Forensics Guidelines & Schedule

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REGION ACTIVITY CHAIRPERSON: David Mower

Lone Peak High School (Phone) 763-7050 (Fax) 763-7064

Region & State Tournaments:

Region Tournament @ Lone Peak High School:

Region Tournament - Friday, February 23, 2008

(May collapse to one day if entries are small)

State Forensic Tournament @ Riverton High School

Fri. & Sat., March 7 & 8, 2008

Region Tournament Rules:

1. Starting Date: No forensic meets may be held prior to October 28, 2005.

Ending Date: No forensic meets may be held after March 24, 2006.

2. Region Pairing Meeting: This meeting will be held at Lone Peak High School 0n February 20, 2008 (the week prior to the Region Tournament). The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. All coaches will be assigned pairing responsibilities. All coaches shall submit 30 Impromptu topics:

(10 Famous Quotations, 10 Social Value Questions, 10 Abstract/one word and 20 Extemporaneous topics, 10 Foreign Economic, 10 US Economic, 10 US, 10 Foreign topics). All coaches present at this meeting will receive copies of Student Congress legislation and topics. Seeding of debate and LD contestants will be determined at this meeting. All typewritten manuscripts, with complete bibliography, must be submitted at the Region Pairing Meeting. Schools not submitting manuscripts for Original Oratory will forfeit the entry.

3. Student Congress Pairing: All contestants will be placed in one house for two sessions, with assigned seating, with second session seating reversed. A panel of three judges shall be used. Student Congress for region will conform to State Tournament guidelines.

4. Registration: Registration forms must be submitted to the Region Coach Representative at the time of the Region Pairing Meeting. All orations and Student Congress Legislation must be submitted with registration.

5. Student Congress: Each student may submit one piece of legislation. The legislative calendar will be set randomly at the Region Pairing Meeting by placing the name of each School in a hat and drawing out one at a time to determine the first series of bill resolutions (B/R) to be considered. The order will then shift (i.e., 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc.) to determine the next series of B/R to be considered. This method will continue until all legislation has been placed on the calendar. All legislation must be final at the Region Planning Meeting. Student Congress for Region will conform to State Tournament Guidelines which include, all speeches three minutes with one minute question after the proponent, amendments, serving as Presiding Officer. No removal of an obstructionist without approval of the tabulation room. Region coaches will assign a parliamentarian (optional).

Entry: There will be a limit of three teams in policy debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate. The NFL March/April topic will be used for both Region and State Completion. In individual events, public forum and congress, there will be three entries. Students may compete in both the Region Debate and Region IE Tournament; however, they may select only one of the events in which they were a region contestant in to compete in at the State Tournament.

6. Scoring: The Quartile system will used: 5 points for Superior, 3 points for Excellent, 1 point for Good and 0 points for Fair. In sweepstakes, when there is a team tied for third (state qualification), the tie will be broken on number of ratings and win/loss records. Double points for policy and public forum teams, since they consist of 2 students each.

7. Judging Requirements: Nine (9) judges per school are required (two policy, two LD and five individual events - one of which is qualified to judge congress), regardless of whether or not your school enters full slate. Schools not meeting their judging commitments will be subject to the following procedures: (a) Drop number of students to match number of judges present; (b) The school will be ineligible for Region award and State qualification; A letter will be sent to the Principal by the Region Coach Representative outlining the failure to provide judges and impact upon school registration/qualification. Judges may not be reimbursed at any meet more than $5.00 per round, $20.00 per half-day (4 hours) nor more the $30.00 for a full day (UHSAA Handbook).

8. Region Awards: One Region championship trophy. Region medals for the top five places in each of the 8 events. 10 extra blank medals will be purchased for ties which will not be broken.

9. Region Expenses: Expenses will be paid in accordance with State Activity Guidelines to include awards, coach’s hospitality and officials pay. Hosting School/Region Tournament Director will receive a $100.00 stipend.

Region IV Activities Handbook

2007-2008