Invitation to WKU/OU Fall Fiesta
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Aug 2, 2011
Dear Colleagues:
Fall is fast approaching, and with it comes many exciting and familiar experiences. Leaves will start changing their colors, new school supplies will be broken into, and the 2011 Western Kentucky University/Ohio University Forensics Fiesta Swing will be held on September 23rd through the 25th. The tournament will take place on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY, and a full bevy of forensics fun will be offered, including:
- A Parliamentary Debate Tournament
- A Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tournament
- 2 Individual Events Tournaments
- Novice divisions in debate and top novice in IE
- Team Awards for the top three schools in debate and IE
- Top Speaker Awards in debate
- Quadrathon Awards in IE’s
- Overall Awards for schools competing in both debate and IE
- A Quality Award based on the percentage of breaks to entry ratio
- And more fall foliage and school supplies than you can shake a stick at!!
More information is contained within the rest of this invitation regarding entries, hotels, food and scheduling. However, if you have any questions, please contact Chris Chandler by phone at 270.745.6340, or 270.202.2771 direct, or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We sincerely hope that if you attended this tournament last year that you will keep us on your travel schedule, and if you did not attend last year please consider adding us to your schedule. See you in September for a fiesta of forensics fun!
Sincerely,
The Forensics Programs of
Western Kentucky University and
Ohio University
EVENTS
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Competition will be offered in all 11 AFA-NIET events. All events will follow the AFA-NIET rules. The events will be divided into the following patterns:
Pattern A: EXT, PERS, DUO, POI, CA, DI
Pattern B: PRO, INF, IMP, POE, ADS
Extemp prep will take place in the Garrett Conference Center Ballroom on the second floor. The use of computer files is allowed; however, the use of internet for research during prep time is strictly prohibited. Neither Western Kentucky University nor Ohio University is responsible for any damage or theft of personal/team property left unattended in the Extemp prep room or anywhere else on campus.
RESTRICTIONS:
In Debate: On Friday the tournament will begin with the preliminary rounds for Parliamentary debate. Individual events and Lincoln-Douglas debate competition will begin on Saturday. Students interested in debate are encouraged to enter both LD and Parliamentary debate. Students can freely enter in Parliamentary debate and IEs for both portions of the swing. However, students entering in LD may not enter IEs during the WKU portion of the swing on Saturday. Should a student qualify for the semifinal round of LD on Sunday, he or she will not be allowed to compete in more than one Pattern B event on that day (they can compete freely in Pattern A). It is our intent to also offer novice competition in both debate formats so long as entry numbers permit. In the event that we are unable to offer a full novice division, a novice final round will be held.
In IE’s: Competitors may enter up to three events per conflict pattern, but are personally responsible for getting to all rounds in a timely manner. Students who are entered in multiple events should always sign in to all rooms before the round begins. Additionally, we will also offer novice final rounds in individual events as long as there are at least 6 non-advancing novice competitors in an event. Novice divisions in all events are limited to students in their first year of intercollegiate forensics competition.
DEBATE:
Parliamentary debate will be run in accordance with National Parliamentary Debate Association rules and guidelines. Standard speech times will apply (7-8-8-8-4-5), and prep time will be fifteen minutes plus five minutes to reach your room. Like last year, rounds one and two will utilize the same resolution with teams debating both sides of the resolution. Therefore, prep time before round one will be 40 minutes. This should allow ample time to prep both sides of the debate and reach the first round. Immediately following round one, debaters should proceed to their second round. In order to help keep the tournament on schedule a five minute forfeiture rule will be in place. Twenty-five minutes after the topic was announced any team not fully present (meaning both debaters) and prepared to begin the debate will forfeit the round. A forfeit will result in a loss and zero speaker points for the round. Any team scheduled to debate a team that forfeits will receive a bye for that round.
Lincoln-Douglas debate will follow the NFA-LD Debate rules (http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/ldrules.html) and utilize the 2011-2012 NFA-LD debate topic. Speech times for LD will be the standard 6-3-7-3-6-6-3 with four minutes of prep time for each side. A ten minute forfeiture rule will be in place for LD. If a debater is not present and prepared to begin the debate ten minutes after the scheduled start time for the round, judges will be instruct to forfeit the absent debater. A forfeit will result in a loss and zero speaker points for the round. Any debater scheduled to debate an individual that forfeits will receive a bye for the round.
Entry Restrictions: No more than three IE’s per flight. LDers can do their IE’s only on Sunday.
Thursday, September 23rd
7:00 – 9:00 pm Registration – The Holiday Inn, University Plaza
Friday, September 24th
10:00-11:30 Late Registration – Main Lobby Garrett Conference Center
12:00 Topic Announce Parli Rounds 1 & 2
3:00 Topic Announce Parli Round 3
4:30 Topic Announce Parli Round 4
6:00 Topic Announce Parli Round 5
7:30 Topic Announce Parli Elimination Round 1
Please take advantage of early registration on Friday and sleep in a little on Saturday.
Saturday, September 25th (OU Portion)
7:00 – 8:00 Late IE/LD Registration – Main Lobby Garrett Conference Center
8:00 Extemp Draw and LD Round 1
8:15 Pattern A Round 1(EXT, PERS, DUO, POI, CA, DI)
9:15 LD Round 2
9:45 Pattern B Round 1 (PRO, INF, IMP, POE, ADS)
10:30 LD Round 3
11:45 Topic Announce Parli Elimination Round 2
1:00 Topic Announce Parli Elimination Round 3
2:00 Extemp Draw
2:15 Pattern A Round 2 and LD Round 4
3:30 LD Round 5
3:45 Pattern B Round 2
4:45 Topic Announce Parli Elimination Round 4
6:00 Pattern B Finals plus any needed Semifinals and LD Round 6
7:15 Extemp Draw
7:30 Pattern A Finals
7:45 LD Elimination Round 1
ASAP Awards (for Parli and the OU portion of the IE Swing)
Sunday, September 26th (WKU Portion)
8:00 – 8:30 Remaining Registration – Main Lobby Garrett Conference Center
8:30 Extemp Prep
8:45 Pattern A Round 1
10:00 Pattern B Round 1 and LD Elimination Round 2
11:30 Pattern B Round 2 and LD Elimination Round 3
1:00 Extemp Prep
1:15 Pattern A Round 2
3:00 Pattern B Finals plus any needed Semifinals and LD Elimination Round 4
(if needed – this round will be accelerated if possible)
4:30 Extemp Prep
4:45 All remaining Finals
ASAP Awards (for LD and the WKU portion of the IE Swing)
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION
JUDGES:
Each school is required bring one judge for every 2 entries in debate. An IE critic covers 6 slots. If you do not bring enough judges, there is a hefty uncovered judge fee. In other words, please attempt to fulfill your commitment. If your school can supply judges beyond your commitment we will be happy to discuss possible reductions in entry fees.
DEADLINE:
Entries must be received by 4:00 PM Central Standard Time on Tuesday, September 20th. Registration will be done online via joyoftournaments.com (a service we've used many times). You will have to create an account with them for your team. That system also allows you to check your entry at any time.
DROPS:
If you must drop an entry, please phone in or email the drop early so that we may make appropriate changes. The drop deadline will be noon on Thursday, September 22nd. Any drops after the deadline will result in a $25 drop fee. Finally, there is no excuse for a student not showing up to a round or being an unreported drop; consequently a stiff nuisance fee of $50 will be accessed for any unreported drops.
FEES:
| LD Entry | $30.00 per debater |
| Parli Entry | $60.00 per team |
| IE Slots (duo will be counted as two slots) | $8/per slot/per tournament |
| Uncovered LD Entry | $70.00 plus entry fee |
| Uncovered Parli Entry | $100.00 plus entry fee |
| Uncovered IE Per Slot/Per Tournament | $10.00 plus entry fee |
| Drops after the drop deadline | $25.00 |
| No-Show/Unreported Drop | $50.00 |
All fees (entries, judges, drops, and no-shows/unreported drops) must be paid for any entry from a school to be eligible to advance to any elimination round or to be eligible to win any sweepstakes award.
AWARDS
Students from the host schools will compete on a limited basis in all portions of the tournament; however, the host schools will not be eligible to receive any sweepstakes awards including debate, individual events, quadrathon, or overall.
DEBATE:
Awards will be presented to all debaters advancing to elimination rounds. In the event that a full novice division does not make, a final round between the top non-advancing novice debaters will be held. Speaker awards will be given to the Top Novice speaker in both LD and Parliamentary debate and to the top 5 speakers in the open divisions of LD and Parliamentary debate. Sweepstakes awards will be given to the top 3 schools participating in debate. For the purpose of calculating sweepstakes, a school will be awarded 1 point for each preliminary round win. Only the top four entries in each event from a school will count towards sweepstakes.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Awards will be given to all final round participants. Each half of the swing will also present quadrathon awards to the top 3 individual event competitors. To be eligible for this award, a competitor must compete in at least 4 open division events. Any combination of four or more open events is permitted; however if a student is entered in two duos, only the top one will count toward the quadrathon award. Points for this award will be earned under the same system as the team sweepstakes awards. Sweepstakes awards will be given to the top 3 schools at each half of the swing and the top 3 schools that competed at both halves of the swing. Sweepstakes points will be earned as follows:
In preliminary rounds, all contestants will accumulate points with each rank of one worth three points, each rank of two worth two points, and each rank of three worth one point. In the event that semifinal rounds are necessary each break to semifinals will earn a school 2 points. In final rounds, schools will receive twelve points for a first place finish, ten points for second, eight points for third, six points for fourth, four points for fifth, and two points for sixth. Results from novice final rounds will count toward sweeps, but they will be tabbed at half the value of the open division.
Additionally, one Quality Award will be presented at each half of the tournament. The recipient of this award will be determined by dividing the total number of sweepstakes points amassed by a given school by the number of entries from that school.
OVERALL:
There will be 3 overall sweepstakes awards given for those schools that competed in debate and individual events across both halves of the swing.
FOOD
Food is available in the Garrett Conference Center, one level beneath the ballot table. Food for judges will be available very near the ballot table. When you’re away from the campus, Bowling Green has a wide variety of dining options, most of which can be found along Scottsville Road. A list of local dining options will be available in your registration packet.
HOTEL INFORMATION
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn, University Plaza for September 22 - 24. Use the link below to reserve rooms at the discounted rate of $85.00 for two-bed non-smoking rooms, with free WIFI Internet. The rooms will be released on Friday, September 2nd, so please reserve them early. The Holiday Inn has also offered the following benefits:
- Free Wi-Fi Internet.
- Coupon for a dollar off breakfast at the hotel.
- Free shuttle to the tournament (schools must coordinate with the hotel on a first come, first served basis.)
- Plenty of open space for practice.
- Registration will occur at the Holiday Inn, Thursday, Sept. 23rd from 6-9 pm.
Please contact the front desk at 270-745-0088, to coordinate shuttle services.
Holiday Inn, University Plaza
3.7 miles from campus
1021 Wilkinson Trace
Bowling Green, KY 42103
270-745-0088
For reservations call 270-745-0088 or click here for Discounted Holiday Inn Rooms.
DIRECTIONS
- Take Exit 26 off of Interstate 65.
- Turn toward Bowling Green onto Cemetery Road.
- Continue straight for three miles. Cemetery Road becomes Fairview Avenue. Continue going straight across 31-W Bypass. You will pass a fire station on your left. After passing the fire station, go through one traffic light and a stop sign, then turn left at the second stop sign onto College Street (this is a one-way street).
- Stay on College Street through downtown Bowling Green and continue until you reach the top of the hill. College Street will dead-end at College Heights Boulevard at a statue of Henry Hardin Cherry.
- Turn right onto College Heights Boulevard and stay in the right-hand lane. Veer left up the hill as you pass Cherry Hall and Gordon Wilson Hall. Veer left again after you pass Van Meter Auditorium (driving between Van Meter and Potter Hall).
PARKING:
On Friday, you may park temporarily outside of Garrett in the metered parking lot (please pay for your parking) while you register for the tournament. At registration you will receive a visitor’s parking pass and directions on where to find parking. Parking will be limited on Friday, so please allow time to find adequate parking. Parking on Saturday and Sunday should be no problem, but please observe all restrictions and signs. University parking regulations are strictly enforced at all times.
More detailed parking maps are available on the Parking and Transportation website at http://parking1.wku.edu/dnn/default.aspx.
REGISTRATION ONLINE
Please keep in mind that, this year, Ohio is hosting on Saturday and WKU is hosting Sunday.