20 to cover the costs of cashing foreign checks at our bank. All
checks should be made out to the Yale Debate Association.
Note also that we impose an n-2 judging requirement on US and Canadian schools. Teams that fail to meet
this requirement will face a $50 penalty fee per missing judge.
We can offer further waivers and discounts to teams from far away, teams in financial need, and teams that
bring, in any capacity, someone that has previously broken at Worlds as a judge. Please email us to discuss
or note your request on your registration form.
Contact Information
As the tournament approaches, should you have any pressing questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact our tournament staff via email or cell phone.
General Enquiries: yaleiv@gmail.com
Allison Douglis (Convener): 908-642-3603
Anirudh Sivaram (Convener): 203-892-2457
* "Novice" will be defined as any debater in their first year of college debate, regardless of style