Welcome to the home page for the 2025 Groundhog Day Invitational (Sunday) tournament hosted by Grossmont College on Feb 2, 2025 for College students.
Status: Tournament Completed
NPDA DEBATE TOPICS: Announced in Student Union (posted here later)
Round 1: The President of the United States should not be allowed to issue pre-emptive pardons.
Topic announced at 8:32 AM // PMC starts at 8:52 AM
Round 2: Children of unauthorized immigrants should not be granted 14th amendment rights.
Topic announced at 10:05 AM // PMC starts at 10:25 AM
Round 3: The United States federal government should end its acquisition attempts regarding Greenland.
Topic announced at 12:20 PM // PMC starts at 12:40 PM
Round 4: The United States federal government should end its acquisition attempts regarding the Panama Canal.
Topic announced at 2:00 PM // PMC starts at 2:20 PM
Quarterfinals: Federal workers who refuse to comply with President Trump’s order to return to in-person work should be immediately terminated.
Topic announced at 4:05 PM// PMC starts at 4:25 PM
Semifinals:
Topic announced at ____ PM // PMC starts at ____ PM
Finals:
Topic announced at ____ PM // PMC starts at ____ PM
NPDA PREPARATION ROOMS:
Concordia -- 31-127
Irvine Valley -- 31-125
Northern Arizona -- 31-107
Point Loma -- 31-112
San Diego State -- 31-109
UC Santa Barbara -- 31-110
UC San Diego -- 24-268/269
Univ of Utah -- 100-129 (or 34-170, if you like)
The Southern California Cooperative (Concordia University Irvine, Grossmont College, and Point Loma Nazarene University) invite you to attend the Groundhog Day Invitational. The tournament will take place on February 1st and 2nd, 2025 on the campus of Grossmont College in El Cajon, CA.
On Saturday, students may compete in either IPDA Debate or AFA/Phi Rho Pi speech events.
On Sunday, students may compete in either NPDA debate or a second AFA/PRP speech tournament.
Tournament Invitation Link
Timetable
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Tue 01/28/25 6:00 pm
Limit adds, changes, drops to existing schools only (no new schools can register)
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Thu 01/30/25 12:00 pm
Drops only (no new entries or changes allowed)
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Fri 01/31/25 6:00 pm
Close registration (schools can not edit their registration)
Related Tournaments
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Groundhog Day Invitational (Saturday)
(Grossmont College on Feb 1, 2025