2014-2015 Welcome

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I'm having some issues with viewing the meteachgood blog but apparently I can still post to it.  Here is the Lanier Speech & Debate Tournament schedule so far:

Bellaire Novice Extravaganza       Sept. 12/13                           Bellaire High School

Afterschool Debate Club Starts      Sept. 16                              Debate Room

Tournament                           Sept. 19/20                  Memorial High School

Tournament                           Oct. 17/18                   Bellaire High School*

Tournament                           Oct. 25                        Klein Oak High School

6^th Grade Tournament          Dec. 5/6                       Lanier Middle School

Tournament                           Dec. 13                        Oak Ridge High School

Tournament                           Jan. 23/24                   Lamar High School*

Tournament                           Jan. 31                        Hastings High School

Tournament                           Feb. 20/21                   E.A. Olle Middle School

Tournament                           Apr. 11                       Oak Ridge High School

Debate Banquet                     May 16                       Sheraton Galleria

Nationals Camp                     June 3-15                    Lanier (time TBD)

Nationals                                June 16/20                  Dallas, TX

An asterisk means that students will need their own transportation on the Saturday portion of the tournament, as well as Friday night pick-up from the school we're competing at.

Hastings results

Hastings - Feb. 1, 2014

1st Place Sweepstakes

Public Forum Debate

Rukmini Kalamangalam & Mina Nam – 1^st

Olivia Faust & Sarika Kotha – 2^nd

Ruth Ling & Emily Zhou – Semifinalists

Sarah Lai & Michelle Rodriguez – Quarterfinalists

Lucy Ding & Lucy Wu – Octofinalists

Ioana Nechiti & Amalia Nichols – Octofinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Rhiannon Morris – Semifinalist

Congressional Debate

Tommy Hayes – 1^st

Andres Schnelle – 2^nd

Noah Scantlebury – Finalist

Beckett Gonzales – Finalist

Devon Watson – Finalist

Impromptu Speaking

Zuhayr Ali – 1^st

Nikki Goldin – 2^nd

Noah Scantlebury – 3^rd

Mina Nam – Finalist

Adele Lauzon – Finalist

Poetry

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Kaityln Kelly – 3^rd

Sara Wells – Finalist

Lucy Ding – Finalist

Humorous

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Will Derden – 3^rd

Original Oratory

Mina Nam – 3^rd

Jeong Hyun Han – Finalist

Rukmini Kalamangalam – Finalist

Lekha Sunder – Finalist

Prose

Nikki Goldin – 1^st

Sara Wells – Finalist

Samantha Su – Finalist

 Extemp

Zuhayr Ali – 2^nd

Beckett Gonzales – 3^rd

Lekha Sunder – Finalist

Robert Brown – Finalist

Tommy Hayes – Finalist

Dramatic

Ally Sun – Finalist

Samantha Su – Finalist

Duet Acting

Will Derden & Mogi Taylor – 1^st

Viviana Collymore & Sara Wells – 2^nd

Sophie Dunn & Audrey Foster – 3^rd

Ally Sun & Samantha Su – Finalists

Nikki Goldin & Gabby Keene – Finalists

Duet Pantomime

Nicholas Abraham & Nathan Dunbar – 1^st

Readers Theatre

Cardenas, Meehan, Lauzon & Foster – 1^st

Vocal Solo

Mariana Rodriguez – 2^nd

Solo Pantomime

Nathan Dunbar – 2^nd

Duet Improv

Adele Lauzon & Rhiannon Morris – 2^nd

Kaitlyn Kelly & Larry Zhang – Finalists

Dance

Lanier, Goldin, Wells & Collymore – 3^rd

TV Commercial

Athene DelVecchio – 3rd

Olle Results

Olle Feb. 21/22

Extemporaneous Speaking

Lyle Derden – 1^st

Lekha Sunder – 2^nd

Robert Brown – 3^rd

Joseph Donowho – 4^th

Andres Schnelle – 5^th

Dramatic

Natalie Festa – 3^rd

Samantha Su – 4^th

Ruth Ling – 6^th

Junior Storytelling

Kirin Singal – 3^rd

Lucy Wu – 5^th

Senior Storytelling

Athene DelVecchio – 1^st

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Sophie Cardenas – 4^th

Thalia Rigney – 5^th

Hanna MacNamee – 6^th

Declamation

Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Athene DelVecchio – 3^rd

Ioana Nechiti – 5^th

Robert Brown – 6^th

Duet Improv

Adele Lauzon & Rhiannon Morris – 1^st

Sophie Dunn & Hanna MacNamee – 2^nd

Nicholas Abraham & Nathan Dunbar – 5^th

Oratory

Nikki Goldin – 3^rd

Lyle Derden – 5^th

Sophie Cardenas – 6^th

Humorous

Athene DelVecchio – 5^th

Junior Poetry

Ashley Wu – 5^th

Luz Balderas – 6^th

Senior Poetry

Nikki Goldin – 2^nd

Alisa Lu – 3^rd

Impromptu Speaking

Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Noah Scantlebury – 4^th

Jeong Hyun Han – 5^th

Liliana Herrera – 6^th

Duet Acting

Will Derden & Mogi Taylor – 1^st

Vivi Collymore & Sophie Dunn – 2^nd

Nikki Goldin & Gabrielle Keene – 3^rd

Sara Frank & Hanna MacNamee – 4^th

Junior Prose

Lucy Wu – 6^th

Senior Prose

Athene DelVecchio – 1^st

Maggie Hill – 3^rd

Readers Theatre

Lauzon/Morris/Cardenas/Frank – 6^th

Lincoln-Douglas

Robert Brown – Semifinalist

Pooja Vettical – Octofinalst

Rhiannon Morris – Octofinalist

Public Forum

Lyle Derden & Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Joseph Donowho & Joseph Dowdall – Semis

Lucy Ding & Lucy Wu – Quarterfinalists

Special Awards

Robert Brown  - LD Top Speaker

Lekha Sunder – Top Individual Performer

Sophie Dunn – Heart and Soul Award

2014 March/April LD Topic

2014 March/April Topic
Resolved: Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust.

March PF Topic

Resolved: Single-gender classrooms would improve the quality of education in public schools.

Tournament Schedule

Jan. 18 - Westfield HS (@ Bammel Middle School)

Jan. 24/25 - Lamar HS (high school tournament)

Feb. 1 - Hastings HS

Feb. 21/22 - Olle MS

Apr. 12 - Conroe HS (tentative)

February PF Debate Topic

Resolved: The Supreme Court rightly decided that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act violated the Constitution.

Jan./Feb. Debate Topics

Lincoln-Douglas January/February Topic
Resolved: Developing countries should prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction when the two are in conflict

Public Forum January Topic
Resolved: Development assistance should be prioritized over military aid in the Sahel region of Africa

Oak Ridge Schedule...sort of

Below is the schedule for the Oak Ridge tournament on Dec. 7.  The real schedule is much more complicated but this gives you a basic idea of how things are supposed to go.  If you want the more detailed version then go here.

6:00 A.M.                  Arrive at Lanier Middle School

6:15 A.M.                  We leave Lanier

7:00   - 7:30               Registration

7:30                            Extemp Draw 

8:00  - 9:30                Section A Prelims

9:30  - 11:00              Section B Prelims

11:00 – 12:30            Section C Prelims

12:30                          Extemp Draw (Semis)

1:00 - 2:30                 Semis Section A            

2:30 – 4:00                 Semis  B and C

4:00                            Extemp Draw (Finals)

4:30 - 6:00                 Finals Section A

6:00 - 7:30                 Finals Sections B and C

8:oo                            Awards 

10:00 P.M.                We return to Lanier

More Dec. PF help

I also found this article

Happy researching!

Dec. PF topic help

Very informative FAQ related to the December PF topic:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/questions-and-answers-immigration/?_r=0

Klein Schedule

6:15 a.m.                     MEET AT LANIER

6:30 a.m.                     LEAVE LANIER

8:00-9:30	Section A Prelims
8:00	Debate Round IA - Flight B Immediately After
9:30-11:00	Section B Prelims
9:30	Debate Round IIA - Flight B Immediately After
11:00-12:30	Section C Prelims
11:00	Debate IIIA - Flight B Immediately After
12:30-2:00	Section D Prelims
12:30	Extemp Draw Extempers may not cross enter in Section D.
2:00-3:30	Section A and B Semis; Debate Quarters
3:30-5:00	Section C and D Semis
3:45	Extemp Draw Cross entered Extempers go to Section C event first and go immediately to draw.
5:00-6:30	Section A and B Finals
5:30	Debate Semis and Finals
6:30-8:00	Section C and D Finals
6:45	Extemp Draw Cross entered Extempers go to other events first and go immediately to draw.
8:45 10:15 P.M.	Awards Assembly RETURN TO LANIER

Bellaire Report

1st Place Sweepstakes - I.E.'s Public Forum	Duo Interp (Senior)
Octofinalists	Katherine Nyquist & Ally Sun - Finalist
Rukmini Kalamangalam & Lekha Sunder
Ian Matejka & Ethan Tran	Duet Acting (Senior)
	Nikki Goldin & Gabby Keene - 2nd
Congress
Devon Watson - Finalist	Prose
	Athene DelVecchio - 3rd
Extemp
Lekha Sunder - 1st	Duet Acting
Evan Finley - 2nd	Athene DelVecchi & Alisa Lu - 2nd
	Katherine Nyquist & Ally Sun - 3rd
Oratory	Kaylie O'Connell & Vega Shah - Finalists
Jeong Hyun Han - 2nd	Nicholas Abraham & Nathan Dunbar - Finalists
Impromptu Speaking	Poetry
Kaitlyn Kelly - 1st	Samantha Su - 2nd
Noah Scantlebury - 2nd	Athene DelVecchio - Finalist
Larry Zhang - Finalist
Emma Semaan - Finalist	Dramatic
	Pooja Vettical - Finalist
Speaking Awards
Lekha Sunder - Top PF Speaker	Humorous
	Larry Zhang - 1st
	Athene DelVecchio - 2nd
	Zack Mattingly - 3rd
	Lekha Sunder - Finalist
	Jordan Hinrich - Finalist

Bellaire Tournament Schedule

Friday, October 18

1:30                       Leave Lanier Middle School

2:30                        Extemp Draw

3:00                        Section A Individual Events

4:00-6:00              Student Congress Prelims

4:30                        Debate Round 1

6:30                        Debate Round 2

6:30-8:30              Student Congress Prelims (continued)
8:30                        Debate Round 3

10:00                     Pick up at Bellaire

Saturday, October 19

8:00                        Section B Individual Events

9:30                        Debate Round 4
11:30                     Individual Events Semis (Section A & B) FX, SrPR, SrPO, SrIMP, NX, NPr, NPO, NIMP; Quarterfinals DX, OO/ Rd. 2 prelims HI, DI, NDI, NOO, DA, DUO, NDA, NHI

11:30                     CPF Round 5

1:00 – 3:00           Student Congress Finals

1:00                        Double Octos CLD, NLD; Octofinals NPF, quarters CX

1:30                        CPF Round 6

3:00                        Individual Events Finals (Section A & B) FX, HI, DI, SrPR, SrPO, DA, SrIMP, DUO, NX, NPR, NDI, NPO, NOO, NIMP, NDA, NHI/ semifinals OO, DX

4:30                        Double Octos CPF; Octos CLD, NLD, quarters NPF, semis CX

5:30                        Finals in OO/DX

6:30                        Awards

Most students will be able to leave after awards

6:30                        Octos CPF; Quarters CLD, NLD; semis NPF; finals CX

7:30                        Semis CLD/NLD/CPF; finals NPF

8:00                        Quarters CPF

8:30                        Semis CPF; Finals CLD, NLD

9:30                        Finals CPF

Memorial Report

Memorial High School - TFA Qualifier
3rd Place Sweepstakes

Public Forum		Novice Extemp
Joseph Donowho & Joseph Dowdall - 1st		Lekha Sunder - 1st
Travis Craig & Ian Matejka - 2nd		Lyle Derden - 2nd
Rukmini Kalamangalam & Mina Nam - Semifinalists		Andres Schnelle - 3rd
Evan Finley & Alex Nelson - Quarters		Tommy Hayes - 6th
Zack White & Will Derden - Quarters
Lyle Derden & Lekha Sunder - Quarters		Prose
		Adele Lauzon - 3rd
Duet Acting		Stephanie Oyolu - 6th
Athene DelVecchio & Alisa Lu - 4th
Kaylie O'Connell & Vega Shah - 6th		Oratory
		Rukmini Kalamangalam - 6th
Duo Interp.
Athene DelVecchio & Alisa Lu - 6th		Impromptu Speaking
		Stephanie Oyolu - 6th
Public Forum Speaking Awards
Lyle Derden - 1st
Joseph Dowdall - 2nd
Will Derden - 3rd

Maps! Maps! Maps!

Get ready to spend about 15 minutes on this...

MAPS!

Tournament Schedule so far...

Here is what our tournament season is shaping up to be.  We'er skipping the Bellaire Novice Extravaganza this year for an actual tournament.  Still waiting to hear from UH.  Those dates for nationals are set.

EVENT                                    DATE                          LOCATION                            

Afterschool Debate Club Starts      Sept. 17                              Debate Room

Tournament                           Sept. 20/21                  Memorial High School (high school tournament)

Tournament                           Oct. 18 & 19               Bellaire High School*(high school tournament)

Tournament                           Nov. 9                         Klein High School

Tournament                           Dec. 7                          Oak Ridge High School

6^th Grade Tournament          Dec. 13/14                   Lanier Middle School

Tournament                           Jan. 24/25                   Lamar High School* (high school tournament)

Tournament                           Feb. 21/22                   Olle Middle School

Debate Banquet                     May 17                       Sheraton Galleria

Nationals camp                     June 9-16                    Lanier noon to 4:00 p.m.

Nationals                                June 17/22                  Kansas City, KS

* - No buses on Friday night or all day Saturday

Extemp analysis

Found this on speechgeek.  It's a flow and critique of the final rounds of IX and DX and NFL Nationals.  If you're looking for help with extemp. speech structure this could be useful.

International Extemp

Domestic Extemp

and the website has some very useful things for all debaters/extempers.  I usually check it out to pull material for current event quizzes.  Just saying...

www.speechgeek.com/extemp

Sept./Oct. LD topic

Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

September 2013 PF Topic

Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation.