State 2015

The 114th MSHSL State Debate Tournament [MSHSL info page]
University of Minnesota - Blegen Hall
269 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455 [map+photo]
16-17 January 2015

Policy debate - Anne, Drew, Shanelle, Sukriti

Lincoln-Douglas debate - Arvind

Public Forum debate - Natalie and Ashab

Bus
Friday - depart EHS 8AM door 8, return 9PM (estimate)
Saturday - depart EHS 7AM door 7, return 6:30PM (estimate)
** Friday morning we're stopping at a coffee place near the U (Hard Times Cafe) where you can get a coffee or something for breakfast.  We want to use this hour to review our plans for the day.  You'll need to bring cash - they take ONLY cash.

Policy Debate
Drew Sposeep and Shanelle Roman
Sukriti Rawal and Anne Lepow

Lincoln-Douglas
Arvind Veluvali

Public Forum
Natalie Curtin and Ashab Alamgir

Scouting
Claire Carlson
Megan Shannahan
James Kuznecoff
Maggie Wells

Policy Schedule - Friday
9:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
9:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
10:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
10:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:30 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
3:00 p.m. ROUND 3
6:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:15 a.m. ROUND 5
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:30 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges, Participants & Coaches
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
1:45 p.m. SEMIFINALS
4:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
4:15 p.m. FINALS
6:00 p.m. Awards

Lincoln-Douglas/Public Forum - Friday
10:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
10:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
11:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
11:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:45 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
2:45 p.m. ROUND 3
5:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:00 a.m. ROUND 5
9:15 a.m. ROUND 6
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:45 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
11:15 a.m. Lunch:  Participants & Coaches
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
2:00 p.m. SEMIFINALS
3:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
3:15 p.m. FINALS
4:00 p.m. Awards

State Week Practice Schedule

Here is our plan for practice next week, assuming we have qualifiers in Policy, LD, and PF.    We won't know who is going to State until Saturday afternoon, this is the contingency so that people can plan ahead.

We're including extemp on this sheet because some of the same coaches are involved as well.

Monday - January 12th
Public Forum 6-8 (Tim in room 317)
Lincoln-Douglas 6-8 (Andy in room 324)
Policy 6-8 (Bobby, Brett, Chris in 318)
Novice and Varsity Extemp from 4-6PM (Andy room 324)

Thursday - January 15th
Policy 6-8 (Bobby, Brett, Chris in 318)
Public Forum 4-6 (Andy in room 324)
Lincoln-Douglas 6-8 (Andy in room 324)
Varsity Extemp from 6-8PM (Tim in 317)
Novice Extemp 6-8 (Joe in 319)

Friday and Saturday - January 16th and 17th
State tournament at U of MN

Jan 23-24 Nat Quals at Eagan

National Speech and Debate Association - National Qualifying Tournament
Eagan High School
4185 Braddock Trail [map]
Eagan, MN 55123
23-24 January 2015

Bus 
Friday - depart Noon from door 8; return between 8:30-10PM (estimate)
Saturday - depart 7AM from door7; NO return bus - need to have parents pick up as the finishing times could be as much as 12 hours apart

Judging
Bob Ciborowski - Friday and Saturday, Policy
Brett Lind - Friday and Saturday, Policy
Amanda Soczynski  - Friday, Public Forum
Susan Clark - Saturday, Public Forum
Raymond Zhang - Friday and Saturday, Lincoln-Douglas
Pete Gokey - Friday, Lincoln-Douglas

Policy
Drew and Patrick
Anne and Sukriti
Megan and Claire

Public Forum
Ashab and Natalie

Lincoln Douglas
Arvind
Gloria
Anand

Friday January 23, 2015
Policy Registration
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Registration - Will take place in the lower east entrance of EHS at the Greeter's Desk. All students should report to the Student Commons to wait for schedule distribution.

Public Forum and LD Registration
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Registration - Will take place in the lower east entrance of EHS at the Greeter's Desk. All students should report to the Student Commons to wait for schedule distribution.
**Remember that head coaches should judge at the Southern MN NFL Tournament

Policy Debate
1:30  Round #1 Policy Debate
3:30  Round #2 Policy Debate
6:00  Round #3 Policy Debate
LD Debate
3:30  Round #1 LD Debate
5:00  Round #2 LD Debate
6:30  Round #3 LD Debate
8:30  Round #4 LD Debate
Public Forum
4:00 Round #1 PF Debate
5:30 Round #2 PF Debate
7:30 Round #3 PF Debate
*All schools who advance to Saturday must fill out judge strikes for Saturday before leaving on Friday night

Saturday January 24, 2015
8:00 AM –  All Policy, PF and LD Schools Must Check in with the Tab Room by 8:00 AM so that our tournament can run on time.
Policy Debate
8:00 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
8:30 AM  Round #4 Policy Debate
10:30 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
11:00 AM Round #5 Policy Debate
1:00 PM - All Policy School head coaches must in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
1:30 PM  Round #6 Policy Debate
3:30 PM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
4:00 PM  Round #7 Policy Debate
LD Debate
8:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
9:00 AM  Round #5 LD Debate
11:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
12:00 PM Round #6 LD Debate
2:30 PM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
3:00 PM - Round #7 LD Debate

Public Forum Debate
9:30 Round #4
11:00 - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels.
11:30  PM - Round #5
1:30   PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
2:00 PM - Round #6
4:00 PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab toom for the placing of judges on panels
4:30 PM - Round #7 (if needed)

Jan 9-10 MSHSL Sections @ Cooper HS

Section 6 Tournament
Robbinsdale Cooper HS
9-10 January 2015

Note
Section tournament:  Top 5 teams qualify in Policy, top 6 in LD and PF qualify.   State is the following weekend at the U of MN.

Bus
Friday - depart 2PM from door 8, return estimate 9PM (released from class at 1:45)
Saturday - depart 7AM from door 7, return estimate 5PM
* It's the time of year where return times are estimates only - too many variables to predict accurate return time; these are best guesses.

Policy
Drew Sposeep & Shanelle Roman   
Anne Lepow & Sukriti Rawal  

Lincoln-Douglas
Arvind Veluvali
TBA

Public Forum
Natalie Curtin and Ashab Alamgir
Connie Chao and Aarathi Garimella

Schedule
LD and PF
Friday:
Round 1-  3:30
Round 2 - 4:30
Round 3 - 6:00
Round 4 - 7:15
Saturday:
Round 5 - 8:30
Round 6- 10:00

Policy
There are 6 time slots, you'll only debate in 4 of these 6 slots.
Friday
Round 1 - 3:00 PM
Round 2 - 5:45 PM
Saturday
Round 3 - 8:30 AM
Round 4 - 11:00 AM
Round 5 - 1:30 PM
Round 6 - 3:30 PM

LD, PF, and Extemp Practice for 12/29

Here is the schedule for practice times - none of this is new, it's what we presented at the end of the U of MN tournament, but is here for reminder:

Room 317 with Andy
LD from 2-4
PF from 4-5 (part 1 of PF practice)
PF from 5-7 (part 2 with Tim and Andy)

Room 318 with Tim
Novice Extemp 2-3:30
Varsity Extemp 3:30-5:00

LD and PF Practice Times

Summary of upcoming practice times.  We'll surely add some online practice times and other work times, but these are the upcoming dates to keep in mind:

Thursday 12/11 
5-6:30 PF; 6:30-8 LD

Monday 12/15
5-6:30 PF; 6:30-8 LD

Thursday 12/18
5-6:30 LD; 6:30-8 PF

Friday 12/19
Blake (all day)

Saturday 12/20
U of MN (all day)

Friday 1/2/15 
Scrimmage TBA 

Thursday Practice Rooms

We are displaced from our usual rooms by a dance competition on Thursday, December 11th.

These are our replacement rooms:

379 - 4PM Tim with extempers
371 - 5PM Andy with PF and LD
372 - 6PM Policy debate room 1
374 - 6PM Policy debate room 2
376 - 6PM Elizabeth room for speech
378 - 6PM Megan room for speech