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Hosted by the University of Oregon Friday, February 22 – Saturday February 23, 2013 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the 2013 Robert D. Clark Invitational, to be held on Friday, February, 22nd and Friday, February 23rd. This tournament will feature six preliminary rounds of debate in four different formats, as well as three preliminary rounds of individual events. This year the tournament has an NIETOC bid in all qualifying IEs. Continuing the practices from last year, the tournament offers: <ul style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, \'Times New Roman\', \'Bitstream Charter\', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"> <li> All OSAA events offered, following all OSAA rules</li> <li> Two-day schedule instead of three</li> <li> Fully catered coaches’ meeting</li> <li> NO FEES</li> </ul> We promise a well run, on-time tournament with excellent competition and professionalism. Benjamin Dodds Tournament Director Debate Coach University of Oregon 541-531-3534 Events Students may enter one debate event and any two individual events, with a single exception:students entered in CX debate may only enter pattern A events, not pattern B. – Debate CX will use the <a class=\"mceItemAnchor\" name=\"0.1__GoBack\" style=\"cursor: default; display: inline-block; -webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-modify: read-only; background-image: url(http://clarkinvitational.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/skins/default/img/items.gif); width: 11px !important; height: 11px !important; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\"></a>2012-2013 topic. As per longstanding tradition for the Bower Aly tournament, Public Forum will use the March topic, and LD will use the March/April topic. Public topics will be written by the tournament. We will be offering two divisions (junior and senior) in each of the formats, as long as we have sufficient entries. Debate will follow OSAA rules. All conflicts and interpretations of the rules will be settled by the tournament director and will be considered final. – Individual Events Pattern A:                                                           Pattern B: (CX Debaters may not enter pattern B) ADS                                                                   ELL-Interp Expository                                                         Memorized-Humorous Impromptu                                                   Oratory Memorized-Serious                                    Dual Interpretation Prose                                                               Extemporaneous                                                                           Poetry                                                                           Radio  Poetry and Radio have been moved to B. We will be offering Junior and Senior divisions in all events that have sufficient entries. If an event is collapsed, we will still recognize the top 3 finishers in the junior division. The tournament reserves the right to collapse similar events if entries are below the OSAA Alternate Qualification threshold. All individual events will follow OSAA rules and will use OSAA ballots. Please visit <a data-mce-href=\"http://www.osaa.org/publications/handbook/1112SPEECHHandbook.pdf\" href=\"http://www.osaa.org/publications/handbook/1112SPEECHHandbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.osaa.org/publications/handbook/1112SPEECHHandbook.pdf </a>for a detailed description of the events. With the addition of the NIETOC bid we are very excited to see an increased entry turnout for the 2013 Clark tournament. Here is more information about the NIETOC.<a data-mce-href=\"http://www.nietoc.com/faq.asp\" href=\"http://www.nietoc.com/faq.asp\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.nietoc.com/faq.asp</a> Fees School Fee – FREE Debate entry – FREE  ($10/team for late entry) Individual Events – FREE  ($5/entry for late additions) Uncovered debate round penalty $30 per round Uncovered IE round penalty $10 per round Judging One judge can cover 2 CX entries, 2 Public debate entries or 4 LD/PF debate entries; and the same judge can cover up to 6 IE entries (double-entries count as two entries). We are going to try to give coaches a break and use them as sparingly as possible until elimination rounds. However, with a tournament of this size, it is imperative that you either cover your judging obligations, or let us know in advance that you cannot so that we know how many judges to hire. Judges are obligated to stay one round past their last competitor. 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