Welcome to the home page for the 2014 SDIVSL League Tournament #4 - Parli/Public Forum/Congress tournament hosted by Helix Charter High School on Nov 15, 2014 for High School students.
Status: Tournament Completed
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<p><em>This tournament is open only to schools in the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League</em><br />
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<strong>Tournament Director:</strong> Lily Bolig, VP of Debate (<a href=\"mailto:lily.bolig@sduhsd.net\">email</a>)<br />
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<strong>Directions: </strong> Helix Charter High School, 7323 University Ave., La Mesa (parking available in student lot, located at 4200 Lowell St.) <br />
<a href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/4200+Lowell+St,+La+Mesa,+CA+91941/@32.7550098,-117.0350304,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d956d9b6d6862f:0xd788847b0a5a7e5c\">Google Map here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Events:</strong> </p>
<p><strong> Pattern A: </strong>Parliamentary Debate, Public Forum Debate</p>
<p><strong> Pattern B:</strong> Congress, Presiding Officer</p>
<p>This tournament will feature an open division only.</p>
<p>Please note - due to the structure of this schedule, coaches with students in only pattern A events are not required to be present for pattern B events. Conversely, coaches with students in only pattern B events are not required to be present for pattern A events. Coaches with students in both patterns must be present for the ENTIRE tournament. Exception: If students are on campus before or after their rounds, their coach must also be present.</p>
<p>We need schools to step up to provide Presiding Officers. There is no required ratio of competitors to POs, but please do your part to provide POs if you are entering congress competitors. </p>
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<strong>Topics:</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Public Forum</strong><em> – November Topic </em><strong>Resolved: </strong>On balance, the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the harms.</p>
<p><strong>Parliamentary </strong><em>- </em>schools competing in Parli must submit 3 resolutions for consideration; 1 fact, 1 value, and 1 policy. (First-year teams are exempt from this requirement, but are still welcome to submit, should they wish.) Topics will be posted 20 minutes prior to each round.</p>
<p><strong>Congress</strong> - Bills will be posted approximately 2 weeks prior to the tournament. (See below under "Tournament Documents")</p>
<p><strong>Entry Limitations:</strong> This tournament is open only to schools in the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League. Each competitor may enter two events, with a maximum of one in each pattern. There will be no break rounds of debate (all competitors will compete in all 4 rounds). Congress will break to semi-finals and finals. NOTE: Students double entering need to be informed that event start times will NOT be delayed to accommodate double-entered competitors (this will only affect round 1 of Congress).</p>
<p><strong>Judges:</strong> Each school is required to bring 1 judge for every two debate teams, and 1 judge for every four Congress entries, or part thereof. The required number of judges for debate must be present throughout the entirety of debate rounds. The required number of judges for Congress must be present throughout the entirety of Congress rounds. Schools not meeting their judging commitment at all times during the tournament will be required to drop uncovered entries.</p>
<p>ONLY DEBATE JUDGES NEED TO BE ENTERED ON THIS WEBSITE (debate judges will be assigned by the computer, so they need to be in this system. Congress judges will be hand-assigned, so do NOT enter them in the computer). <a href=\"http://www.forensicstournament.net/SDIVSLDebate3/14/blog/\">Click here</a> for instructions regarding entering judges. DO NOT ENTER JUDGE NAMES - see the instructions for details.</p>
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<strong>Entry Fees:</strong> $12 per debate team; $6 per Congress entry. Make checks payable to SDIVSL.<br />
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<strong>Entry Deadline:</strong> Entries must be posted on www.forensicstournament.net by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10. No new teams or students may add after the entry deadline. The only changes allowed after the entry deadline is dropping entries (see below).<br />
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<strong>Drops:</strong> Dropped entries will be accepted without charge until Wednesday, November 12, at 5:00 p.m. After that time, the website will be closed and entry fees will be final. Please email (lily.bolig@sduhsd.net) or call in/text (760-807-4482) your drops after the drop deadline, even as late as on your way to the tournament, to obviate excessive changes at the beginning of the tournament. When calling in or emailing drops, be sure to give the speaker’s name, event, and your school clearly.</p>
<p><strong>Awards: </strong>Awards will be given to places 1-8 for each debate event, and all finalists for Congress. Sweepstakes points will be awarded to each school for each of their debate teams finishing in the top eight, and each Congress finalist (and semifinalist, if applicable) based on the points system used by CHSSA. The teams earning the most sweepstakes points will receive team awards (number of trophies awarded is dependent upon number of teams entered). <br />
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<p><strong>Saturday, November 15</strong></p>
<p>7:00 am - Registration for teams with debate entries (fees are payable at this time)</p>
<p>8:00 am Round 1 Parli/PuFo (single flight parli, double flight PF)</p>
<p>9:45 am Round 2 Parli/PuFo</p>
<p>11:30 am Round 3 Parli/PuFo</p>
<p>1:15 pm Round 4 Parli/PuFo</p>
<p><strong>1:30 pm Registration for teams with only Congress entries (fees are payable at this time)</strong></p>
<p>2:30 pm Round 1 Congress</p>
<p>4:00 pm Round 2 Congress</p>
<p>5:45 pm Semi-finals Congress</p>
<p>7:30 pm Finals Congress</p>
<p>9:00 Awards</p>