Gateway Invitation, one last time
Tom Preston
scprest
Mon Oct 12 17:02:31 CDT 1998
Dear Debate and Speech Community:
Here is the invitation to the Gateway tournament. Entries are coming in,
so I need to know if there will be IPDA entries soon to determine whether
to have the division. Parli entries are coming in rapidly.
Due to the size of the entry, we are moving the debate late registration to
7:30-8:30 AM, and the first round to 8:30 on Friday morning due to a room
shortage from 10-11 AM. This is only a half hour change, but an important
one. Please make a note of this.
Otherwise, the schedule should remain the same as previously posted. The
minor change IS reflected on the post below, but NOT on the snailmail.
I'll send you a snailmail if you didn't get one yet--just let me know!
Other events are as originally scheduled. The Saturday schedule is unchanged
Tom
UM UM-St. Louis Forensics/Debate
Department of Communication
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
314-516-5498
fax 314-516-5816
25 August 1998
Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of the Missouri Psi Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta and the Debate and
Forensics program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, you are invited
to attend the Gateway Debate and Speech Tournament October 30-31, 1998.
This tournament features five divisions of debate this year--Open CEDA,
Novice CEDA, Open Parliamentary, Open NFA-LD, and Open Public Debate. As
well, we offer twelve individual events--the traditional AFA-11 plus the
most popular of our experimental events over the years, duo improvisations.
Be looking for our mediated tournament in the Spring! Last year, over 50
schools attended Gateway Weekend, which includes an IE Swing at Webster
University on November 1. 43 attended the Gateway, and some opted for both
tournaments. We hope you will continue to enjoy the array of choices that
this setup affords the variety of students in your program.
Again, for those who also do IE's, check out Webster's one-day event
Sunday--its invitation and entry forms are included in this invitation!
Also--note the change in schedule--it allows for savings in that you can do
this ie swing, in some instances, with only 1 evening of lodging! Check it
out--we thank John Meany of Claremont-McKenna for his suggestion--we
thought it was a great idea so we're trying it!
WE CAN OFFER AN AWESOME HOTEL RATE FROM THE RECENTLY RENOVATED HENRY VIII,
AND ALTHOUGH THE BLOCK IS HELD UNTIL OCTOBER 1, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE
ROOM RESERVATIONS EARLY BY CALLING 1-314-731-3040. Be sure to mention
UM-St. Louis Gateway Debate Tournament to the clerk to obtain this special
offer, and be sure to make reservations by October 1 to ensure yourself of
this special rate.
The IE tabroom will be directed by Forensics Guru (Church, 1997) Scott
Jensen of Webster University, and the debate tabroom will be co-directed
ably by Dr. Kendall Phillips of Central Missouri State University and yours
truly.
There will also be speaker awards for the top team in each division. The
top novice team in each division of debate that combines all levels, plus
the top novice speaker in each individual event will be honored, and in the
Pi Kappa Delta tradition, excellent awards will go to the top thirty per
cent in each event.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's Gateway Tournament, and if
your schedule permits, at the second half of the Louisiana Purchase Swing
at Webster University. Entry deadline is 5:00 PM Tuesday October 27--No
exceptions!
Thank you for your kind support.
Sincerely,
C. Thomas Preston, Jr. Bruce Arokoyo
Director of Forensics, Director, GDST President, UM-St. Louis
Forensics
Co-Director, GDST
General Notes on the Gateway Tournament
What you can and cannot enter at the same time Oct. 30-31:
Double entering across ANY divisions of debate--NO--This cannot be done
since at least some rounds will run concurrently.
Entering Team (NDT/CEDA) Policy Debate or and IE's--NO--these run concurrently.
Entering "Public", Parliamentary, OR NFA-LD and IE--YES--it will be
grueling if the student does a lot of IE--carry some candy bars and take
advantage of our snacks--we may even get permission to sell Jolt Cola. But
the schedule WILL allow for this.
Entering several ie's--YES--We recommend no more than four per conflict
pattern while at the tournament (for a total of eight plus mediated
events), however, students are responsible for performing within the time
allocated for the round. NO SPEECHES WILL START FEWER THAN TEN MINUTES
BEFORE THE END OF A ROUND!
YOU MAY DO ANY OF THE ABOVE PLUS ENTER IE'S AT WEBSTER, NOVEMBER 1,
HOWEVER--its A FREESTANDING IE SWING WITH US.
Other Features, some new and interesting:
As you have figured out, we will offer an NFA LD division (SIX prelims plus
appropriate outrounds), a SIX round Parliamentary division (with
appropriate outrounds).
WE MAY HAVE TO LIMIT THE ENTRY OR MOVE PDA PUBLIC DEBATE SHOULD ROOM
RESTRICTIONS OBSTRUCT.
We WILL schedule double-octas in Parliamentary debate if necessary--We
teetered on it last year with 53 teams--have judges, will offer!
NEW FEATURE--IE begins at noon on Saturday--If you school does only IE,
this will possibly save money. Debate will be over just as soon, and we
will make every attempt such that those eliminated can leave after early
afternoon debate awards.
THERE WILL BE DUPLICATE AWARDS FOR TEAMS ADVANCING IN DEBATE--You liked 'em
last year, so we're keeping 'em..
Individual Events: The AFA-11 plus our most popular extra, IMPROV! ADS
finals at the Halloween Party Saturday--Bring your best mask as we will
give an award for the most outstanding one! THE RULES:
CEDA/NDT TEAM DEBATE--We will continue the 8-3-5 format for both divisions,
and each team will be limited to five minutes total in preparation time
throughout the debate.
The tournament philosophy is that these divisions should be training
grounds for potential future national champions. Since debate is a
diverse world, all contestants are encouraged to read writings concerning
what the leaders of each form see as the ideal approach, and share it with
all critics so that standards can be kept consistent within divisions if
not across them. Each division has a distinct philosophy:
Open CEDA/NDT Joint: The standards used to judge tournaments at the
highest level of the national CEDA and NDT circuits should be used. The
Gateway Open CEDA division should hit octafinals again this year since more
JV teams will be included. The competition has and should continue to be
among the best in the nation, and the judging pool will once again reflect
those expectation. Clearly, research, evidence, and organization of
materials is the name of the game here. This is an informational-intensive
and highly specialized division, and we will make every effort to use the
critics best qualified and most willing to handle large amounts of
information in their judging.
Modified ABCX pref system used among the judging pool will be in effect
after round 2.
Novice CEDA/NDT Joint: Same time format as above. Although this is a
beginning division in a specialized activity, generally, novices are not
expected to process as much information as their varsity counterparts in
policy debates--but the pieces should be beginning to fall into place.
Especially in this division, judges must show encouraging comments on every
ballot, and a 20-point minimum in speaker points will be strictly enforced
except in extreme circumstances. Only those in their first two semesters
of two-person debate or policy competition may enter--high school policy
debate and NFA LD count toward this, although the value-oriented high
school LD does not. We intend for this to be a positive experience for NEW
debaters--if in doubt, move them to varsity. And additional CEDA
guidelines for novice also apply. Keep in mind, as well, the need for
judges representing your school to encourage advancement into upper
divisions when novice debaters are beginning to sound like varsity--this is
clearly a division in which we expect debaters entering their first
tournament should feel welcome and comfortable. Random Judge Assignment
within pool. We will try to have as many experienced critics in this
division as possible. Parliamentary: We will follow NPDA Rules for time
format: 7-8-8-8-4-5. Although the philosophies underlying parliamentary
debating approaches are becoming more specialized, this division clearly is
intended for a general audience--in fact,we will make efforts to use
reasonably informed lay critics to judge this division, as well as some of
the familiar national circuit parliamentary judges that may show up in a
potentially 70-team division. The tournament philosophy in parliamentary
debating at the Gateway is that it, too, is a place where future national
champions (such as the winners from two years ago from Regis University)
would desire to attend. Clearly, however, the expectations and ways of
obtaining this will differ from the policy debate division. The philosophy
this year will remain, as it has been yet is unstated in the past, along
the lines of Brockriede's "debate for lovers" article. In these divisions,
clearly, public speaking and audience oriented skills will be stressed,
although logical analysis, creativity in terms of humor and gentle
heckling, and strategic use of parliamentary motions during the debate will
also be stressed. One quirk about our division that only affects a few
rounds--Rounds may NOT be stopped on procedural issues such as "truisms" or
"tautologies", although like in any other motion a critic can pronounce
such arguments as "well taken" or "not well taken." The main idea is that
for educational purposes the debaters argue these throughout the round.
Because of room limitations Friday morning, you are encouraged to get your
entries in early--we've never turned folks away before, but this debating
form is experiencing exponential growth in our region. Here, clearly,
communication persuasive and credible in the public arena is the name of
the game. Random Judge Assignment within pool. Mixture of lay and
experienced critics used, although all will receive training.
NFA-LD: 6-3-7-3-6-6-3 time format, with 2 min/side prep. Although
Goldilocks might find NDT too hard and Parliamentary too soft, she might
find NFA "just right." Here, although debaters must somehow defend a plan
in this LD policy format, they are expected to communicate it to the
average educated person in a comprehensible, reasonable fashion. This is a
challenge, but one enjoyed by many debaters. A balance between prepared
evidence and communication should be struck--the event started in the IE
organization NFA--being aware if its norms should help your students
understand the types critics they will be assigned in this division.
Random Judge Assignment within pool.
PDA Public Debate--time format to follow PDA rules--Goldilocks and Dr.
Preston are still trying to figure this one out, so in the "marketplace of
ideas" approach traditional to the old Gateway, we are offering as it
struggles for recognition--and to see how it flies. This PDA division
sponsored by the organization headed by President Jack Rogers--and coaches
may participate. Note, however--a COACH participating in this will be able
to cover NO entries of any sort--but they may enter this division
nonetheless. This is supposed to be a "fun" type of debate, and you are
encouraged to look at the statements out of the PDA to learn how you should
judge this, as well as how your students will be judged. The schedule may
shift or entries may be limited on a first come, first serve basis if a
room shortage takes place! Although we will strictly stick to PDA rules
and expectations in explaining judging instructions, expect plenty of lay
judges here.
The AFA 11 plus improv--These events will follow the same rules as the 11
AFA national tournament individual events. The Flight A events will be
extemporaneous speaking, informative speaking, after dinner speaking,
prose interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and duo improvisation, with
improv being ten minutes to create and act out a situation given before the
round. ADS FINALS MASS-JUDGED AT KARAOKE HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE PARTY!
The Flight B events will be impromptu speaking, persuasive speaking, mixed
interpretation (POI), poetry interpretation, communication analysis, and
dramatic duo.
NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE IE'S INTO 2.5 CONFLICT PATTERNS
IF WE FACE A ROOM SHORTAGE. THIS WOULD WORK SIMILAR TO THE MAFL
TOURNAMENTS.
Other items of interest
Entry fees: Two-person Debate, Any Div. $60.00 per team
One-person Debate, Any Div. $30.00 per team
IE $5.00 per entry
Judging fees: Two Person Debate, Any Div. one judge covers 2 teams,
unless entered in PDA
Fixed pool for parliamentary
$100.00 judging fee for each uncovered team in addition to
entry fee.
That's $200.00 for two uncovered teams, etc.
One Person Debate, Any Div.--one judge covers 4 entries
Fixed pool for NFA LD/PDA--PDA participants do no cover entries
$50.00 judging fee for each individual not covered.
$10.00/each slot/conflict pattern uncovered for ie--EACH
JUDGE DOES
COVER SIX SLOTS PER CONFLICT PATTERN--if you, for example,
have six entries in A and six entries in B, your judge,
justly covers 12, not
six, slots as would be the case in some tournaments--beware
of those who
only allow a judge to cover six slots who have multiple
conflict patterns!
But distribution is important, so if you have 9 entries in
A and two in B,
then you would owe for the 3 uncovered in A as it is
difficult to hire
judges unevenly and piecemeal.
The judging fees are to encourage you to bring your judges,
not for us
to take your money. They defray 1) the cost of paying
hired judges and
2) our time that goes into finding them, which can be
considerable.
Entry fees charged as of 5:00 PM Wednesday Oct. 28.
Nuisance: Changes at registration which affect the size of a division
of any sort will result in a $30.00 per slot nuisance tax in
IE and a $50.00 per entry change nuisance tax in debate. A
change in a speaker name that does not affect a division's
entry size will not result in a nuisance tax. A change at
registration that reduces the size of the judging pool will
incur a $100.00 nuisance tax; a change in a judge name will not
accrue a nuisance tax. Adding a judge at registration may
reduce one's obligation, but does not guarantee hiring for
additional rounds. Changes that affect two division sizes
will accrue a double tax. Criteria for debate speaker
awards: 1. Totals minus hi and lo
(all divisions) 2. Raw speaker point totals
3. Totals minus two hi and two lo
4. Ranks
5. Judge Variance
6. Opposition Wins
7. Wins of team
8. At Random
Criteria for debate seedings: 1. Won-loss record
2. Total Speaker Points, minus hi-lo
3. Total speaker points
4. Total speaker points, minus two
hi and two lo
5. Ranks
6. Opposition Wins
7. Judge Variance
8. At Random
The number of debate teams breaking will be determined by CEDA, NPDA, and
NFA guidelines, with the exception that no division will break beyond octas.
Criteria for ie breakings: 1. Rank total (lowest)
2. Total rating points (highest)
Ties for 6th will go to finals at
the second level.
The twelve events will all break
directly to
finals
1998 Gateway Individual Tournament Sweepstakes:
Individual Events: Preliminary round points will be awarded on the basis
of 3-2-1 for each schools top five entries in each individual events.
There will be two mediated event prelims as well. Points will count for
all entries reaching elimination rounds in individual events; one point per
quarterfinalist; two points per semifinalist, and for finals, on the basis
of 6-5-4-3-2-1, in addition to any points earned in previous outrounds.
Debate: Each policy preliminary round win will count 10 points toward
sweepstakes, and each policy team making elimination rounds will earn 20
points. In all other divisions, each preliminatry round win will count for
5 points, and those making elimination rounds will earn 10 points. The top
five debate entries in each division toward this in the above fashion.
Combined: Add the two above together, and you have Overall Sweeps! The
top five in each category win substantive awards at the Gateway. MUST DO
both debate and IE to be eligible for combined! The Gateway Traveling
Sweepstakes Trophies
Although we at UMSL regret the splintering of debate into so many factions,
we see all forms of the activity as a positive good, and to keep up with
the times, offer traveling trophies for each established debate type rather
than involve ourselves in debates concerning which is "better" than the
other. The venerable, unified Gateway Debate Traveling Trophy, which
lasted for ten years and combined all debate divisions, retired last year
to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, which had taken home the
trophy twice before and had the largest cumulative number of points over
the decade. Beginning in 1996, we established separate awards for
parliamentary debate and NFA debate--this year, we begin the Gateway Policy
Debate Traveling trophy. If PDA public debate, which we try this year,
becomes established, we will begin another traveling plaque. In each race,
the top five teams from each school in that division have the total number
of preliminary round wins tallied up. A school accumulates points until it
wins the award; at that point, its total reverts to zero. A school which
has the most points--including those before the total reverted to zero--at
the end of the decade will retire that trophy. Meanwhile, the traveling
trophies travel back to UMSL until that time.
This year, we also begin the Gateway Individual Events Trophy. For this
race, we will count the number of finalists from each school, each for one
point each. Like in the debate races, a school accumulates points until
its total reverts to zero, with, again, number of entries being the
tiebreaker.
Gateway Parliamentary Standings
1. McHendree College 20 6
2. Central Missouri State University 17 10
3. Washington University 13 4.5
4. Longview Community College 11 4
5. Regis University 10 3
6. Williamette University 9 2
7. Furman University 7 3
7t. Illinois College 7 3
9. United States Air Force Academy 7 2
9t. University of Southwestern Louisiana 7 2
9t. Clemson University 7 2
12. Macalester College 6 2
12t. University of Florida 6 2
12t Missouri Southern State College 6 2
15. University of Colorado 6 1
16. University of Missouri-St. Louis 5 2.5
17. Centre College 5 2
17t. Washburn University 5 2
17t. Webster University 5 2
20. Georgia College 4 2
20t. McNeese State University 4 2
20t. Wheaton College 4 2
23. Truman State University 4 1
24. College of William and Mary 3 1
24t. Claremont-McKenna College 3 1
26. University of Chicago 0 0 * (1997
winner)
26t. Southwest Baptist University 0 0 * (1996
winner) NFA Debate Standings -- Western Kentucky University won Inaugural
CMSU Won Second one
1. Murray State University 6 6
2. Asbury College 5 4
3. Eastern Illinois University 5 2
4. Southern Illinois University 4 1
5. Vanderbilt University 2 1
6. Truman State University 1 1
7. Central Missouri State University 0 0 * (1997
winner)
7t. Western Kentucky University 0 0 * (1996
winner)
The New Gateway Policy Debating Traveling Trophy is in its First Year--We
thank all of the 124 schools who attended the Gateway Debate Tournament
under the Old Combined Award, which Southern Illinois University retired
last year. Thank you for a wonderful decade!
The New Gateway Individual Events Trophy Begins This Year
Other Awards:
--At least the top ten speakers in each team (parli, NDT/CEDA Joint)
division will will the traditional gavels in debate. If a division makes
double octs, this number will increase
--At least the top five speakers in each "LD" type debate division (NFA LD,
PDA) will win awards--and these often differ from those who break or
advance!
--Duplicate awards for each team (parli, NDT/CEDA Joint) debate entry breaking.
--The traditional finalist awards in each individual speaking event
--The traditional top ten awards in pentathlon (note there is a
distribution requirement--you must do five events including at least one
limited prep event [defined as extemp, impromptu, and improv], at least one
original event [persuasion, informative, ADS, and CA], and at least one
interpretative event [duo, poetry, prose, mixed, dramatic]).
--Swing ie sweepstakes and pentathlon awards with Webster.
--Top novice awards in each individual event (Novice Definition for
ie's--first year of college competition in that particular event.
Exception--for improv, must be first year of ANY college IE participation)
--"Excellent" awards for nonfinalists within the top thirty per cent of
their events.
"Each year, the Gateway Tournament gives well over 200 awards"
For the events in which you have to come to the tournament to participate,
here is the rest of our schedule:
Tentative Schedule:
Oct. 29: 7-12 PM Early Registration--Henry VIII
Oct. 30:
7:30-8:30 Late Debate Registration--Lucas Hall 3rd Floor Lobby
8:30-Parli, PDA, NFA Round 1 (some rounds may be staggered based on
room availability for rounds 1-3).
10:00--Parli, PDA, NFA Round 2
11:30--Parli, PDA, NFA Round 3
12:45--Parli/NFA Lunch
2:00--NDT Round 1, Parli, NFA, PDA Round 4 (round 3 if some rounds staggered)
3:45--NDT Round 2 Parli, NFA, PDA Round 5 (round 4 if some rounds staggered)
5:30--NDT Round 3
5:45 Parli, NFA, PDA Round 6, (round 5 if some rounds staggered)
7:00 Pizza
7:30--NDT Round 4 (Parli, NFA, PDA Round 6 if some rounds staggered)
(note--we'll post the final schedule of Friday to the l's based on entry
numbers).
Saturday Oct. 31.
8:00--NDT Round 5; Parli, PDA, NFA First elim
9:30-- Parli, PDA, NFA Second Elim
10:00--NDT Round 6, Late IE Registration
11:00--Parli, PDA, NFA Third Elim
12:00--Lunch for Debate Participants
12:00--Extemp Draw
12:15--Flight A IE's Round I; NDT First Elim; PDA, NFA, Fourth Elim if
nec.
1:30--Debate Awards
2:00--Extemp Draw; Fourth Parli Elim .
2:30--NDT Second Elim; Flight A IE's Round II
4:00--Flight B IE's Round I
5:15--Flight B IE's Round II; finals in small events pattern A; third NDT
elim
6:30--Pizza Break
7:00--Fifth Parli Elim if necessary
7:30--Finals in Remaining IE's except for ADS--Fourth NDT elim if nec.
9:30--Karaoke/"Between the Tournaments" Party at UMSL--UMSL IE Awards
given out at party, after ADS finals which would start by 9:30--have (ie
and overall sweeps) awards over by 11:30. ADS FINALS--PRIZES FOR TOP THREE
MASQUES!
Entry Blank Gateway Debate Tournament--see last p. on where to send
School_________________________ Director____________________
Address________________________ Phone______________________
CEDA/NDT Policy Open Debate Teams (First and Last Names Please)
Rating
1. _________________________________________ _____
2. _________________________________________ _____
3. _________________________________________ _____
4. _________________________________________ _____
5. _________________________________________ _____
6. _________________________________________ _____
7. _________________________________________ _____
8. ________________________________________ _____
CEDA/NDT Novice Debate Teams (Awards for top ten novice speakers, too)
1. _________________________________________ _____
2. _________________________________________ _____
3. _________________________________________ _____
4. _________________________________________ _____
5. _________________________________________ _____
6. _________________________________________ _____
7. _________________________________________ _____
8. _________________________________________ _____
***RATE each team as follows: A Breaks almost always in this division;
B Breaks most of the time in this division C may break but has limited
experience in this divisions D inexperienced with respect to this division
List CEDA/NDT judges here, and FAX a philosophy to Tom Preston at
314-516-5415 for each judge--separate pool from parliamentary, PDA or LD
debate, so pls. don't crosslist!:
1. 4.
2. 5.
3. 6. Parliamentary Debate Teams
Rating
1. _________________________________________ _____
2. _________________________________________ _____
3. _________________________________________ _____
4. _________________________________________ _____
5. _________________________________________ _____
6. _________________________________________ _____
7. _________________________________________ _____
8. ________________________________________ _____
PDA Debate Teams
1. _________________________________________ _____
2. _________________________________________ _____
3. _________________________________________ _____
NFA-LD Students
1. _________________________________________ _____
2. _________________________________________ _____
3. _________________________________________ _____
4. _________________________________________ _____
5. _________________________________________ _____
6. _________________________________________ _____
7. _________________________________________ _____
8. _________________________________________ _____
***RATE each team as follows: A Breaks almost always in this division;
B Breaks most of the time in this division C may break but has limited
experience in this divisions D inexperienced with respect to this division
Judges and whether they do parliamentary or LD--please do not crosslist as
each pool will remain separate
Judge Parli or LD
1. _____________________________________ _________
2. _____________________________________ _________
3. _____________________________________ _________
4. _____________________________________ _________
5. _____________________________________ _________
6. _____________________________________ _________
7. _____________________________________ _________
NOTE: If a coach is entered in PDA, he/she may NOT cover teams. IE Entry
Form--Gateway
School__________________________Director____________________
Address_________________________Phone_____________________
Please list all students, first and last name, entered in each
event--attach additional sheet if necessary. See next page on where to
send.
PATTERN A
Extemp:
Informative:
ADS:
Prose:
Dramatic:
Duo Improv:
PATTERN B
Impromptu:
Persuasion:
Communication Analysis:
Poetry:
Duo:
POI:
Judges: All judges must be available for all elims regardless of whether
their students clear.
Remember--a judge covers 6 slots PER CONFLICT PATTERN--beware of
tournaments who rip you off by requiring one judge per six slots period!
If your entries are divided up evenly among our two conflict patterns, your
judge can cover up to TWELVE entries. $10.00 per uncovered slot per
conflict pattern charge applies. List here:
1. 4.
2. 5.
3. 6.
ENTRY DEADLINE is October 27--NO EXCEPTIONS! Motel--Get reservations in by
October 1 to the Henry VIII at 314-731-4134 and ask for special UMSL
"Gateway Debate" rate. Ask for KAY CARTER or KIM BREECE if a clerk acts
inexperienced, says they are unfamiliar with this event, or says the hotel
is booked when in fact rooms are being held aside. IMPORTANT--be sure to
get reservations in early as bloc is limited.
SEND ALL ENTRIES to C. Thomas Preston, Jr., Director of Forensics, UM-St.
Louis, Department of Communication, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 to be received
by October 27.
OR call in entries to same at 314-516-5498 BEFORE 5:00 PM TUESDAY October 27.
OR email in entries to same at scprest at umsl.edu by the same time, OR fax
them to 314-516-5816. IF YOU EMAIL OR FAX, ASSUME I HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
ENTRY UNTIL I CONFIRM YOUR ENTRY.
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