Simpson Storm Indianola High School
2018 — IA/US
General Invitation
Topics
We will use the 2018 NSDA policy debate resolution.
We will use the September/October NSDA LD debate resolution.
We will use the September/October NSDA Public Forum resolution.
CONGRESS LEGISLATION: Congress legislation should be submitted to Deano Pape at deano.pape@simpson.edu no later than Friday, September 21.
ENTRY and REGISTRATION
Enter on Tabroom.com. Initial Entry Deadline is 9/24/18. All drops and other changes must be submitted via Tabroom by 9/26/18 at Noon. All changes after that date must be emailed to Spencer at spencer.waugh@simpson.edu
Entry and judge fees will be set on Monday, September 24, at 5 p.m. central time. You will be charged for any entries dropped after this time.
ENTRY LIMITS
We are not limiting school entries at this point. In the event that any one school has a majority of the entries in any one division, we will divide their entries into two separate color groups, and they will debate each other, possibly in front of their own judges.
DIVISION INFORMATION
IEs will be Friday evening only 2 Prelims + Final
PF will be Saturday only 5 prelims + appropriate outrounds
Student Congress will run as a Friday-only and again as a Saturday-only event. (Example: A student could do Friday Congress, and Saturday PF. Likewise a student could do Friday AND Saturday Congress.) There will be awards for each day of Congress.
Novice LD
Friday-only: 4 single-flighted rounds + 1 outround.
Saturday-only: 4 single-flighted rounds + 1-2 outrounds.
Varsity LD: Friday – Saturday 5 Prelims (double flighted) + outrounds
Novice & Varsity Policy: Friday – Saturday 5 Prelims + appropriate outrounds
NOTE: In Novice Policy, teams must observe the Iowa limits. Please email Spencer Waugh @ spencer.waugh@simpson.edu for additional information.
FEES
IEs: $10 per entry
PF: $20 per team
Policy: $30 per team
Novice LD: $10 per entry per day
Varsity LD: $20 per entry
Congress: $10 per student per day
PAYMENT
Please pay fees at time of registration on Friday, September 28.
Checks should be made out to Simpson College ATTN: Spencer Waugh
Mail fees to:
Simpson College, Attn: Spencer Waugh
701 N “C” St
Indianola, IA 50125
LODGING
Country Inn & Suites (NEW HOTEL)
501 E. Trail Ridge Avenue
Indianola IA 50125
(515) 962-5777
Quality Inn (Formerly Super 8; Remodeled)
1701 N Jefferson Way
Indianola, IA, 50125
(515) 961-0058
Apple Tree Inn
1215 N Jefferson Way
Indianola, IA 50125
(515) 961-0551
EVENT RULES
Policy debaters will use the 2018-19 NSDA resolution, with 8 minute constructives and 5 minute rebuttals and 8 minutes of preparation time per team.
Lincoln-Douglas debaters will debate the September-October NSDA resolution, using the 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 format with 4 minutes of preparation time. Debaters should be guided in their preparation by the NSDA topic description for LD debate. Novice debaters will use the Novice LD Special First Topic.
Public Forum debaters will debate the September-October resolution, using standard NSDA time format. Each round will begin with the coin flip, as prescribed by the NSDA event guidelines.
CONCESSIONS
Judge’s Lounge Provided
Reasonably priced concessions will be available for students.