2009 Hart House IV
The first tournament of our debating season was a great success. Congratulations to all our novices on competing at their first university tournament and to the rest of the team for a great season opener.
Special Congratulations to our VP Training Lenny Loewith for his 4th place finish in public speaking!
Resolutions for the tournament included:
Round 1: THW admit Turkey into the European Union.
Round 2: TH supports the use of bounty hunters.
Round 3: TH opposes the ahistorical inclusion of minorities in film and television.
Round 4: TH would forcefully reintegrate Taiwan into China.
Round 5: Provided that the scientific technology exists, THW allow human cloning.
Quarter-finals: TH supports a 100% death tax.
Semi-finals: THBT when states are unable to defend themselves by conventional means, targeting civilian populations is a legitimate act of war.
Finals: THW not contact undiscovered human populations
A special thanks to the Hart House Organizing Committee for a wonderful tournament.
Check out the debaters below:
Fall Tournament Sign-Up
Fall Tournaments
We will be attending 4 tournaments this fall:
Hart House IV (at the University of Toronto) October 16th-18th. We will be leaving around 1pm on Friday, and returning around supper time on Sunday.
Yale IV October 23th-25rd. We will be leaving in the afternoon/evening on the Thursday, and returning on Sunday, likely around supper time.
Guindon Cup November 6th-8th. We will be leaving very very early in the morning on Friday, and returning very very late on Sunday.
Chancellors Cup November 13th-15th. We will be leaving very early in the morning on Friday, and returning very late on Sunday.
For all tournaments, the club covers your registration (most of your meals) and your accommodation. You're responsible for your share of the car rental and gas - somewhere between $30-$60.
How to sign up:
E-mail Lenny Loewith - training@uwodebate.com - with your name, e-mail, phone number, student number, year of study and faculty (so we can apply for faculty specific funding), and your availability for each tournament. If you are over 21 with a G license, and willing to drive a rental car, or have your own car, please let him know that as well. If you have an exam on the weekend of a tournament, it may be possible to get it rescheduled, so please let us know if you have a conflict.
We need to do tournament selections for the October tournaments very soon, so if you are interested in attending one of those tournaments, please be at both meetings next week and have your tournament availability email in by noon on Thursday.
It would be helpful if you could copy the following list and place your information beside each entry in the email totraining@uwodebate.com
Name
Phone Number
Student Number
Year
Faculty
Tournament Availibility
21+ with G
Bids for the 2010 Vebhi Koc World University Debate Championships
We are sending 1 team and 1 judge to the World Championships in Anatalya, Turkey. We are still trying to secure funding from the University for Worlds. Registration is CDN$653, and flights from Buffalo to Anatalya have been seen for as low as $1000.
If funding for Worlds is secured, you will recieve $700 from the UWODS, to help cover the cost of attending Worlds. For more information about worlds visit www.kocworlds2010.com.
How to Bid
The selection for debaters and judges will be conducted independently, you can bid to attend as both a judge and a debater if you wish. The selection committee for debaters will be chaired by Fiona Simpson (logistics@uwodebate.com), and the selection commitee for judges will be chaired by Lenny Loewith (training@uwodebate.com).
Written bids are due by 11:59pm on Friday, September 25th to Fiona and Lenny as appropriate. You also need to express your interest in bidding to them by noon on Thursday, September 24th so that they can schedule you for an interview in the afternoon of Saturday September 26th. You will notified on Saturday night if you have been selected.
You are required to pay Steve Robins the cost of your registration ($653) by the end of the Monday, September 28th meeting. If you do not pay on Monday, your spot will be given to the next person in line.
What's a written bid?
In your written bid you should respond to the following questions:
1) Of the fall 2009 tournaments (HH, Yale, Guindon and Chancellors) which would you be able to, and which would you be willing to attend?
2) What's your debate "resume"? i.e. competitive achievements, tournaments that you competed at/judged at?
3) What has your past contribution to the UWODS been?
4) How will attending Worlds 2010 improve you as a debater?
5) How will you take what you learned at Worlds to contribute back to the club?
Submissions are not meant to be large, and a simple 1-2 page response is more than adequate.
Leger 2010
UWODS Members: What we’re asking of you
Positions: We are still in need of a Head of Logistics and additional equity officers. If you are interested, please contact Tournament Director Courtney Davis at leger@uwodebate.com.
Billeting: We would like to be able to offer billeting for this tournament. If you think you could help, please begin talking to your roommates.
Sponsorship: If you have any ideas for sponsorship, including, but not limited to food donations or finalist prizes, please speak to Steve Robins or Shaunvir.
Pancakes: Let us know if you have access to a griddle so we can make our delicious pancake dreams a delicious reality.
Hart House Invitational – October 16th-18th
The second major tournament of the year is the Hart House Invitational, running from October 16th-18th at the University of Toronto. You can check out the official invitation on CUSIDnet.
The Hart House Invitational is one of the largest British Parlimentary tournaments in North America and attracts teams from Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland. Hart House is one of the largest and most successful debate societies in Canada. This tournament is renowned for having one of the deepest judging pools, largely because it attracts not only Hart House alumni, but many CUSID alumni working in Toronto. The quality of debate at this tournament is very high because of great teams, great judging and excellent feedback for everyone from novices to teams on track for Worlds. It is considered a vital part of Worlds prep for pretty much any team who can attend, on par with international tournaments like the Oxford and Cambridge IV's.
Hart House is also known for throwing some of the ritziest socials in Canada. The Saturday night banquet and break-announcement in the Great Hall is a black-tie event with live entertainment. The lobster bisque has even attained a cult following among debaters. It's one of the few opportunities outside title tournaments and Worlds to see debaters in formal eveningwear. Ask anyone who was present last year, it was an evening few us will forget.
Western will hopefully be sending a full complement of 6 teams and 2 judges, so get involved early if you want to attend. This tournament is only three weeks after our club starts meeting for the year so we need to fit in alot of practice in a short time!
Here's a picture of last year's banquet.
