1515-Puget Sound High Sedchool Invite 2015 (1)

8/19/2019 1515-Puget Sound High Sedchool Invite 2015 (1)

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Dear Director of Forensics,

The Washington Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta National Forensics Honorary and the Communication StudiesDepartment at the ni!ersity of Puget Sound in!ite you and your students to participate in the 82nd Annual PugetSound High School Forensics Tournament, "anuary #th$%&th, '&%()

We are e*cited to announce that the Puget Sound Tournament continue to recei!e a Finals +incoln Douglas Deate id to the Tournament of Champions) We are also no- a id tournament for .ndi!idual /!ents) We are honoredthat the T0C recogni1ed the e*cellent competition of the region and the tournament as a site -here such e*cellenceis demonstrated) We do elie!e that this -ill continue to increase demand to the tournament and as2 that youregister early) We -ill include a -ait list option this year)

This year3s tournament -ill return to Wheeloc2 Student Center -ith added space and a ne- diner)

This year3s tournament -ill use mutual preference 4udging in 0pen +incoln Douglas deate)

We continue the follo-ing5

• Individual Events5 -e continue to offer all indi!idual e!ents in one pattern) Students may enter no more

than 6 e!ents e*cept) Students may only enter % dual interpretation) Students are responsile for ma2ing itto rounds on time) "udges -ill e re7uired to process allots %58( minutes after the round start)

• Tournament Payment separate from Registrationchec! 5 Although the practice is atypical, -e continue

to schedule payment separate from registration as this significantly reduces the time for registration andthe potential delays in getting the first rounds out on time) Please feel free to approach the allot tale to pay fees during the designated times or at your con!enience if you notice the allot tale is e*periencing alull) .f you are paying -ith a purchase order, at fee collection you -ill e pro!ided -ith a receipt andappropriate paper-or2) Coaches or guardians are responsile for turning that paper-or2 into accountantsfor processing of payment) Schools that o-e for past tournament fees -ill need to remit those fees prior toregistering for the tournament)

• "nline Tournament Entry5 Tournament registration continues to e online) 9ou must register to use this

system at ---)forensicstournament)net) .f you ha!e any prolems -ith the site, please let me 2no- atduescher:pugetsound)edu)

/nclosed -ith this letter please find documents on5• ;eneral .nformation, Tournament Speech Statement, /*planation of /ntry Fees, Tournament Schedule,


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#eneral Information

Please note that coaches and administrators are responsile for 2no-ing the rules of entry for this tournament)

Registration5

9ou must register on$line at $$$%forensicstournament%net) 0nly in the most e*traordinary of circumstances -e

-ill accept other forms of registration)

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/ntry Deadline5 Tuesday, "anuary ?, '&%(, 85&& P@ Pacific Time)• Drop Deadline5 Wednesday, "anuary , '&%( %'5&& P@ Pacific Time) After this deadline, fees -ill e

calculated and all drops -ill e charged full entry fees)

• .f necessary you may email changes to your registration to duescher:pugetsound)edu) This address if

for 7uestions and changes only, not for registration purposes) Please email changes as soon as you 2no-

them)

• Confirmation of registration -ill e Friday "anuary #th from 56& to B56& a)m) at the allot tale in

Wheeloc2 Student Center) Fees -ill e paid on Friday "anuary # th from (5&& to B5&& p)m, or at your and

the allot tale3s con!enience after the first rounds ha!e gone off)

Entry Information5

• Schools may enter up to t-o s7uads) .n the e!ent a school has more than one s7uad e)g) if that school has

more than the ma*imum numer of entries in one of the deate e!ents or total ./ slots the school must

enter t-o s7uads) Students on s7uad A may deate students on s7uad >) Third s7uads may e entered,room permitting and only y direct permission from the tournament director)

• Topics

o C$E deate -ill use the '&%8$'&%( topic and +D and Pulic Forum -e -ill use the "anuary topic

that is released in Decemer) Washington State no!ice case list applies to policy deate)

• C$E deate

o -ill offer only 4unior and open di!ision)

o Ten %& teams ma*imum per s7uad, -ith no more than si* teams in any one di!ision)

o Three or four person teams are permitted if so indicated at registration, ut only t-o people may

deate in any single round)

o No one person, or ma!eric2 teams are allo-ed e*cept in limited asis in the e!ent a partner is

ill, e)g) for not more than ' rounds) @a!eric2 teams are not permitted in elimination deates)

• +incoln$Douglas Deate5

o /ight B entries ma*imum per s7uad, -ith no more than si* entries in any one di!ision) Schoolsmay enter more than one s7uadGteam)

o An +$D entry is defined as a single indi!idual prepared to deate oth sides)

o All +$D rounds -ill e doule$flighted)

• Pulic Forum Deate5

o /ight B entries ma*imum per s7uad -ith no more than si* entries in any one di!ision) Schools

may enter more than one s7uadGteam)

o All pulic forum deates -ill e doule$flighted)

• .ndi!idual /!ents5

o '& slots ma*imum per s7uad) Schools may enter more than one s7uadGteam)

o Students may triple enter)

o Students may enter only one duo interpretation)

• Student Congress5

o /ight B person ma*imum per s7uad, -ith no more than si* ? ma*imum in each house)

o /ntries -ill e 0pen any student and "unior) .f houses reach more than '( students -e -ill

split chamers as necessary and depending on room a!ailaility) We -ill use the spring doc2et of

congress ills) The ne- legislation -ill e posted at5 http5GG---)-iaa)comGsucontent)asp*I

Sec.DJ6' y Decemer %() We -ill &"T photocopy ills for distriution, nor -ill -e print any

ills for schools in attendance) Schools -ill e responsile for all of their printing and

photocopying needs) The doc2et -ill e set y the tournament staff)

• Students may enter only one 2ind of deate or student congress)

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'ivisions for () 'e*ate+ Pu*lic Forum+ and ,' 'e*ate-

• No!ice di!ision is open to #$%% graders -ho ha!e no pre!ious e*perience in deate prior to the current

competiti!e year or ha!e si* or less rounds of deate competition at in!itational, league, or district

competition prior to the current competiti!e year and ha!e not placed first through fourth in no!ice or

ao!e deate competition at t-o tournaments) First time seniors need to e placed in "unior di!ision)

• "unior di!ision is open to those students in their first or second year of competition -ho ha!e not placed

first through fourth in 4unior or ao!e deate competition at t-o tournaments)• 0pen di!ision is open to all students regardless of years of e*perience or a-ards -on in deate)

• .f a deate team is composed of partners of different e*perience le!els, the team must enter the di!ision of

the more e*perienced partner)

• We reser!e the right to collapse a di!ision of congress, C$E, pulic forum, or +D if there are fe-er than

si* schools entered)

• We -ill use @P" in 0pen +incoln Douglas Deate) Preferences -ill li2ely e released Thursday afternoon)

'ivisions for Individual Events-

• No!ice di!ision is for eginners) These are students -ho ha!e no more than si* rounds of forensics

e*perience in indi!idual e!ents or deate prior to the current school year regardless of class standing)

• 0pen di!ision is open to any high school student) 0pen di!ision is defined as appropriate for those -ho

ha!e had si* or more rounds of spea2ing e*perience prior to the current school year) Those not meeting

the re7uirements of no!ice di!ision must compete in open di!ision) We reser!e the right to collapsedi!isions if entries are elo- se!en total slots)

Patterns

• .ndi!idual /!ents5 /*pository, /*temporaneous, Dramatic .nterpretation, Duo .nterpretation, 0ratory,

.mpromptu, Humorous .nterpretation, .nterpreti!e


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Par!ing5>est par2ing is in the WSC lot south of the uilding, -hich has easy access from Alder and %8 th) >us dri!ers -illfind it easier to tra!el one loc2 further north and use Alder Street to N) %(th to drop passengers at the Studentnion >uilding Wheeloc2 Student CenterGWSC) >uses should e par2ed at the Fieldhouse lot, located on North%%th et-een nion and +a-rence streets) nder no circumstances should uses or large !ans enter the "onescircle -ith the fountain on %( th) >uses cannot ma2e the turn)

see campus map located at5 http5GG---)pugetsound)eduGaoutGcampus$$the$north-estGcampus$mapG )

,odging5There is no tournament hotel, ut the Days .nn at ?B&' Tacoma @all >l!d), '(6$8($(#&& generally has plenty of

rooms a!ailale at a reasonale rate) 0ther motels are5

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Tournament Speech Statement

This tournament affirms the importance of all tournament participants= cooperation in creating an educational and

competiti!e en!ironment that is fair, humane and responsile -hile, at the same time, encouraging deates that are

de!oted to full and roust argument aout a di!erse range of ideas) Specifically, this tournament affirms that5

• "udges and students are encouraged to tal2 aout the e*pectations that they ha!e for creating a deate that

focuses on ideas instead of personal attac2s)

• Deaters are encouraged to communicate -ith respect and to a!oid the perception of attac2ing each other

or the 4udge)

• "udges are encouraged to communicate -ith respect and a!oid the perception of attac2ing or de!aluingstudents)

• Deaters and 4udges are encouraged to re4ect discourse that de!alues other memers of our community

ased on their race, age, gender, gender orientation, class, se*ual or religious orientation, or any reason

that is not directly related to the arguments that they present)

• Students and 4udges are encouraged to communicate -ith each other -hen they oser!e instances of

!erally aggressi!e attac2s rather than silently -atching something occur to -hich they o4ect)

• "udges are encouraged to re-ard courteous and respectful eha!ior to-ard the 4udge and other competitors

in a-arding spea2er points).f serious andGor repeated demeaning speech materially or sustantially disrupts the opportunity for deaters tocompete fairly or the 4udge to e!aluate fairly, 4udges are encouraged to doc2 spea2er points)

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Entry Fees

All fees -ill e handled at the fee collection times you do N0T need to send your school fee in ad!ance) Fees -ill

e assessed as of %'5&& p)m) on Wednesday, "anuary th) 'rops after that time do not reduce fees as $e hire

/udges and *uy trophies *ased on your original entry num*ers) @a2e chec2s payale to ni!ersity of Puget

Sound) Fees -ill e paid on Friday e!ening after ta2ing account of missed allots and no sho- 4udges) Adds are

not permitted at registration$$a name change is considered an add) Please call in drops and changes early the

fe-er drops that are reported at registration, the more li2ely -e are to start on time)

Purchase 0rders5 We as2 that you a!oid the use of purchase orders% If you select to use a purchase order then the

director of your program is responsi*le for processing the necessary forms from registration $ith your schools

accounting agents% .f Puget Sound does not recei!e payment from your school y February 15, 2015 you -ill e

charged a processing fee of O'()&&) We -ill send a second ill to you on February 18 th) .f payment is not recei!ed

y March 15th you -ill e charged an additional %& late fee) /ach additional month late -ill incur an additional

%& late fee)

SchoolGS7uad fees5 O(&)&&Gschool

C$E Deate O8&)&&Gper team

+incoln Douglas O6&)&&Gper deater

Pulic Forum O6&)&&Gper team

Congress Slot O%()&&Gper contestant.ndi!idual /!ents O%&)&&Gper entry not personnco!ered C$E Deate O%(&)&&Gper teamnco!ered +D Deater O()&&Gper deater nco!ered Pulic Forum O()&&Gper teamnco!ered Congress Slot O'&)&&Gper studentnco!ered ./ Slot O%&)&&Gper slot No Sho- "udges O%(&)&&Gper no sho-@issed >allot Fee O'&)&&Gper missed allot

0udges5

Because forensics is an educational activity, we believe that a coach-judge who will provide competent critiques

for competitors should accompany all entries) @emers of the Puget Sound Forensics Team are not a!ailale for

hire as they are needed to run the tournament) Students -ho ha!e not graduated from high school may N0T 4udge

regardless of di!ision

• "udging Fees5 Please ring 4udges) .f a 4udge is a!ailale for the entire -ee2end that 4udge co!ers t-o C$

E deate teams and si* ./ slots 0< four +$D entries and si* ./ slots 0< si* ./ slots and four student

congress entries) "udges cannot co!er concurrent e!ents5 C$E, Pulic Forum, +D, and Congress)

• "udging Penalties5 /ach no sho- 4udges not reported y %'5&& p)m) Wednesday, "anuary Bth -ill cost the

school a O%(&)&& penalty and the appropriate fees for unco!ered entries) >allots assigned to 4udges from

your school that are not pic2ed up y ten minutes after a round is scheduled to egin -ill incur a O'& fee

to co!er a hired 4udge payment)

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Tentative Tournament Schedule

Please note that the schedule has undergone significant re!ision from recent years) .n particular, deate rounds

egin earlier on Friday and ./ rounds e*tend into Saturday) While this schedule -ill li2ely e modified again, -e

elie!e this ma*imi1es our rooms -hile creating a more rela*ed approach for the tournament -ith consideraly

earlier finishes on oth Friday and Saturday)

./ Pattern5 /*pository, /*temporaneous, Dramatic .nterpretation, Duo .nterpretation, 0ratory,

.mpromptu, Humorous .nterpretation, .nterpretati!e

Documents

1515-Puget Sound High Sedchool Invite 2015 (1)