Welcome to the home page for the 2015 Eastside Catholic Invitational tournament hosted by Eastside Catholic High School on Jan 30-31, 2015 for High School students.

Status: Tournament Completed

<p>~~15th Annual</p> <p>Eastside Catholic Invitational Tournament - 2015</p> <p>Hosted by Eastside Catholic High School</p> <p>JANUARY 30 - JANUARY 31, 2015</p> <p>Dear Coach:</p> <p>Enclosed you will find information on the fifteenth annual Eastside Catholic Invitational Tournament.&nbsp; We are offering again Lincoln-Douglas debate, public forum debate, policy debate, student congress and all eight state IE events. The tournament is a District 2 state bid at semifinals in all debate events and at finals in all IE events. Please be careful to read the conflict patterns and division requirements.&nbsp; The tournament allows large debate and individual event entries which may force us to limit the number of schools attending, so we recommend registering early.&nbsp; If there are any questions or concerns, please contact me at the numbers listed below.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jane McCoy, Head Debate Coach</p> <p>Eastside Catholic High School</p> <p>Cell: (425) 466-8829</p> <p>Fax: (425) 392-5160</p> <p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jmccoy@eastsidecatholic.org\">jmccoy@eastsidecatholic.org</a> (preferred method of contact)</p> <p>Eastside Catholic is a non-smoking campus and food/drink (other than water) is not allowed outside the cafeteria.&nbsp; Also, we employ an outside security firm that sometimes locks doors without telling me.&nbsp; Please abide by the food and tobacco rules and don&rsquo;t prop doors open.&nbsp; If something is locked, please call me immediately.</p> <p>Please make sure that you cover your entry with the correct number of judges for each round.&nbsp; Also have a certified supervisor per WIAA rules on our campus for the entire tournament.&nbsp;</p> <p>TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:</p> <p>Registration should be in our hands by Tuesday, January 27th.&nbsp; Fees are set at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday and are NOT reduced with drops after that time.&nbsp; Registration is on a first come, first served basis.&nbsp;</p> <p>LIMITATIONS:</p> <p>Six Lincoln-Douglas debate slots per school, three public forum debate slots per school, three policy slots per school, twenty student congress spots and twenty individual events slots per school.&nbsp; No maximum entry per individual event.&nbsp; A school may enter more participants but they must be registered as a second squad with a separate registration and fee.&nbsp; Schools that enter more than one squad will NOT be protected from hitting that second team.</p> <p>DIVISIONS:</p> <p>There will be ONE division (Open) for all events.&nbsp;</p> <p>DEBATE:</p> <p>The Lincoln-Douglas topic will be the Jan/Feb NFL topic as published by NSDA. Times for LD: 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 with four minutes downtime for each debater. The policy debate topic will be the 2014-2015&nbsp;topic as published by the NSDA. The public forum debate topic will be the February topic as published by NSDA. Times for public forum: 4-4-3-4-4-3-2-2-3-2-2 with two minutes downtime for each team. Super Congress will consist of a Scenario, NOT the bills published in the WFSA packet.</p> <p>PLEASE NOTE THAT DISCLOSURE IS EXPECTED AND ORAL CRITIQUES ARE ENCOURAGED WITHIN REASONABLE TIME LIMITS.</p> <p>CONFLICT PATTERNS:</p> <p>Due to time limitations, debaters cannot enter Pattern B events. Congress finals conflict with Pattern B IE&rsquo;s, but students CAN double enter and simply make a motion to leave the chamber in order to go to their Pattern B round.</p> <p>STUDENTS MAY NOT ENTER CONFLICTING EVENTS; YOU MAY ENTER ONE EVENT IN EACH PATTERN</p> <p>INDIVIDUAL EVENT RULES</p> <p>All events shall use the WSFA and WIAA penalty procedure for overtime and state rules will be used for all events.</p> <p>JUDGING:</p> <p>Each debate judge will cover 2 LD debaters OR public forum teams OR policy teams.&nbsp; Judges CANNOT cover multiple pools.&nbsp; Thus a school that has two LD and one public forum needs two judges, one to cover the LD and one to cover the public forum. Each IE or student congress judge covers 1-6 spots.&nbsp; Each event a speaker enters is considered a spot.&nbsp; A speaker doing two events counts as 2 spots for judging; four speakers doing two speeches each equal 8 spots and require two judges.</p> <p>Debate judges may be asked to cover individual events unless they specify debate only.&nbsp; In this event, the judges for both pools must be provided.&nbsp;</p> <p>Two notes about debate judges:</p> <p>1.&nbsp;Please provide trained judges, not just &ldquo;warm bodies&rdquo; to fill your commitment.&nbsp; There&rsquo;s nothing worse for debaters than working all season only to end up in front of a judge who has never seen the activity.&nbsp; We will consider an untrained judge the equivalent of an uncovered commitment.</p> <p>2.&nbsp;LD and policy debate judges: by Wednesday, January 28th, please submit a paradigm to the judge wiki at: <a href=\"http://judgephilosophies.wikispaces.com/\">http://judgephilosophies.wikispaces.com/</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>FEES:</p> <p>There will be a $30.00 school fee. LD, policy, public forum, and student congress are each $20.00 per entry.&nbsp; Each speech entry is $12.00, including duo. Again, each speech counts for one entry, thus a speaker doing two speech events costs $24.00.&nbsp; Uncovered entries will be assessed a $50 fine per entry uncovered or dropped from competition.&nbsp; Please provide enough judges &ndash; we really don&rsquo;t want to drop competitors but our hand may be forced due to Washington&rsquo;s congenital judge shortage.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>AWARDS:</p> <p>Debate will have first and second in each division. Student Congress will have three to five awards depending on the break and will award a top Presiding Officer.&nbsp; Individual Events will have superior awards for finalists not placing in the top three and will have separate awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.&nbsp; For partner events, those receiving trophies will receive one trophy (for the school) and two superior awards (one for each competitor).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>DEADLINES:</p> <p>Registration online is due TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th by 4:00 P.M.&nbsp; Fees will be set at that time.&nbsp; Registration will occur on <a href=\"http://forensicstournament.net/\">Forensicstournament.net</a></p> <p>DIRECTIONS:</p> <p>Take I-90 E to the Issaquah-Highlands Exit, head left (North) up the hill, and continue straight onto Issaquah-Pine Lake Road.&nbsp; Turn right onto 228th. Then, after passing Skyline High School, turn right into Eastside Catholic at Crusader Way.&nbsp; If you hit Eastlake High School (and I hope your air bag inflated properly) you went one school too far.&nbsp; All the high schools are on the right side of the road.</p> <p>Hotel Information</p> <p>There aren&rsquo;t many hotels up on the Sammamish Plateau, but Issaquah is only 15 minutes away and there are two hotels there.</p> <p>Hilton Garden Inn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Holiday Inn&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>1800 NW Gilman Blvd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;1801 12th Avenue NW</p> <p>Issaquah, WA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issaquah, WA</p> <p>&nbsp;(425) 837-3600&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(425) 392-6421</p> <p>Bellevue (20 minutes away) has many hotels.</p> <p>From the Issaquah hotels, you would take I-90 E to the Issaquah-Highlands Exit, head left (North) up the hill, and continue straight onto Issaquah-Pine Lake Road.&nbsp; Turn right onto 228th.&nbsp; Then, after passing Skyline High School, turn right into Eastside Catholic at Crusader Way.&nbsp; If you hit Eastlake High School you went one school too far.</p> <p>&emsp;</p> <p>EASTSIDE CATHOLIC FIFTEENTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE</p> <p>Friday, January 30</p> <p>Registration*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3:00 - 3:30&nbsp;In Front of Library</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Debate 1 (Pre-set)&nbsp;&nbsp;3:30 - 5:30&nbsp;Student Congress Session 1</p> <p>Debate 2 (Pre-set)&nbsp;&nbsp;5:30- 7:30&nbsp;(6 p.m. for Student Congress Session 2)</p> <p>Debate 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7:45 &ndash; 9:30</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;(Ballots are picked up and returned in front of the library.)</p> <p>*In an effort to start on time, payment will be accepted throughout the evening.&nbsp; If you have no changes, simply pick up your packet and let us know you&rsquo;re here.</p> <p>Saturday, February 1</p> <p>IE Registration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7:00 - 7:30&nbsp;In front of Library</p> <p>Pattern A Round 1&nbsp;&nbsp;7:30 - 8:30</p> <p>Extemp Draw &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8:30</p> <p>Debate 4 / Pattern B&nbsp; Round 1&nbsp;8:30 - 10:30 &nbsp;Student Congress Super Session 1</p> <p>Pattern A Round 2&nbsp;&nbsp;10:30 - 11:30</p> <p>Extemp Draw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11:30</p> <p>Debate 5 / Pattern B Round&nbsp; 2&nbsp;11:30 - 1:30 &nbsp;Student Congress Super Session 2</p> <p>Pattern A Round 3&nbsp;&nbsp;1:30 - 2:30</p> <p>Extemp Draw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2:30&nbsp;</p> <p>Debate 6 / Pattern B Round 3&nbsp;2:30 - 4:30&nbsp;</p> <p>IE Finals &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5:00 - 6:00</p> <p>LD Quarters / PF Semis&nbsp;&nbsp;6:00 - 7:00</p> <p>Awards &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7:00 - 7:45&nbsp;(In the Chapel)</p> <p>LD Semis / PF Finals&nbsp;&nbsp;7:30 - 8:30&nbsp;</p> <p>LD Finals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8:30 - 9:30</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Pattern A:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pattern B:</p> <p>Impromptu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Extemporaneous&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Humorous Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation</p> <p>Oratory &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Expository&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Interpretive Reading &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dual Interpretation&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Other Information:</p> <p>Wifi Access:</p> <p>Network: Visitors</p> <p>Password: ECatholic</p> <p>Please, no sprays or perfumes in the high school.</p>