The 2018 SCJFL 4th Quarter Debate Tournament

Greetings!

On Saturday, March 30th, 2019 La Reina High School will be hosting the 2019 SCJFL 4th Quarter Debate Only Tournament, and we hope that your school or organization will be joining us. 

Location: 106 W Janass Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Entries:

You may register competitors at: 

https://forensicstournament.net/SCJFL4QDT/19

We will close entries on Tues. March 26th at noon, PST.

Events:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Resolved: The illegal use of drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.

Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.

Public Forum Debate: Resolved: The United States should promote the development of market rate housing in urban neighborhoods.

Congress - Please submit bills to Robert@CannonballofDeath.com by March. 13th, 2019

Big Questions: Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest50

Judging Requirements: 

Each participating school or organization is being asked to supply 1 judge per 2 entries for debate.  Congress requires a school to provide 1 judge for every 5 entries. Judging names should be submitted at the time of registration. If you need to register judges but don’t know their names yet, please use your school name with a number to indicate the judges you will be providing (i.e. Wilshire judge 1; Wilshire judge 2; etc.).  A charge of  $50 per absent judge will be applied for schools who do not provide enough judges to cover their entries (or fraction thereof). 

Fees: 

$10 per student

Please make checks payable to “LR Debate Society”. 

Changes or drops after Wednesday March 27th, 2019 at 6pm will be charged a $10 nuisance fee per change. 

Schedule:

Pattern A - Policy Debate / Congress / Big Questions*

7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00-11:00 a.m. Debate Round I 

11:00-1:00 p.m. Debate Round II 

1:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch 

2:00-4:00 p.m. Debate Round III 

4:30 pm Awards - Cafeteria. 

Pattern B - Public Forum / Lincoln Douglas* 

7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00-10:00 a.m. Debate Round I 

10:00-11:00 p.m. Debate Round II
11:00-12:00 p.m. Debate Round III 

12:00-1:00 p.m. Debate Round IV 

1:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00-3:00 Debate Round V (Elimination-Prelim)

3:00-4:00 Debate Round VI (Elimination-Prelim)

4:30 pm Awards - Location to be determined. 

*Schedule may change depending on entries and requirements for a final round.

Postings will be in the cafeteria.

Judges and coaches should report to the library

Tab will be in the faculty lounge.

Rules: All rules can be found in the SCJFL by-laws at SCJFL.org

Tournament host: Melan Jaich - La Reina High School

Tournament director: Mike Kyle - Nova 42