Practice Panorama

We had an all-team meeting tonight - to celebrate success and remind ourselves of the challenges we face.

Our message to the team tonight was this: “Life isn’t about what you can’t accomplish, it’s about what you’ve yet to achieve.” To that end, we watched an inspirational video about Richie Parker, a man born without arms, yet lives a life of both normalcy and excellence. 

Friday Novice Results from U of MN

Edina novice policy debaters competed at the U of M tonight.

Quick set of results submitted by Coach Gokey:

Megan Shanahan is 12th speaker
Claire Carlson is 6th speaker
Tanner Engh is 5th speaker
MEREDITH SONG IS TOP SPEAKER!

Rubin and Carlson is 9th place
Wells and Shanahan is 8th place

Judges Needed for Blaine

The good news is that we are taking 46 debaters out this weekend. We have a healthy, growing team with many motivated students who want to debate.  In order to make it possible for them to debate, we need judges for the tournament at Blaine on Saturday.  Every school has to provide judges in proportion to their entry -- if we can't find more judges, we have to reduce the number of kids who get to debate this weekend.  There isn't a third option.  Judging isn't hard -- although it might seem scary because of the unknow the first time -- and we do have some training materials to help you prepare so you know what to expect.  You'd only be judging novice debaters in the simplest debate format.  If you are willing to judge, please contact Pete at pgokey@gmail.com

Double Champions at Minneapolis South

Minneapolis South 2013 - Novice LD Champion Max, Varsity LD Champion Arvind

Oct 12 @ Blaine

Blaine High School
12555 University Ave NE Blaine, MN [map + directions]
12 October 2013

Bus Times
Depart EHS 7AM from door 7
Return 5PM (estimate)

Novice Public Forum
Aarathi Garimella and Livy Alger
Ali Dickson and Karin Deverdier
Khalid Ishani and David Ma
Natalie Curtin and Kamron McDaris

Varsity LD
Madison Seeley
Arvind Veluvali
Vikrum Puram

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Murray Friedberg
Max Schleck
Katie Bogart
Romi Lee
Kyle Nicholson
Sophia Shulz-Rusnacko
Connie Chao
Antonio Flores
Sammy Dickinson
Dylan Wrede
Uma Kumar-Montei
Annie Amen
Mabel Thomas

Impromptu *
Connie Chao
Sophia Shulz-Rusnacko
Max Schleck
Kyle Nicholson
Romi Lee
Uma Kumar-Montei
Madison Seeley
Arvind Veluvali
Vikrum Puram
Mabel Thomas

* You will do Impromptu between rounds 2, 3, and 4

Schedule
Lincoln Douglas & Public Forum
Round 1   8:30
Round 2   9:35
Round 3  10:45
Round 4  12:30
Round 5  2:00

Awards will be given to the top five impromptu speakers.  The time a student has to draw a topic, prepare a speech, and deliver the speech will be no more than five minutes.  For the first two rounds students will draw one of two topics for each round.  One of the topics/quotes will be related to the September/October NFL resolution (civil disobedience) and the other topic/quote will be related to the October NFL resolution (nuclear proliferation).  For the third round students will be given a fortune cookie and the fortune will be the basis for the speech.

Impromptu
Round 1-Following Round 2 of LD/PF
Round 2-Following Round 3 or LD/PF
Round 3-Following Round 4 of LD/PF

Food - Madison Seeley and Vikrum Puram are in charge of coordination
Students/schools can preorder subway sandwiches for lunch.  The price is $3 for a six inch sub.  Students can choose from turkey, ham, or veggie subs.  We need to have subs ordered by 5:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, October 9th.  Other concessions (snacks only) will be available throughout the day.  Students are welcome to bring their own meals.

What to Bring
Paper copies of your cases
Paper and pens for flowing
Timer or phone that can countdown
Your evidence in a folder or computer
Charger for laptop
Water bottle
Money for concessions
Snacks - it's a long day

Oct 11-12 @ U of Minnesota

University of Minnesota
Wiley Hall - West Bank campus [map + directions]
11-12 October 2013

Bus Times
Friday -
2PM depart from door 8
10:30PM return to EHS

Saturday -
7AM depart from door 7
5:30PM return to EHS - could be later if we have a team in the final round

* There WILL be down time, especially for novices, so bring your homework -- there is plenty of space at the U to sit down and study for a while

Food 
You can bring your own snacks to eat.  There is also a Quiznos, Chipotle, and Noodles all very close to campus.  You need to check in with a coach and go in a group of 3 or more to eat at one of these places.

Varsity Round Robin (Friday and Saturday)
Samantha Hunt and Bree Peilen

Varsity (Friday and Saturday)
Anja Beth Swoap and Shanelle Roman
Patrick LaChance and Drew Sposeep
Adi Mittal and Ashab Alamgir
Allan Ouyang and Elbert Wang
Sukriti Rawal and Anand Mittal

Novice (Friday)
Edina EB: Tanner Engh & Isaac Berte
Edina SW: Maggie Wells & Megan Shannahan
Edina IR:  Ella Romanelli & Daphne Iskos
Edina SV: Meredith Song & Zach Versluis
Edina RC: Lindsay Rubin & Claire Carlson

Novice (Saturday)
Edina EB: Tanner Engh & Isaac Berte
Edina SW: Maggie Wells & Megan Shannahan
Edina IR:  Ella Romanelli & Daphne Iskos
Edina SV: Meredith Song & Zach Versluis
Edina BT: Landon Tselepus & Michael Bridell

Observing
Anne Lepow (friday)

Schedule
Friday, October 11, 2013
2:00-3p             Registration, TBA
3:15p                Round the First
                        VCX Rnd 1, NCX-Fr & JVCX-Fr Rnd 1
5:15p                Round the Second
                        VCX Rnd 2, NCX-Fr & JVCX-Fr Rnd 2
6:45-7:15p         Dinner
7:30                  Round the Third
                        VCX Rnd 3, NCX-Fr & JFCX-Fr Rnd 2
9:30p                NCX & JVCX Friday Tourney Awards,
10:00p              Bus pick-up

Saturday, October 12, 2013
7-7:30a             Registration, TBA
8:00a                Round the Fourth
                        VCX Rnd 4, Rnd 1 for NCX-Sa, JVCX-Sa
10:00a              Round the Fifth
                        VCX Rnd 5, Rnd 2 for NCX-Sa, JVCX-Sa
11:30a-12:00p   Lunch
12:00p              Round the Sixth
                        VCX Qtrs, Rnd 3 for NCX-Sa, JVCX-Sa
2:00p                Round the Seventh
                        VCX Sems, Rnd 4 NCX-Sa, JVCX-Sa
4:30p                Awards
5:00p                Round the Eighth
                        VCX, Finals

Parent Judge Opportunities

We are seeking parents to serve as debate judges for the next 3 tournaments.  We have opportunities (and a need) for parent judge volunteers for these events:

Saturday, Oct 5 @ Minneapolis South
Saturday, Oct 12 @ Blaine
Saturday, Oct 26 @ Andover

Your willingness to help makes it possible for our growing team to compete.  If you are available, please contact coach Andy Charrier - charrier@gmail.com