Welcome to the home page for the 2016 Cardinal Clash tournament hosted by Ball State University on Jan 17, 2016 for College students.
Status: Tournament Completed
<p>Colleagues,</p>
<p>The Ball State University Speech Team is pleased to invite you to the Cardinal Clash on <strong>Sunday, January 17, 2016</strong>. This tournament will be held in conjunction with Butler University’s Bulldog Battle. Both tournaments will take place on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis, the Crossroads of America. The campus is just four hours from Ann Arbor and St. Louis, three hours from Chicago, Columbus (OH), and Lexington (KY), and two hours from Louisville and Cincinnati.</p>
<p>The Cardinal Clash will offer competition in all NFA individual events on Sunday and will also offer POI. For Impromptu we will use a variety of prompts such as quotations, proverbs, rhetorical situations, and signal words. Tabulation and event rules will follow NFA guidelines.</p>
<p>We look forward to welcoming you and your students to the Cardinal Clash. We hope to see you in January!</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p><strong>Mary Moore, Ashley Coker, & Michael Storr</strong></p>
<p><a href=\"mailto:bsuspeech@bsu.edu\">bsuspeech@bsu.edu</a></p>
<p>(765) 285-1882</p>
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<p>Registration and Information</p>
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<li>Each school may enter an unlimited number of entries per event.</li>
<li>Each competitor may enter up to three events per flight, but are encouraged to keep to a healthy maximum. Judges will be instructed to leave when a round is scheduled to end. A missed round for any reason will result in the competitor being dropped from that event and the school will be charged a drop fee.</li>
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<p><strong>Group A Group B </strong><br />
Duo Interpretation Impromptu Speaking<br />
Extemporaneous Speaking Informative Speaking<br />
Persuasive Speaking After Dinner Speaking<br />
Rhetorical Criticism (CA) Program Oral Interpretation <br />
Dramatic Interpretation Poetry Interpretation<br />
Prose Interpretation </p>
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<li>This year we will be using <strong>forensicstournament.net</strong> for registration. If you have any issues registering please contact Mary Moore (mkmoore@bsu.edu).</li>
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<h1>Fees</h1>
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<li>A fee of <strong>$8 </strong>will be charged for each individual event entry.</li>
<li>One judge is needed for every six entries or any fraction thereof. A fee of <strong>$10</strong> will be charged for each uncovered entry. (7 entries = 2 judges or one judge and $10)</li>
<li>Fees will be calculated at 12:00pm (EST) on Wednesday January 13, 2016. Each dropped entry will incur a cost of <strong>$10</strong> if dropped after 12:00 pm (EST) Wednesday, January 13, 2016. The cost will increase to <strong>$15</strong> if dropped after 5:00 pm (EST) on Thursday January 14, 2016.</li>
<li>Each dropped judge after 5:00PM (EST) on Friday, January 15, 2016 will incur a cost of $100. (You can change judge names at no cost.)</li>
<li>Checks should be made out to Ball State University.</li>
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<h1>Awards</h1>
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<li>Awards will be given to the top three schools in team sweepstakes, finalists in all events and the top five in quadrathlon.</li>
<li>Sweepstakes points will be based on final round points.</li>
<li>To qualify for quadrathon, a competitor must compete in four or more events.</li>
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<p>Tournament Schedule: Sunday, January 17, 2016</p>
<p>7:30AM (EST) Registration (Jordan Hall 141) </p>
<p>8:00 Extemp Draw</p>
<p>8:30 ROUND 1A</p>
<p>9:45 ROUND 1B</p>
<p>11:00 Extemp Draw </p>
<p>11:30 ROUND 2A</p>
<p>12:30 Lunch Break </p>
<p>1:30 ROUND 2B</p>
<p>2:30 Extemp Draw </p>
<p>2:45 FINALS FLIGHT A</p>
<p>4:00 FINALS FLIGHT B</p>
<p>5:30 Awards</p>
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