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.

Sept. PF Topic possibilities

Oh, yes.  It's already starting...

NFL has now released the list of potential topics for 2013 Sept. Public Forum.  The topic area is nuclear proliferation.  Coaches will be voting for one of the following topics:

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

Resolved: Proliferation of nuclear weapons is a greater threat to the United States than proliferation of biological and chemical weapons.