<p><em>This tournament is open only to schools in the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League</em><br /> <br /> <strong>Tournament Director:</strong>&nbsp;<br /> Lily Bolig, VP of Debate (<a href=\"mailto:lily.bolig@sduhsd.net\">email</a>)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Location:&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;Helix Charter High School&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Parking/Student drop off:</strong> Student lot - 4200 Lowell St, La Mesa, CA 91942</p> <p><strong>Tab/Judges:</strong> Library</p> <p><strong>Events:</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong> Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Parliamentary Debate</p> <p><strong>Topics:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Lincoln-Douglas Topic&nbsp;-</strong>&nbsp;(September/October topic.)&nbsp;<strong>Resolved:</strong> Adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices. (NOTE: The SDIVSL does not use the Novice topic offered by the NSDA. The same topic is used by both divisions of debaters.)</p> <p><strong>Public Forum Topic</strong>&nbsp;- (September/October topic) <strong>Resolved</strong>: The United States Federal Government ought to pay reparations to African Americans.&nbsp;(The initial Public Forum topic is a two-month topic in September/October and then reverts to a month-to-month topic.&nbsp;This schedule beneftis novices who have more time to learn and improve their skills without switching topics.) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Entry Limitations:</strong>&nbsp;This tournament is open only to schools in the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League.</p> <p>It will feature a&nbsp;Varsity division and a Novice division in all events. In order to be eligible for the&nbsp;<strong>Novice division in LD</strong>, debaters must&nbsp;not have competed in any high school&nbsp;<strong>debate</strong>&nbsp;tournament in previous school years (speech or congress participation ok).&nbsp;In cases where partners are &quot;mixed&quot; (one Novice, one Varsity), that pair must compete at the Varsity level.&acirc;&euro;&uml;&acirc;&euro;&uml;&nbsp;In order to be eligible for the&nbsp;<strong>Novice division in Public Forum or Parli,&nbsp;</strong>competitors must not have competed in any high school speech or debate tournament in any event in previous school years.&nbsp;</p> <p>Competitors may enter in one event.</p> <p><strong>Judges:</strong>&nbsp;Each school is required to bring 1 judge for every four LD/PF entries, or part thereof, AND one judge for every two Parli entries (LD/PF judges cannot be the same judges as the school&#39;s Parli judges). The required number of judges must be present throughout the entirety of the tournament.&nbsp;Schools not meeting their judging commitment at all times during the tournament will be required to drop uncovered entries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.forensicstournament.net/SDIVSLDebate3/14/blog/\">Click&nbsp;here</a>&nbsp;for instructions regarding entering judges.</p> <p><strong>Entry Fees:</strong>&nbsp;$12 per debate team; $6&nbsp;per Lincoln-Douglas debater. Make checks payable to SDIVSL.<br /> <br /> <strong>Entry Deadline:</strong>&nbsp;Entries must be posted on www.forensicstournament.net by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5. 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 /> <br /> <strong>Drops:</strong>&nbsp;Dropped entries will be accepted without charge until Wednesday, October 7, 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)&nbsp;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&rsquo;s name, event, and your school clearly.</p> <p><strong>Rounds/Awards:&nbsp;</strong>All&nbsp;debaters&nbsp;will compete in four rounds.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Trophies&nbsp;will be given to all undefeated debate teams. Medals will be given to all 1-loss debate teams. Team sweepstakes points will not be considered for this tournament, as no team awards will be presented.</p> <p><strong>Saturday, October 10</strong></p> <p>7:30 Registration</p> <p><strong>LD/PuFo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Parli</strong></p> <p>8:30 LD/PuFo &nbsp;Rd 1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9:00 Parli Prep</p> <p>11:00 LD/ PuFo Rd 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9:20 Parli Rd 1</p> <p>1:30 LD/PuFo Rd 3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11:30 Parli Prep</p> <p>4:00 LD/PuFo Rd 4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;11:50 Parli Rd 2</p> <p>&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2:00 Parli Prep</p> <p>&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;2:20 Parli Rd 3</p> <p>&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4:30 Parli Prep</p> <p>&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4:50 Parli Rd 4</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong> 6:30 Awards</strong></p>