Word Template for Debate Blocks

I got this from edebate list. Amazing template you can use for all of your block writing. I installed it and it's great.

Naveen Ramachandrappa nramachandrappa at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 28 17:22:00 EST 2007

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At the California tournaments and at West Georgia, I tried gathering information on MS Word templates. It doesn't seem like there is much "new" stuff to report. But I thought I would post the template I've been using lately.

Download it at --
http://www.uga.edu/~spc/debate/research_guide/template.dot

I love feedback on this kind of stuff, so please send me any comments or suggestions -- send to nramachandrappa at gmail.com (I'm trying to change e-mail addresses). Also, if there are macros or other things in this template, that you want to incorporate into your own template, but are unsure of, let me know as well.

Oh and at some point, I plan on updating the "tutorial" to include macros and other things, but that's for later and perhaps not until Office 2007.

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Mean Green Workshops Summer 2007

This is an email sent to me, so the information below is written by Mr. Timmons, not me. 

The University of North Texas is pleased to announce that this years version of the Mean Green Workshops will be held in Denton, Texas from June 25th - July 7th. An optional 3rd week is available from July 7th to July 14th.

At the UNT Mean Green Workshops, we are committed to balancing effective classroom teachers and professional coaches with younger recent competitors for the best educational experience possible for students. We have a diverse staff (in all possible areas) and we are an appropriate workshop experience for those who have never seen a debate to those vying for championships at National level events. Our confirmed staff thus far (with more announced soon) include:

Aaron Timmons
Dr. Scott Robinson
Jonathan Alston
Kris Wright
Beena Koshy
Chetan Hertzig
Perry Beard
Neil Conrad
Stephen Babb
Gary Johnson
Eric Melin
Jennifer Miller
Liz Mullin
Katherine Thompson
David McGough

The workshop is fully supported by the University of North Texas and the Department of Communication Studies. One important principal we embrace at the workshop is the health and safety of all students attending. Our dorm staff is headed by professional educators with years of experience in meeting the diverse needs of young people.

Our prices are among the best in the nation. Please take a moment to check out who we are and a description of our approaches to educating young people. Our website is www.meangreenworkshops.com .

While many options exist for a summer debate program, we feel that our pedagogy toward debate instruction is unmatched. Please consider joining us in the summer of 2007.
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Aaron Timmons
Debate Coach
Greenhill School
LD Director UNT "Mean Green" Workshop

NFL Bus Information

NFL tournament is at Wayzata High School.

Format is double-elimination -- as soon as you get 2 losses, you are out. There will be 58-60 people in the tournament and the top 4 will qualify for nationals.

Liz sent you an email with some information about NFL rules, be sure you take a look at that email too.

Here are the times:

Friday -- depart upper doors of North at 12:15, return about 9PM

Saturday -- depart upper doors of North at 8am, return based on how we do, but most likely about 4PM.

State 2007 Photos

 

State Results

So, here is how things end up for Team Lakeville:

Bailee drops 2-1 to Alex from Eagan in Quarters
Abbie....drops 2-1 to Alex in Semis

We are very proud of all 3 of our debaters who worked so very hard the last month getting ready for Sections and then even more prepping for State.  Great job everybody.

State Quarters -- UPDATED

So...the tab staff added up the points WRONG and so 2 of the quarterfinal rounds needed to be re-paired.

These 2 rounds did happen:

Eastview JL vs Abbie
SLP NT vs Coon Rapids AB

These were repaired and are now in progress:

EP MB vs Cooper DW
Eagan AS vs Bailee

The debates were nearly over when they were stopped -- about 1 minute left in the 2N.

Round 6 @ State

Coon Rapids AB vs Bailee (Manther)
Courtney vs Akshar (Gelfand)
Abbie vs Eagan AS (Thul)

Round 5 @ State

DGF KK vs Courtney (Manther)
Bailee vs Edina TB (Backen)
Apple Valley TG vs Abbie (Hering)

Round 4 @ State

Bailee vs Alexandria RB (Estenson)
Highland Park JM vs Bailee (Madson)
Abbie vs Wayzata FP (Fodness)

Round 3 @ State

SLP NT vs Abbie (Estenson)
Bailee vs EP MB (Prax)
Coon Rapids ZF vs Courtney (Thul)

Round 2 @ State

Brainer BA vs Bailee (Fetzik)
EP MP vs Courtney (Fisher)
Coon Rapids ZF vs Abbie (Madson)

Round 1 @ State

Abbie vs Highland Park JM (Gelfand)
Courtney vs AV TG (Fodness)
Bailee vs Blake JS (Forgarty)

We are aff in all 3 rounds.

Good Luck at State

 

State Tournament Times

Here is the full schedule for the State tournament.

Time Friday:  January 19, 2007 Room(s)
1:00 p.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches Student Center AB
1:45 p.m. Judges' Meeting Student Center C
2:00 p.m. Coaches' & Participants' Meeting Student Center AB
3:00 p.m. Round 1 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,122,126
4:00 p.m. Round 2 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,122,126
6:00 p.m. Round 3 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114, 115,116,117,118,120,122,126
7:00 p.m. Round 4 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,122,126

Time Saturday:  January 20, 2007 Room(s)
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Part. & Coaches Student Center AB
8:00 a.m. Round 5 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,122,126
9:15 a.m. Round 6 Lincoln-Douglas 107,109,111,113,114,115,116,117,118,120,122,126
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finals. Policy & Lincoln Douglas Student Center AB
10:45 a.m. Quarterfinals Lincoln-Douglas 107,113,114,120
11:15 a.m. Lunch Lincoln-Douglas Part. & Coaches Student Center AB
12:00 noon Lunch Judges Student Center C
12:30 p.m. Announce Semifinals Policy & Lincoln-Douglas Student Center AB
1:00 p.m. Semifinals Lincoln-Douglas 113,114
2:00 p.m. Announce Finalists Lincoln-Douglas Student Center AB
2:15 p.m. Finals Lincoln-Douglas PAC
3:00 p.m. Awards Lincoln-Douglas PAC

Watching State Debate

There are some rules about going to State, the violation of which can result in our debaters being disqualified.

• You can only watch a debate involving a debater from YOUR high school.
  
• You cannot share information with debaters from other schools, including our own.
  
• No cheering or other distracting actions are allowed.
  

Then I have a couple other rules:

• You must flow and pay attention.
  
• NO talking to each other during the debate; no passing notes, etc.
  
• Act like you are an invited guest -- be quiet, polite, and gracious.
  
• Do not talk about judges or debaters at the tournament.
  

Here is who I know is planning on attending and will be riding the bus:

North:
Steven Elliott
Tom Caruso (Friday only)
Elisabeth White (Friday only)
Alexandra Fernandez (Friday only)

South:
Tim Jennings
Mike Berger (Friday only)
Hannah Ames (Friday only)
Julie Schmidt (Friday only)
Christian Keil
Michelle Bradley

State Practice Plans

Practice for the week of State debate:

Monday -- Abbie, Bailee, and Courtney only
5:30 @ Caribou on Highway 50

Tuesday -- State and NFL people
5:30 @ South

Wednesday -- State and NFL people
5:30 @ North

Thursday -- State and NFL people
5:30 @ South

Friday -- State @ Rosemount
12:15PM pickup at South (excused at Noon)
12:30PM pickup at upper doors of North (excused at 12:15)
Return about 9PM

Saturday -- State @ Rosemount
6:45AM depart from upper doors of North
Return about 4-5PM

2007 State Qualifiers

Here is a list of who has qualified for State so far. Sections 1 and 2 will be held this weekend, so by Saturday night we'll know everybody:

Section 1
1. Apple Valley CT
2. Apple Valley TG
3. Eastview AR
4. Eastview JBL

Section 2
1st David Trinh, 6-0, Alexandria
2nd Brian Ashburn, 5-1, Brainerd
3rd Rachel Boyle 5-1, Alexandria
4th Katlin Korynta 3-3, DGF

Section 3
1. Alex Stephenson, Eagan (9-1--again, there are multiple byes)
2. Bailee Rasmussen, L. South (9-1, barely behind Alex on points)
3. Courtney Erickson, L. North (8-2)
4. Abbie Gudmundson, L. South (7-3)

Section 4
1) Joe Miller, HP
2) Shannon Joyce, Flake
3) Jonathan Wald, SPA
4) Dana Bergantine, Flake

Section 5
1) Amanda Bryan (CR) 5-1
2) Francesca Parente (Wayzata) 5-1
3) John Scoggin (Blake) 5-1
4) Zac Field (CR) 4-2

Section 6
1. Nick Tourville (SLP) 9-0 255.5
2. Dan Willey (Robbinsdale Cooper) 8-1 258.5
3. Matt Byrne (Eden Prairie) 8-1 256.5
4. Tom Bodeau (Edina) 7-2 257

Three to State 2007

Tyler (Alt.) Courtney (3rd) Abbie (4th) and Bailee (2nd).

 

STATE BABY

2nd Bailee
3rd Courtney
4th Abbie

Details later.

Section 3 Pairings, Day 2

Round 6
Eagan AS vs. Bailee (Backen)
Eagan MG vs. Abbie (Prax)
Tyler vs. CF KN (Fones)
Courtney vs. CF MP (Koshy)

Round 7
Abbie vs. Courtney (Fisher)
Bailee vs. Tyler (Hering)

Round 8
Abbie vs. Rosemount RT (Hering)
Bailee, Courtney, and Tyler have the Bye

Round 9
Tyler vs. Rosemount RT (Koshy)
Abbie vs. CF MP (Fones)
Bailee vs. CF KN (Prax)
Courtney has the Bye

Round 10
Tyler vs. Eagan MG (George)
Courtney vs. Eagan AS (Hering)
Bailee and Abbie have the Bye

Section 3 Pairings, Day 1

A few judges changes.

Round 1
Eagan AS vs. Tyler (Tarsney)
Eagan MG vs. Courtney (Dilger)
Abbie and Bailee have the Bye

Round 2
CF MP vs. Bailee (Gelfand)
CF KN vs. Abbie (Bailey)
Rosemount RT vs. Courtney (Aby)
Tyler has the Bye

Round 3
Bailee vs. Rosemount RT (Bailey)
Abbie, Courtney, and Tyler have the Bye

Round 4
Bailee vs. Eagan MG (Goodson)
Abbie vs. Eagan AS (Koshoil)
CF KN vs. Courtney (Gelfand)
CF MP vs. Tyler (Dilger)

Round 5
Tyler vs. Abbie (Goodson)
Courtney vs. Bailee (Tarsney) *
* The over-under on the number of off-case in this round is 9!

Section 3 Tournament Information

Section 3 Tournament on January 8 and 9
Henry Sibley High School

Bus times -- 1:45 pickup at South; 2:00 pickup LOWER doors of North
Return between 9 and 10 PM both nights.

Andy Charrier is the coach in charge.

Food is always an "iffy" topic. Supposedly there is going to be a bulk pizza order like other years...the timing of how that works is always hard to guess. You may want bring either (a) money for pizza or (b) pack a lunch. Either way, be sure to pack something to have in the afternoon.

Attending --

Lakeville North
Courtney Erickson
Tyler Traub
Tom Caruso
Karen Zhou
Steven Elliott

Lakeville South
Abbie Gudmundson
Bailee Rasmussen
Julie Schmidt
Tim Jennings
Christian Keil
Mike Berger (Monday)