Saint Cloud State University
Icebox Classic Speech & Debate Tournament
February 6-7, 2009
Dear
Friends:
Saint
Cloud State University Forensics, the MN Omicron Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, and
the SCSU Department of Communication Studies are pleased to invite you and your
team to the Icebox Classic Speech & Debate Tournament on Friday and
Saturday, February 6-7, 2009.
The
tournament will offer 2 rounds of individual events with finals (semi-finals
as necessary) in all eleven AFA individual events with an added opportunity to
perform in our two nuance events, Interpretation
of Children’s Literature and Discussion.
Students may not participate in both Extemporaneous Speaking and
Discussion in Flight B due to time constraints.
As per tradition at our tournament, impromptu speaking will use
quotations, cartoons, and objects for topic stimuli. We will also offer four rounds of
parliamentary debate (NPDA sanctioned) and out-rounds as entries warrant
(4/2). Debaters will be able to
participate in all individual event patterns.
Awards will be presented to all finalists (including two awards for
debate teams), as well as to the top five in quadrathlon, debate speakers, and
team sweepstakes winners. We will also
recognize the top novice competitor in each event.
Again
this year, we have rented out the
If you
have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will get you
the information you need. We hope to see
you in February!
For
the team,
Scott
Wells Denee
Janda
Director
of Forensics Assistant
Director of Forensics
sdwells@stcloudstate.edu dajanda@stcloudstate.edu
(320)
308-3000 (office) (320)
308-5279
(320)
761-8081 (cell)
Tournament
Information
Ice Box Schedule
Friday, February 6
10:00
– 2:00 Registration, Atwood Memorial
Center (main level, Kiosk 6)
11:00 Debate I (Judges will announce resolution in
room; 15 minutes preparation time for all rounds)
12:15 Debate
II
1:30 Extemp Draw
2:00 Rd 1 Group B
3:30 Rd
1 Group A
4:45
Rd 1 Group C
6:15 Rd
2 Group A
6:45 Debate
III
9:30 – 11:30 Student
Party—FREE BOWLING!
Saturday, February 7
7:45 Continental
Breakfast, Ritsche Lobby (connected to Stewart Hall)
9:00 Rd
2 Group C
10:30 Extemp
Draw
11:00 Rd
2 Group B
12:15 Debate
Semi-Finals/Lunch
1:15 Extemp Draw
1:30 Finals
B and ½ A, and Discussion
3:00 Finals
C, ½ A, and Debate
5:30 Awards
or ASAP, Ritsche Auditorium
IE Groupings
B =
Extemp*, Persuasion, Duo, POI, Discussion*
(*Students may NOT participate in both Extemp and
Discussion in Flight B)
A = Prose,
Impromptu, Informative, Interpretation of Children’s Literature
C =
Poetry, DI, ADS, CA
Entries
Each
student may enter two individual events per flight. Students may also compete in Parliamentary
debate; there are no limitations on parliamentary debaters’ participation in
individual events. Although there is no
limit on entries per school, please see “judging” below. All events will follow AFA rules with the exception of the Interpretation of Children’s
Literature and Discussion described below.
Children’s Literature: an original interpretation of
literature that was written primarily for the enjoyment of children. A single cutting or a compilation is
allowed. Performers are encouraged to interpret
a children’s play. Be wild and
crazy! Be bouncy! The focus should be on verbal and physical
performance rather than on internalized or stylized interpretation
techniques. Perform like child play and
enjoy—with reckless abandon. Manuscripts
are optional. Time limit is eight
minutes including introduction and transitions.
Discussion (impromptu-style): an event which encourages a small group of individuals to work together to reach a solution to a problem through sharing common knowledge and opinions. This event seeks consensus rather than majority rule. The focus should be the encouragement of cooperation and critical thinking to arrive at a collective goal of better understanding and problem solving.
The Discussion group shall be composed
of not more than seven contestants. The Discussion activity shall be conducted
according to the following procedure:
- The discussion will be problem/solution-oriented; a new problem area will be furnished by the host school for each round. Students should use common knowledge for the discussion.
- The discussants should control their own process of inquiry. Emerging leadership from within the group should develop. Management of time for that round should remain the responsibility of the discussants themselves. Judges are not to participate. Judges should not suggest an agenda, give an opinion, or give oral critiques.
The basis for judging should place emphasis on the task and social dimensions of group interaction. These questions may serve as a guide for judging this event:
1. Did the discussant's contributions
add to the group effort?
2. Did the discussant's contributions reflect an understanding of major issues?
3. Did the discussant's behavior reflect a respect for the worth of other
participants?
4. Did the discussant exhibit active listening skills?
Judge(s) may write a group critique sheet to be duplicated for each member of the Discussion group.
THE DISCUSSION PERIOD SHALL NOT EXCEED 45 MINUTES. Students should participate in Discussion before proceeding to their other event in Flight B. Students cannot participate in both Extemp and Discussion.
Extemporaneous Speaking: The use of laptop computers will be
allowed in Extemp Preparation for file retrieval only. Access to external online sources is strictly
prohibited. No other electronic devices
will be permitted for extemporaneous speaking.
SCSU takes no responsibility for securing personal belongings during the
tournament. Students cannot participate in both Extemp and Discussion.
Parliamentary
Debate: NPDA rules will govern debate. In addition to flow paper, students will be
allowed to bring a dictionary into the debate chamber. There will be no warm
room. Coaching during preparation time
is strongly discouraged. While many SCSU
students will be helping to run the tournament, some students may participate
in debate. SCSU students are not
eligible to advance to elimination rounds.
Judging
One judge will be able to cover six individual events and
two debate teams. In the case of large
covered entries, we reserve the right to move students so that judges may
fulfill their judging obligation.
Awards
Trophies will be awarded to the top six contestants in each
event. If an event has fewer than twelve
contestants awards will be presented to the top fifty percent of the
competitors. Debate awards will include
trophies for the top five speakers and for out-rounds as appropriate. Team sweeps will be awarded to the top five
schools. Team sweepstakes will be
awarded on a combination of preliminary and final round points accumulated in
both debate and individual events.
Preliminary rounds (IE)
1st = 3
points, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd = 1 point
Preliminary rounds (Debate Team) W = 3 points, L = 1 point
Final rounds (IE) 1st
= 12 points, 2nd = 10 points, etc., SF loss = 1 pt.
Finals rounds (Debate Team) W
= 24 points, L = 12 points, SF loss = 2 points
Quadrathlon
Trophies
will be awarded to the top four quadrathlon contestants. To be eligible for quadrathlon a student must
be entered in at least four events including one interpretation and one public
speaking/limited preparation event. The
top four events will be counted. Debate
points for each student will be halved for quadrathlon tabulation. Debate will be included in both the
individual and team sweeps computations.
Fees
Fees
will be assessed at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 4, 2009.
·
Each
IE slot will be assessed at $6.00.
·
Each
Parliamentary Debate team will be assessed at $20.00
There
will be a fee of $10.00 for each uncovered slot in IE and $35 for each
uncovered entry in Parliamentary Debate.
Please make checks payable to “SCSU Forensics.” All fees are due at registration.
Drops after Wednesday night will be assessed an additional $5.00 nuisance fee. Drops at registration will be assessed an additional $10.00 per drop.
Entries
The
entry deadline is 5:00 PM on Tuesday,
February 3, 2009. You may call in
your entry or e-mail it to us. Please do
not mail in your entry or attempt to fax it to us. Identify novice competitors.
Call: 320-308-3000
E-mail: sdwells@stcloudstate.edu
All entries will be confirmed.
Please
list your students and their events along with judges and any conflicts. For each judge please list any events that he
or she does not feel competent to evaluate. At the bottom of the e-mail, please provide
separate lists of duo combinations and parliamentary debate teams. Finally, we ask that you identify any
of your competitors who are in their first year of college competition. We would like to recognize the best novice
competitors in all events.
Registration
Registration for the SCSU Icebox will take place in
Motel Information
Motels
are listed in no particular order. All
motels in
Super 8 320-253-5530
($70+)
Holiday Inn Express 320-240-8000 ($70+)
TravelLodge 320-253-3338 ($60+)
AmericInn Motel and
Best Western Americana Inn 320-255-8700 ($90)
520 Highway 10 South,
Comfort Inn 320-251-1500 ($80+)
Country Inn and
Fairfield Inn 320-654-1881 ($80+)
Holiday Inn 320-253-9000 ($80+)
Motel 6 320-253-7072 ($40+)
Quality Inn 320-253-4444
($90)
Any questions, be sure to contact us!
We
look forward to seeing you in February!!