The 2009 Chief Justice/Alumni Swing Invitational

October 30-November 1, 2009

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May 1, 2009

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 2009 Chief Justice / Alumni Swing on to be held on Friday October 30 – Sunday November 1, 2009. The tournament will be held on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, WV. On Friday, we will offer the first three rounds of Lincoln – Douglas Debate and evening registration for IE only teams. We will offer a three round plus finals tournament in Individual Events on Saturday and a two round plus finals tournament on Sunday. Debaters may only compete in the Alumni portion of IE on Sunday. We will offer varsity and novice competition in all 11 NFA events as well as POI if the number of entries permit.

 

Marshall University has had a long and rich history in forensic competition. It is our intention to revitalize the program and we sincerely hope that you will add our tournament to your forensics calendar.

 

There are two tournament hotels offering a discount. They are adjacent to each other are conveniently located close to campus. The Super 8 Motel, and the Ramada of Huntington, both offer a continental breakfast and free wireless internet as well as an indoor swimming pool. Information on both of these hotels as well as others in the area, are located at the end of the invitation. Reservations must be made two weeks prior to the tournament and you must mention Marshall Speech Team in order to receive the discount.

 

This invitation should provide all the information you will need to attend our tournament.  However, if you have any questions, please contact Tournament Director, Danny Ray at 304-654-0587 or ray102@marshall.edu. Entries must be emailed by 3:00 PM, Friday, October 23, 2009. If you fail to receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, please consider it lost and re-send it.

 

A copy of this invitation can also be found on http://www.marshall.edu/commstu/

Sincerely,

Danny Ray

Director of Forensics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Justice / Alumni Invitational Swing

Schedule

 

Friday, October 30th

2:00 – 3:30 PM                        Registration, Memorial Student Center lobby

4:00 – 5:15 PM                        LD Round 1

5:15 – 6:30 PM                        LD Round 2

6:30 – 7:45 PM                        LD Round 3

6:00 – 9:00 PM                        Early registration for IE only teams will be in the Memorial Student Center                                      Lobby. Please take advantage and sleep in before Saturday’s competition.                                        There will be limited time for registration on Saturday.

 

Saturday, October 31st

7:30 – 8:00                  Registration – Memorial Student Center Lobby

8:00                             Extemp Draw MSC, 2W16, LD Round 4

8:30                             IE Group A Round 1

9:15                             LD Round 5

9:45                             IE Group B, Round 1

10:30                           Extemp Draw MSC, 2W16, LD Round 6

11:00                           IE Group A Round 2

12:00                           LUNCH

1:00                             IE Group B Round 2, LD Elimination Round 1

1:45                             Extemp Draw MSC, 2W16

2:15                             IE Group A Round 3

3:00                             LD Elimination Round 2

3:30                             IE Group B Round 3

4:15                             Extemp Draw, MSC2W16

4:45                             IE Group A Final Round

5:00                             LD Elimination Round 3

6:00                             IE Group B Final Round

7:15                             Awards

           

Sunday, November 1st

7:30 – 8:00                  Registration Alumni half only – Memorial Student Center lobby

8:00                             Extemp Draw MSC, 2W16

8:30                             IE Group A Round 1

9:45                             IE Group B Round 1

11:00                           IE Group B Round 2

12:00                           Lunch

1:00                             Extemp Draw, MSC 2W16

1:30                             IE Group A Round 2

2:45                             IE Group B Finals

3:30                             Extemp Draw MSC, 2W16

4:00                             IE Group A Finals

5:15                             Awards (Or as soon as possible)

 

Group A:  EXT, PERS, PRO, ADS, DUO

Group B:  IMP, POE, INF, POI, RC, DI

 

EVENTS

 

All 11 NFA events will be offered as well as POI. We will offer Varsity and Novice divisions in all events if the number of entries permit. Actual divisions will be based on the number of entries. If there is no division, the top novices will be recognized.

 

NOVICE

A novice is defined as anyone who is in their first year of intercollegiate competition.

 

ENTRIES

Competitors may enter up to three events per Group, but are personally responsible for making it to all rounds in a timely manner. There is no limit to the number of entries per school, but only the top three in preliminary rounds will qualify for sweepstakes awards. All points earned by a school in elimination rounds will count toward sweepstakes. Students who are entered in multiple events should always sign in to all rooms before the round begins. Additionally, students competing in Lincoln – Douglas debate will not be allowed to compete in individual events during the first half of the tournament – they may only compete in IE during the second half of the tournament.

 

DEBATE

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – will follow the NFA-LD Debate rules located at: http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/ldrules.html and utilize the 2009 – 2010 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. 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 instructed 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 win and averaged speaker points for the round.

 

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

Competition will be offered in all 10 NFA events and will follow the guidelines set forth by the NFA: http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/pdf/2002bylaws.pdf POI will follow the rules set forth by the AFA NIET:  http://www.mnsu.edu/spcomm/niet/eventdescriptions-new0607.htm

The events will be divided into the following Groups:

 

Group A:  EXT, PERS, PRO, ADS, DUO

Group B:  IMP, POE, INF, POI, RC, DI

 

Competitors will be allowed to compete in three events per group but it will be their responsibility to make it to rounds on time and notifying the judges that they will be arriving late. Judges will be asked to leave the room when the scheduled time for the end of the round arrives.

 

Extemp Prep – The Extemp Prep room will be in the Memorial Student Center’s Alumni Lounge. Marshall University is not responsible for any items lost or stolen from the Extemp prep areas.

 

JUDGES

Each school is required to provide one judge for every six IE slots entered. They are required to provide 1 judge for every two Lincoln – Douglas individuals entered.

 

DROPS

If you must drop an entry, PLEASE e-mail or phone the drop in early so that we may make appropriate changes.  The drop fee becomes more unpleasant with each passing day.  Finally, there is no excuse for a student not showing up to a round or being an unreported drop; consequently a stiff nuisance fee is included.

DEADLINE

All entries must be received by 3:00 PM eastern standard Time on Friday, October 23, 2009. The only way to send your entry is via email: ray102@marshall.edu. Once the entry has been received a confirmation email will be sent to the address of the sender. If no such confirmation is received within 24 hours then assume it wasn’t received by the tournament director and re-send it. If you have any questions please call the tournament director at 304-654-0587.

 

AWARDS

Awards will be presented to the top six finalists in each event. If no novice division is warranted then the top novice in each event will be recognized. All break round participants will be awarded in LD. Additionally, the top six contestants in Quadrathon will be rewarded as well as the top novice contestants. Sweepstakes will be awarded at each tournament to the top three schools in two categories according to the number of entries. The top three schools in LD will receive debate sweepstakes awards. The top six schools in combined sweeps over both halves of the swing will receive grand sweepstakes awards.

 

Fees

LD Entry                                                                     $25.00

IE Slots                                                                       $8/per slot/per tournament

LD Judges                                                                    $50.00

IE Judges                                                                     $12.00 /per uncovered slot / per tournament

Drops on or before Monday, October 26th                  FREE

Drops on Tuesday, October 27th                                 $10.00

Drops on Wednesday, October 28th                            $15.00

Drops on Thursday, October 29th                               $25.00

Drops at Registration                                                 $30.00

No-Show/Unreported Drop                                        $50.00

All fees (entries, judges, drops, and no-shows/unreported drops) must be paid before elimination rounds are posted. Failure to do so will result in all entries from that school being declared ineligible to advance to any elimination round or to be eligible to win any sweepstakes award.

 

Sweepstakes

Debate – For the purpose of calculating sweepstakes, a school will be awarded 3 points for each preliminary round win and 1 point for each loss. Points will be awarded in Elimination Rounds as follows: Champion – 5 points, elimination round two – 3 points and elimination round one – 2 points. Only the top four entries in Lincoln – Douglas from each school will count towards sweepstakes.

 

Individual Events – Sweepstakes points will be awarded as follows: In preliminary rounds, all contestants will accumulate points with each rank of:

                        1 – 3 points.

                        2 – 2 points.

                        3 – 1 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:

                        1st – 12 points.

                        2nd – 10 points.

                        3rd – 8 points.

                        4th – 7 points.

                        5th – 5 points.

                        6th – 3 points.

Directions / Parking

If coming from the East, take exit 11 of  I-64, and merge right onto Hal Greer Blvd. Drive approximately 2.5 miles, then turn right on 5th Avenue and immediately merge into the left lane. The Memorial Student Center is the second building on the left. Pull into the temporary parking lane for registration. If arriving from the West you will take exit 11 of I-64 and turn left at the stoplight at the end of the ramp onto Hal Greer Blvd. Parking on Friday will require a temporary parking permit which will be made available at registration. Parking on Saturday and Sunday is free. Ask for the best location to park when you arrive.

 

 

 

Food

There are several fast food restaurants within walking distance of the campus. Also the Harless Dining Hall will be open for lunch on both Saturday and Sunday. There will be a judges lounge located on the second floor of the Student Center and we will provide coffee and breakfast pastries each morning for all judges and coaches.

                            

 

HOTELS

 

***Ramada Huntington – 3140 16th St. Road, Huntington, WV 25701 - (304) 523-8308‎

·        2.2 mi SE of campus

·        Complimentary Continental breakfast

·        Free High Speed Internet

·        Indoor Swimming Pool

·        Queen Double $79.95 (Discounted rate)

***Super 8 Huntington – 3090 16th Street Road, Huntington, WV 25701 – (304) 525-1410

·        2.2 miles SE of campus

·        Complimentary Continental breakfast

·        Free High Speed Internet

·        Indoor Swimming Pool

·        Queen Double $69.95 (Discounted rate)

Holiday Inn & Suites Civic Center – 800 Third Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701
Get Directions – (877) 863-4780

·        0.9 mi W of campus

·        Free Wireless Internet

·        Standard Double $83.66

Pullman Plaza Hotel – 1001 3rd Ave, Huntington, WV 25701 – (304) 525-1001‎

·        0.7 mi W of campus

·        Complimentary Wireless Internet

·        Standard Double $109.00

Days Inn Huntington – 5196 US Route 60, Huntington, WV 25705 – (304) 733-4477‎

·        4.8 mi E of campus

·        Free Daybreak Breakfast

·        Free Wireless Internet

·        Standard Double $75.80

Red Roof Inn – 5190 US Route 60, Huntington, WV 25705
Get Directions – (304) 733-3737

·        4.8 mi E of campus

·        Standard Double $85.99

Holiday Inn & Suites – Barboursville – 3551 Rt. 60 East, Barboursville, WV 25504 – (877) 863-4780‎)

·        5.2 mi E of campus

·        Free High Speed Internet

·        Standard Double $90.00

 

 

Comfort Inn – 249 Mall Rd, Barboursville, WV 25504, (304) 733-2122‎

·        9.1 mi E of campus

·        Complimentary Continental breakfast

·        Free Wireless Internet

·        Standard Double $103.00

Hampton Inn Huntington/Barboursville‎ - 1 Cracker Barrel Dr, Barboursville, WV 25504 –

(304) 733-5300‎

·        9.3 mi E of campus

·        Free High Speed Internet

·        Standard Double $110.00