<p>Dear Colleagues:</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The forensic programs at Texas Tech University and The University of Utah invite</p> <p>you to the 11th annual Mile High Swing to be held on the campus of The University of</p> <p>Utah, January 5-8, 2017. PLEASE NOTE: This year, the tournament will run over 4,</p> <p>not 3, days.</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Mile High Swing will feature 2 complete parliamentary debate tournaments. At</p> <p>the first half (TTU), we will offer 5 preliminary rounds with a double-octafinal break</p> <p>consistent with the NPTE, along with some other features similar to the NPTE, such</p> <p>as pre-released topic areas. At the second half (Great Salt Lake), we will offer 5</p> <p>preliminary rounds with a possibility of partial triple-octofinals, and we will utilize</p> <p>random topics similar to the NPDA Championship tournament. The first half will</p> <p>utilize mutual judging; the second will utilize strikes. Both tournaments will feature</p> <p>two minutes of flex-time after the PMC, LOC, as well as one minute of flex time after</p> <p>the MGC, and LOR. This time may be used for prep, CX, drinking water, etc.</p> <p>We are also pleased to announce that Joe Gantt, Director of Forensics at Lewis &amp;</p> <p>Clark College, has agreed to tabulate the tournament.</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We expect these tournaments to be some of the most competitive in the nation and</p> <p>we hope you will join us in Salt Lake City this coming January.</p> <p>SPECIAL NOTE: The University of Utah and California State University Long Beach</p> <p>will host an IE/LD swing alongside this tournament. The schedule has been</p> <p>arranged to allow full-service teams to split their competition between halves (e.g.,</p> <p>PARLI/PARLI, PARLI/IE, or IE/IE). PLEASE NOTE: PARLI competitors wishing to do</p> <p>IEs, must compete in PARLI during the first half (Thurs/Fri) of the DEBATE (with</p> <p>IEs on Saturday) swing due to scheduling constraints. The invitation can be found</p> <p>here: http://www.debate.utah.edu/?page_id=8.</p>