Break Practice

 

3rd Topic Practice Times

A summary of practice for the next couple weeks:

Dec 27, 28, and 29
9AM in the IMC of North
I don't have an "ending" time for these days -- we'll work until we
think we've done enough for one day.

Jan 3
5PM in Computer lab near IMC of South (there is a class in the IMC on
Wednesday's, so we'll use the lab across the hallway since it's just
our small group).

Jan 4 and 5
5PM in IMC of South

If we need more practice we can add some time on Saturday, Jan 6.

Watch Michael Sandel

This is very cool. Ever read evidence from Sandel? Wonder what it's like to hear him lecture? Well, Harvard makes that possible. Try this link which takes you to a video preview of his course. The topics in this video covers a whole bunch of common debate arguments. If you like LD, you'll love this video.

Wait until you get to Sandel's observation, "Mike, I noticed you raised your hand."

Here is a description:

Hundreds of students pack Harvard's Sanders Theater for Michael Sandel's "Justice" course—an introduction to moral and political philosophy. They come to hear Sandel lecture about great philosophers of the past—from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill—but also to debate contemporary issues that raise philosophical questions—about individual rights and the claims of community, equality and inequality, morality and law.

Despite the size of the course, Sandel engages students in lively discussion on topics including affirmative action, income distribution, and same-sex marriage, showing that even the most hotly contested issues of the day can be the subject of reasoned moral argument. This film, which contains excerpts of several classes, is part of a project to make this legendary course an educational resource that reaches beyond the Harvard classroom.

Awards Night is Tuesday

Awards nights for debate is Tuesday in the Auditorium of Lakeville North.

We will serve ice cream and have the slide show running at 6:30.
Awards program will begin at 7:00.

WEAR YOUR DEBATE CLOTHES. Parents and guests can be casual.

Captain Interviews

Interviews for captains-to-be are set for Monday in the IMC at North.

5:00 Lindsay Kubina and Tyler Traub
5:20 Tim Jennings
5:30 Tom Caruso
5:40 Julie Schmidt
5:50 Mike Berger
6:00 Courtney Erickson
6:10 Pat Arnold
6:20 Christian Keil
6:30 Jessica Kanuit
6:40 Kelsey Buehrer

Remembering Blake

 

Congratulations Andy!

In addition to our debaters' success at the Blake Tournament this weekend, Andy was also recognized as the Coach of the Year, an award voted on by other coaches.

Congratulations and thank you to Andy for all he does for all of us!

Final 2006 Tournament

We had a great 2 days at the Blake tournament, held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis.

Bailee and Tim both qualified for triples and Abbie advanced to doubles before losing to the eventual champion.

Below is a photo of the crew on our walk down the Mall to the light rail.

(Thanks to Alex for the photo!)

JV Novice State

We are just returning home from JV Novice State. We did great, and were able to bring home a second place sweepstakes award for small schools. Here is how everyone did:

JV
Christian Keil and Elisabeth White both lose in octos
Christian was also first speaker.

Novice
Jesse VonWald loses in double octos
Sarah Lund, Steven Elliot, and Taylor Ehlis lose in octos.
Carissa VanSlooten loses in the semifinal round and takes home fourth place.

Steven was the only undefeated debater through prelims and was 7th speaker.
Taylor was 6th speaker.
Jesse was 5th speaker.

Great job to everyone!!!

Round 5 @ Blake

Here is a PDF with the R5 schedule:

http://victorybriefsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/BlakeLD5.pdf

Round 4 @ Blake

Harvard Westlake SM vs Karen
Tyler vs Lynbrook JC
Mike vs Eagan MB
Tim vs Rosemount DJ
SLP JS vs Courtney
Alex vs Abbie
Bailee vs Alburquerque Acad SM
Tommy vs Edina JM

Round 3 @ Blake

Karen vs Brainerd BA
Edina NG vs Tim
Rowland Hall MP vs Tom
Edina LX vs Bailee
Cooper EF vs Tyler
Abbie vs Bettendorf TB
Coon Rapids AB vs Alex
New Trier PX vs Mike
Courtney vs Bettendorf JB

Round 2 @ Blake

Round 2:

Karen vs. Harker DR
Forest Lake SJ vs. Alex
Tim vs. Neenah AK
Courtney vs. BSM EL
Tyler vs. Edina IF
Harvard Westlake SM vs. Bailee
Brentwood MS vs. Tom
Bettendorf JB vs. Abbie

Round 1 @ Blake

Pairings for Round 1:

Bailee vs. BSM AB
Mike vs. Tyler
Edina TB vs. Karen
Tom vs. Spanish River EP
Coon Rapids RS vs. Courtney
Westminster JR vs. Timmy
Abbie vs. Omaha Westside AA
Alex vs. Millard West DD

Debate Awards Night

A reminder:

The debate awards night is Tuesday, December 19th at 7PM.

We have changed the location to the Auditorium at Lakeville North.

Be dressed in your debate clothes so that you look presentable for any
pictures people might take.

The event is free, will last about 1 hour, and your family is welcome.

Application for Team Captain

I have emailed to everybody an application to be a captain for the
2007 season. We will have three Captain positions open at Lakeville
South and one open Captain position at Lakeville North.

Deadline to apply is Sunday night. Interviews are on Monday.

If you have questions, send them to Andy at charrier@gmail.com

Lettering Worksheet

I have emailed you all an Excel file that you can use to calculate
your points for lettering. You need to complete this form and return
it to me by Thursday, December 14th.

If you have questions, send me an email.

Andy.

Sibley Challenge Photos

 

Dec 15-18 @ Blake

Eide Holiday Classic and Skyway Round Robin
The Blake School
(held at Downtown Hyatt)
December 15-17

Transportation
For Blake -- held at Hyatt Regency on Nicollet Mall
Friday -- 10:15AM pickup at South; 10:30 pickup from UPPER doors of North.
Estimated pickup at Hyatt is 10PM, return to Lakeville about 10:30PM.

Saturday -- one way only on school bus.
6:45AM depart from UPPER doors of North.
We will take the light rail from the Nicollet Mall down to the 28th street Park and Ride in Bloomington. (The time that we end on Saturday is so unpredictable that we really can't schedule a bus unless we want to choose some super-late time.) You parents could come up to the Hyatt and pick you up there as well.

Lakeville North
Courtney Erickson
Tyler Traub
Karen Zhou
Tom Caruso
Alexandra Fernandez

Lakeville South
Abbie Gudmundson
Bailee Rasmussen
Mike Berger
Tim Jennings

Eide Holidy Schedule -- Like UT, these times really just don't happen. The last two years this tournament has easily run a couple hours late, if not more.
December 15, 2006 (FRIDAY)
10:00-11:30 Registration: Hyatt Regency–Regency Room (2nd Floor)
12:00 General Meeting–Regency Room (2nd Floor)
12:30 Round 1–Policy & LD
2:30 Round 2–Policy & LD
5:00 Round 3–Policy & LD
7:30 Round 4–Policy & LD

December 16, 2006 (SATURDAY)
7:30 Pairings released
8:00 Round 5–Policy & LD
10:30 Round 6–Policy & LD
1:00 Partial Triple Octofinals–Policy & LD (if entries warrant)
3:30 Awards Assembly
4:30 Double Octofinals– Policy & LD
7:00 Octofinals–Policy & LD
8:15 Quarterfinals–LD

December 17, 2006 (SUNDAY)
8:30 Semifinals--LD
10:00 Finals--LD

Dec 15-16 @ Rosemount

MDTA Novice and JV State Championships
Rosemount High School
December 15-16

Important Times
Friday -- 1:45PM pickup at South; 2:00PM LOWER doors of North. Estimated return about 10PM.
Saturday -- 8:00AM depart from upper doors of North. We'll estimate a return of 5PM, but it's really just a wild guess.

Schedule
Friday, December 15th, 2006
1:45-2:30 Registration at RHS in the Performing Arts Center
2:30 Registration closes
2:45 Schedules released in the Student Center
3:00 Round 1 begins
9:00 PM Rounds conclude for the evening-

Saturday, December 16th, 2006
7:30 AM Waffle brunch Part 1
9:00 AM Waffle brunch Part 2
9:15 AM Rounds continue

Lakeville North JV
Elisabeth White

Lakeville North Novice
Alexandra Nelson
Steven Elliott
Jesse VonWald
Taylor Ehlis

Lakeville South JV
Julie Schmidt
Christian Keil

Lakeville South Novice
Carissa VanSlooten
Sarah Lund

UT Longhorn Classic Recap

We returned home on time at 10:30 Sunday morning. Everybody was ready for a nap, but otherwise we’re in good shape. The photo below was taken very late on Saturday night, following Jackie’s final round.

Here is a final recap of our results:

Christian Keil scored a perfect 150 points for the 5 prelim rounds, making him the top varsity speaker out of 187 debaters. Bailee Rasmussen score 148 points, making her the 3^rd place varsity speaker.

Varsity Octofinalist:
Bailee Rasmussen
Courtney Erickson
Christian Keil

Varsity Double Octofinalist
Mike Berger

Varsity Triple Octofinalists
Tyler Traub
Elisabeth White
Abbie Gudmundson
Pat Arnold
Alexandra Fernandez
Hannah Ames
Tom Caruso

Jackie Caston finished as top speaker in JV versus 112 debaters.

JV Finalist:
Jackie Caston

JV Semifinalist:
Jessica Kanuit

JV Octofinalists:
Joe Julik
Steven Elliott

Dec 8-9 @ Sibley

Sibley Invitational
Henry Sibley High School
December 8-9, 2006

Andy Charrier is the coach in charge -- please contact him at 651.387.8305 or email to charrier@debate194.net

Important Times:
Friday -- 2:15 depart from South; 2:30 depart from upper doors of North; return about 10-10:30PM.

Saturday -- 7:30AM depart from upper doors on North; return about 6PM.

Schedule:

Novice and Junior Varsity LD
Friday, December 8, 2006 (flighted)
3:00 - 3:30 - Registration
3:45 - Round 1
5:30 - Round 2
7:45 - Round 3 (H-L off R1)

Saturday, December 9, 2006 (flighted)
8:30 - Round 4 (H-L off R1-3)
10:30 - Round 5 (H-H off R1-3)
1:00 - Round 6 (H-L off R1-5)
3:00 - Quarterfinals
4:00 - Semifinals
Awards
Finals

Varsity LD
Friday, December 8, 2006 (flighted)
3:00 - 3:30 - Registration
3:45 - Round 1
5:30 - Round 2
7:45 - Round 3 (H-L off R1 -- we'll try to do it for 1-2, but that depends on timing)

Saturday, December 9, 2006 (not flighted)
8:30 - Round 4
10:00 - Round 5
11:30 - Round 6
1:15 - Round 7
2:45 - Quarterfinals
4:15 - Semifinals
5:15 - Awards

Saturday is Challenge pairing in Varsity. Everybody does this differently, here is how we are doing it for Varsity LD:

• We will list all varsity teams in order. In R4 and R6 the highest seed will challenge from top-down; in R5 and R7 we will challenge up the bracket from the bottom. Challenger can pick anybody in the pool to debate.
• Chosen team cannot decline.
• You can re-challenge a debaters you've already met.
• Sides will be chosen based on draw of cards after the pairing is made. There are no side-constraints.
• Judges will be chosen by random draw.
• If a debater is not present at the time of his/her challenge, the tab room will pick somebody for you to debate. You cannot have a teammate represent you at the challenge. Only the debater or her/his coach can do the challenge.
• We reserve the right to clarify any of these rules as needed to make things run smoothly. :)

Lakeville North -- Novice
Molly Makarchuk
Anna Berg
Alex Dahm
Nicona Bryan

Lakeville North -- JV
Alexandra Nelson
Steven Elliott
Jesse VonWald
Bryant Au
Jessica Kanuit
Kelsey Meyer
Taylor Ehlis

Lakeville North -- Varsity
Elisabeth White

Lakeville South -- Novice
Michelle Bradley
Kailey Benson
Abbie Barrett
Shawn Nelson
Kori Fideler
Jeff Burros
Dustin Max
Chris Elwood

Lakeville South -- JV
Jackie Caston
Kelsey Buehrer
Joe Julik
Carissa VanSlooten
Sarah Lund

Lakeville South -- Varsity
Julie Schmidt
Christian Keil

Also Attending to Prep 3rd Topic:
Karen Zhou
Tom Caruso
Tim Jennings
Mike Berger
Tyler Traub
Courtney Erickson
Abbie Gudmundson

A Few UT Photos

Jackie Second

Jackie finishes in 2nd place on a 2-1.

Congrats!

Top Speakers

More good news as we win top speaker in both JV and Varsity.

Varsity
1st Christian
3rd Bailee

JV
1st Jackie
4th Steven
9th Jessica

Jackie in UT JV Finals

Jackie wins the debate against Jessica on a 2-1 ballot.

She now is facing Elkins JW in the JV final round. 

Of course results will be posted ASAP.

UT Keeping Rolling On

Junior Varsity semis brings us this debate:

Lakeville North JK vs. Lakeville South JC

Christian, Bailee, and Courtney all drop in octos.  We're super proud of them for their good job.  Last year we had nobody in octos, this year we had 3 -- one of whom is 10th grader and another who is a junior.

UT Update

Varsity Octos
Bailee aff vs Kincaid BT
Christian neg vs Strake PW
Courtney neg vs Churchill JB

JV Quarters
Jessica vs Guyer AI
Jackie vs Hebron MV

More UT Elim Pairings

Here we go with the next set of elims:

Varsity Doubles:
Courtney vs. Hockaday JM
Bailee vs. Stony Point BB
Christian vs. Colleyville Heritage AB
Mike vs. Winston Churchill JB

JV Octofinals:
Jackie vs. Jesuit TW
Steven vs. Hebron MV
Joe vs. Grapevine JV
Jessica vs. Stony Point KN

UT Elim Pairings

Varsity Triples.
(We break 11 and have 2 Lakeville vs. Lakeville rounds.)
Tyler vs Hockaday JM
Christian vs. Elisabeth
Bailee vs. Strake Jesuit TS
Pat vs Westwood BC
Alex vs Strake Jesuit TL
Hannah vs Hockaday CM
Tom vs. Salado TC
Courtney vs. Crosby NJ
Mike vs. Abbie

Also worth noting that Christian has a perfect 150 points for the 5 prelim rounds. Bailee was 30-30-30-30-28 which we thought was news until Christian pulled off the 5 x 30. Congrats to both!

JV Doubles
Steven vs. Strake Jesuit CW
Jessica vs Churchill SC
Joe vs. New Orleans Jesuit CT
Jackie vs Harlingen South KT

JV Doubles

We know that these 4 have cleared in JV:

Steven
Jackie
Jessica
Joe

Pairings will be out in an hour or so.

UT Round 4

Round 4 pairings:

Varsity
Tom vs. Strake Jesuit PT
Grapevine JM vs. Hannah
Alex vs. Harlingen South CR
Karen vs. Strake Jesuit RH
Pat vs. Strake Jesuit TS
Westlake DR vs. Abbie
Elisabeth vs. Strake Jesuit BK
Crowley GG vs. Bailee
Strake Jesuit PM vs. Courtney
Tim vs. Dulles GJ
Christian vs. Churchill AL
Marcus LR vs. Julie
Tyler vs. Sandra Day O'Connor JF

Junior Varsity
Alief Taylor JR vs. Steven
Kelsey vs. Kempner MK
MacArthur JM vs. Bryant
Alief Kerr JW vs. Joe
Durleson AW vs. Luke
Grapevine WR vs. Jessica
Guyer JW vs. Jackie

Round 3

Pairings just came out for round three:

Varsity
Hannah vs Kincaid AS
Julie vs Awty International SJ
Strake Jesuit TM vs Karen
Houston Memorial MH vs Alex
Abbie vs Strake Jesuit PW
Southale Carroll) vs Tyler
Bailee vs Summit CM
Lake Travis EW vs Pat
Strake Jesuit RH vs Tim
Courtney vs Stony Point BB
Sandra Day O'Connor JF vs Mike
Westwood DM vs Christian
Reagan EO vs Tom

JV
Joe vs Hebron RL
Kinkaid SL vs Kelsey
Jessica vs Crowley HL
Luke vs Alief Taylor CK
Bryant vs Churchill MR
Steven vs Star Charter AD
Jackie vs Joshua MM

UT Junior Varsity R1 and 2

There are 110 debaters in JV, here we go with the first 2 prelims.

Round 1
Kempner ZA vs. Kelsey
Hebron AH vs. Joe
Luke vs. Grapevine WR
Steven vs. Guyer CC
Southlake Carroll KL vs. Jackie
Jessica vs. Hallsville CS
Burleson SK vs. Bryant

Round 2
Awty International PH vs. Jessica
Kelsey vs. Alief Taylor YC
Pine Tree AH vs. Luke
Joe vs. Hallsville BM
Jackie vs. Morton Ranch DB
Bryant vs. Crowley HL
Kinkaid MB vs. Steven

UT Varsity R1 and R2

Round 1 Varsity
Stony Point SA vs Tyler
Westwood AA vs Alex
Alief Elsik ND vs Pat
Sugar Land CL vs Karen
Christian vs Sugar Land NV
Reagan TC vs Mike
Hannah vs Strake Jesuit PM
Crowley JT vs Elisabeth
Courtney vs Plano West QY
PSJA North I'm vs Julie
Tim vs Kempner AN
Reagan EW vs Tom
Abbie vs Westlake MG
Bailee vs Crowley BW

Round 2
Plano West MM vs Bailee
Pat vs Churchill AL
Karen vs Robert E. Lee LS
Salado MB vs Abbie
Kempner AN vs Courtney
Strake Jesuit DD vs Christian
Mike vs Nederland KK
Elisabeth EW vs Sandra Day O'Connor MM
Alex vs Colleyville CV
Julie vs Crowley GG
Westlake AW vs Hannah
Tom vs Strake Jesuit JL
Tyler vs Dulles SC
Hockaday CM vs Tim

Jan-Feb Topic Released

Here it is:

Resolved: The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.