Welcome to the home page for the 2017 Griffin Invitational tournament hosted by Grossmont College on Nov 11-12, 2017 for College students.

Status: Tournament Completed

<p>We hope you&#39;ll join us in November.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The tournament has designated the following rooms for parli prep rooms. You may use at your own discretion but please make sure to clean up the rooms after prep time.&nbsp; Schools should&nbsp;not leave bags, laptops, or food in these rooms during or between rounds.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan=\"2\">2017 Griffin Invitational</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PARLI PREP ROOMS</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>School</td> <td>Room</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cerritos College</td> <td>55-527</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Grossmont</td> <td>53-538</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Irvine Valley College</td> <td>51-583</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mt. San Antonio College</td> <td>55-528</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mt. San Jacinto College</td> <td>55-526</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Northern Arizona University</td> <td>55-522</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Orange Coast College</td> <td>53-552</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Palomar College</td> <td>53-551B</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Point Loma Nazarene University</td> <td>55-524</td> </tr> <tr> <td>San Diego Mesa College</td> <td>53-555B</td> </tr> <tr> <td>San Diego State University</td> <td>52-570</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Also, here are the instructions for topic strikes that will be on the ballot. Students should go to their debate room for topic strikes (Round 1 - 8:30am).</p> <p>2017 Griffin Parliamentary Debate Topics</p> <ul> <li>5 Minute grace period to forfeit before start of round</li> <li>Negative Strikes first followed by the affirmative, remaining topic is topic for debate</li> <li>20 minutes of preparation time</li> <li>2 minute grace period to start debate after prep time expires</li> </ul> <p>See you all in the morning!</p>