The 17th Annual
Hurricane Debate Tournament
at Holy Trinity Catholic High School

September 9, 2023
Enter EARLY! Space Limited!

New debaters can earn their National Speech and Debate Association membership in one weekend!*

The intent of this little tournament is to provide students with as many rounds as possible to warm up for the season and to earn some early NSDA points.

*The National Speech and Debate Association Degree of Merit is earned after a student has earned 25 points. It is very possible for a debater to earn 25 points at the Hurricane. A student can do LD, PFD, as well as Extemporaneous Debate and Impromptu. Varsity LDdebaters are asked to judge up to four rounds of novice.

This is a unique tournament for many reasons:

*All registered schools will get skeleton Affirmative and Negative cases--contentions, values, criteria indicating a basic argument. You will want to supplement with some evidence.

*Novice debaters are encouraged to watch the varsity immediately before they debate.

*Varsity debaters will judge novice rounds.

*Students can get experience in three different types of debate in the same tournament.

*We have Impromptu Speaking forDebaters, and we do two rounds of that in ONEHOUR!

*And, we offer Extemporaneous DEBATE, possibly the only tournament you'll go to--other than nationals--with this event!

Events and Fees:

• Novice LD Debate: $10
• Varsity LD Debate: $10
• Public Forum Debate: $10 (IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENTRIES FOR PFD, WE WILL HAVE ADD ONE MORE ROUND OF LD AND EXTEMP DEBATE)
• Impromptu Speaking: $5
• Extemporaneous Debate:$5

TOPICS:

We will use the NSDA topics for both LD and Public Forum Debate.

LD: Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.

PFD: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic.

Judges:

This tournament is a low-budget affair!We will not be hiring judges.We ask that you provide as many judges as possible. At a minimum, please provide at least one judge for every two PFD teams, and one judge for every four LDers. Please know that we will be using parents and other limited experience judges as necessary. One-year out students (students who graduated last year) are welcome.

ALSO, all VARSITY LD Debaters will be asked to judge the novice round that follows their own round! This will provide Varsity LDer's the opportunity to earn service NSDA points as well as to provide feedback for the novice debaters.

Contact:Chris Mosmeyer, cmosmeyer@holytrinitychs.org