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Detailed Gateway Invite (6 weeks away--just out of meanness)
Greetings:
Below is the detailed Gateway Invite that went in the mail. We thought you
all might be interested, so here goes. You may print of entry blank and
use if you like. Map comes with snailmail invite. If you have not
received a snailmail invite complete with GTT standings and past Gateway
lore, contact me and I'll send you a hard invite:
UM
UM-St. Louis Debate
Department of
Communication
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
Telephone:
Al Madrid 314-516-5816
Tom Preston 516-5498
Fax 516-5415
September 5, 1996
Dear Forensic Colleagues:
We cordially invite you to the 11th Gateway Debate Tournament November
15-17, 1996.
Given this extra weekend in the schedule, we shall focus our efforts on
making the final leg of the Jesuit Round Robin qualifying series a
memorable one. At this event, we will offer seven preliminary rounds plus
appropriate elimination rounds on the joint CEDA/NDT team debate topic in
four divisions--Open, JV, Novice, and LD. This tournament is sanctioned by
both the Cross Examination Debate Association and the American Forensic
Association's National Debate Tournament.
Other tournament notes:
* NO ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN AFTER TUESDAY, Nov. 12.
* The King Henry VIII/Ramada will remain our tournament hotel.
This is a very nice facility offering a flat rate of $49.00/night.
* A pizza feast Friday and Saturday for dinner, and a "Taste of St.
Louis"Lunch will be provided for attendees!
* free ground transportation.
* entry fees reduced to $40.00 per team ($20.00 per LD entry), with
full financial disclosure to attendees and CEDA-L
*efficient tabroom operations
*a mutually preferred judging system for assignment
Once again, we are privileged to have past CEDA President Douglas Duke of
the University of Central Oklahoma direct our tabroom, assisted by CEDA
Executive Secretary Greg Simerly of Southern Illinois University and Rodger
Biles of Emporia State University.
Last year's Gateway Debate Tournament, according to the CEDA newsletter,
was the largest CEDA-Sanctioned tournament in the Fall of 1995, with 106
entries. The NDT community had generously committed 6 entries from 6
schools to debate their topic but our consciences did not allow us let such
a small division make. With the combined topic for this year, we can
guarantee a solidly attended tournament for you regardless of which
organization your school has traditionally supported, and cordially invite
all of you to this event.
Sincerely,
C. Thomas Preston, Jr., Director of Forensics Al Madrid
Gateway Tournament Director Director of Debate
UM-St. Louis UM-St. Louis
Jennifer Czarnik
Gateway Student Co-Director
President, UM-St. Louis Forensics
NOTE: CEDA/NDT only. Please do not confuse this with the IE/Parli
tournament we are holding Nov. 1-3!
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Tournament Schedule--11h Annual Gateway Debate
Thursday, Nov. 14
7-11 PM Registration, Henry VIII lobby
Friday, Nov. 15
12:30-2 Late Registration, Lucas Hall, UM-St. Louis
2:00 Round I (all divisions), preset
4:30 Round II, preset
6:30 Dinner--pizza, furnished, in staggered servings this
year!
7:30 Round III, hi-hi off I and II
10:30-12 Coaches seminar Hotel
Saturday, Nov. 16
8:30 Round IV, hi-lo within brackets off I-III
11:00 Round V, hi-hi off I-IV
1:00 Lunch on campus (you pay, but price reasonable)
2:00 Round VI, hi-lo within brackets off I-V
4:30 Flip for Sides, Round VII, followed by coaching time.
5:00 Round VII, hi-hi off I-VI
7:00 "Taste of UM-St. Louis"--A diversity of dishes from
the UM-St. Louis Community (furnished)
8:00 First Elimination Round, campus
11:00 Coaches seminar Hotel
Sunday, Nov. 17
8:00 Awards Ceremony, Hotel--Next Outround announced, ballots
distributed
8:30 Coaching
9:00 Second Elimination Round
11:00 Interim Awards
11:30 Third Elimination Round (subsequent awards given in rooms)
1:00 Lunch on own
2:00 Fourth Elimination Round
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY 5:00 PM TUESDAY NOV. 12--
NO EXCEPTIONS!
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General Notes on the Gateway
Debate Tournament
Lodging: The tournament hotel is the Henry VIII Ramada Hotel, located at
4690 North Lindbergh near the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The
facility is quite nice, with two restaurants, two lounges, indoor pool and
health club, and various and sundry amenities. The flat rate of $49.00 per
night is for up to 4 in a room.
A block of rooms will be released October 10. Please make your
reservations before then. Although rooms might be available after this
time, the general public may order some of them. The Henry VIII Ramada's
phone number is (314) 731-3040. Mention the UM-St. Louis Gateway Debate
Tournament when making your arrangements. If an inexperienced clerk takes
your call and seems confused (like tells you the motel's booked, although
the reason why is that it is booked with rooms blocked out for you), call
Kay Carter, who is our contact there, and she will take care of you.
Food: A number of eating establishments can be found in the UM-St. Louis
area. When you arrive, we will provide you with a list of and maps to
these establishments.
Friday evening's debate schedule includes a free pizza break, and Saturday
evening's a free dinner. Additionally, wellness snacks will be provided
throughout the day Saturday in the coaches lounge.
Fill slots: As in the past, UM-St. Louis may enter students if necessary
to provide sufficient entries for additional elimination rounds to count
toward CEDA or NDT points. These students will debate the minimum five
rounds and be eligible to advance. However, novices will not be entered
when filling is not necessary, and clearly having the staff necessary for
sufficient tournament operations will take precedence over fill teams.
***** Schools flying to St. Louis should contact the Henry VIII for
shuttle service to and from Lambert Field. As well, they should provide
both UM-St. Louis and the King Henry VIII a copy of enclosed travel forms
if they also need transportation to and from the tournament, which will be
provided by the King Henry VIII.
***** ALL ENTRIES FOR THE TOURNAMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY NO LATER THAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, AT 5:00 PM. ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN
AFTER THIS TIME--NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!
***** NUISANCE FEES: ANY CHANGE AT REGISTRATION WILL RESULT IN A $30.00
NUISANCE FEE PER CHANGE.
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Four divisions of CEDA/NDT team debate will be offered--open, junior,
novice, and Lincoln-Douglas. See below for time limits--there are
changes.
Open Team: Any student is allowed to participate. Standard rules apply.
Time format 9-3-6 with eight minutes preptime. This is the division that
qualifies for the Jesuit Sweepstakes and Round Robin at SIU .
Junior Team: Any student with fewer than four semesters of team debate at
the collegiate level is allowed to compete. Time format 9-3-6 with eight
minutes preptime.
Novice Team: Any student with fewer than two semesters of team debate at
any educational level is eligible to compete. Under no circumstances will
the novice be collapsed. Time format 8-3-5 with eight minutes
preptime--note the difference from JV and Open..
Open Lincoln Douglas CEDA/NDT Joint: Any student is eligible to compete.
The time format will be 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 with three minutes of preparation
time per debater, per round. The CEDA/NDT Joint Resolution will be used as
in the other three divisions at this tournament--please do NOT confuse with
the NFA division of our Nov. 2-3 tournament.
Awards: Awards will be presented to the top ten speakers in each division,
as well as to all elimination round teams and Lincoln-Douglas competitors.
The number of elimination rounds in each division will be determined by the
number of entries, by CEDA/NDT standards. For nine of ten years, the open
division has broken to octafinals, and for eight of nine years, the junior
division has broken to octafinals. Novice usually breaks to octafinals,
and LD usually breaks to quarters although on occasion it reaches
octafinals.
Debate sweepstakes will be given to the top five teams. To figure this, we
simply add up the wins of the top five teams a school enters, regardless of
division. If ties occur, we will then go to the number of teams entered at
the tournament--if ties persist, we will consider outround participation..
The Gateway Traveling Trophy is nearing its retirement. It is awarded each
year to the team with the highest cumulative total figured with the above
formula throughout the years. After a school's wins the award for a year,
its total reverts to zero. 1996 and 1997 will be the last two years that
results from the Parli and NFA LD will count toward this trophy (as has
been the case). In 1998, the GDTT will be retired to the school which has
accumulated the most points, with points forfeited from having kept the
trophy restored. That school will be able to keep the trophy. Beginning
in 1998, only CEDA/NDT wins will count for the GDTT II, with the top five
schools from the 1986-1997 period engraved on the new trophy. Meanwhile,
separate traveling trophies are being started for NFA and Parliamentary
debate. This system is designed to ease the shift from a combined award to
a separate award.
Advancement and Seedings--We will consider the following, in the following
order, to determine the order of outround seedings, with each step used to
break ties: 1. Won-loss record. 2. Combined Speaker Points. 3.
Adjusted Speaker Points (dropping hi and low). 4. Double adjusted points
5. Ranks. 6. Opp. Record. We will not break brackets in seedings--when
two teams hit each other in elims from the same school, the coach will
determine who advances. Speaker awards will go first to totals, then to
adjusted by dropping high and low, then to dropping two high and two low,
then to won-loss records of teams, then to coin toss. Presetting and power
matching will in all instances in prelims be done to ensure a fair chance
of breaking for all competitors to as great an extent possible. Judging
assignments will be random, insofar as possible while conforming to limited
mutual preferences given by participants. Elims power protect.
Entry Fees: Entry fees shall be $40.00 per two-person team of any sort,
and $20.00 per Lincoln-Douglas entry of any sort. Note the change from
last year.
Judges: Teams must provide one judge for every two teams or portion
thereof. L-D entries count as half a team. Teams without judges to cover
their entries may hire UM-St. Louis judges at $100.00 per uncovered slot,
and $75.00 for every uncovered LD entry. WE WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE YOUR
JUDGES!!! Teams with extra judges may include that judge in our hired
judge pool.
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(snip--we thought you could wait until the written invite for the
traditional GTT standings and past results sheet.
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Fee Calculation Sheet and Transportation Form
Fee Calculation:
____ 2-Person Team Entries X $40.00 (any division) _______________________
____LD Entries X $20.00 _______________________
____Uncovered Team Debate Entries X $100.00 ________________________
____Parliamentary Debate Entries X $75.00 ________________________
Subtotal ________________________
Nuisance Tax ________________________
($30.00 per every switch at registration)
Grand Total ________________________
ENTRY FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED OR ENTRIES CALLED IN NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM
Nov. 12.
AS WELL, PLEASE SEND THE FORM BELOW BY THIS TIME FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
THE ADDRESS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FORM BELOW IS TOM PRESTON, UNIVERSITY OF
MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS, 8001 NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63121-4499
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TRANSPORTATION FORM
NO. OF PERSONS NEEDING TRANSPORTATION_______________
NEED TRANSPORTATION TO THE SCHOOL?____________AT WHAT
TIMES?__________________________
REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO CALL THE HENRY VIII COURTESY SHUTTLE FOR
TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN AIRPORT AND HOTEL. ONLY COMPLETE THIS FORM FOR
TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM UM-ST. LOUIS.
_______________________
ENTRIES SHOULD BE MADE TO:
TOM PRESTON, GATEWAY TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
8001 NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
ST. LOUIS, MO 63121-4499
OR CALL THE ENTRY TO 1-314-516-5816 (AL) OR TO 1-314-516-5498 (TOM), OR FAX
THE ENTRY IN AT 1-314-516-5415.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE MADE BY NOVEMBER 12 AT 5 PM, NO EXCEPTIONS. FEES WILL
BE ASSESSED AS OF THAT TIME. ALL CHANGES AFTER 5 PM THAT DATE SHOULD BE
MADE TO THE UM-ST. LOUIS NUMBERS ABOVE.
ALL JUDGES SHOULD ELIMINATE THEMSELVES FROM JUDGING ANY SCHOOL TOWARD WHICH
THEY MIGHT HAVE A BIAS (SUCH AS TAUGHT A COACH IN GRAD SCHOOL THE YEAR
BEFORE, JUST GRADUATED FROM A CERTAIN SCHOOL, ETC.) PLEASE INDICATE SO IN
SPACES PROVIDED FOR JUDGE NAMES.
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ENTRY BLANK -- 1996 GATEWAY DEBATE TOURNAMENT
(use extra sheet if nec.)
School _____________________________ Director ___________________________
Address ____________________________ School ____________________________
___________________________________ Zip ______________________________
For each entry, please rate all entries as follows: A (Always breaks, near
top of division); B (Often Breaks in this division); C (Respectable but
usually does not break); D (Rarely breaks or has little or no experience),
in space provided at right. List first and last names, please.
Open Teams (first and last names of both competitors please) Rating
1. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
2. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
3. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
4. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
5. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
6. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
7. ____________________________ & _____________________________ ______
Junior Teams (first and last names of both competitors please) Rating
1. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
2. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
3. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
4. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
5. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
6. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
7.____________________________ & ______________________________ ______
Novice Teams (first and last names of both competitors please) Rating
1. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
2. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
3. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
4. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
5. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
6. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
7. ____________________________& ______________________________ ______
Open LD Entries (first and last names please)
1. ____________________________ _______
2. _____________________________ _______
3. ____________________________ _______
4. _____________________________ _______
5. ____________________________ _______
6. _____________________________ _______
7. _____________________________ _______
Debate Judges and preferences of debate type or schools they can't judge, if any
1. _____________________________ 3. ______________________________
2. _____________________________ 4. ______________________________
5. __________________________ (see where to send on where to send/call
entries)
Any person who should not judge your teams even as early as round I?
Note: All divisions will utilize mutually preferred judging by designating
at registration. We will stick to preferences as well as humanly possible.
Preferences go into affect Round III.
Entries to Tom Preston at fax 314-516-5415 or ph. 314-516-5498 no later
than Nov. 12, please!
Archive created by Jonathan Stanton (jonathan@cs.jhu.edu)
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