[eDebate] University of Denver Policy Tournament Invite

[brian schrader]

Hello all,
I am attaching the invitation for the 2008 University of Denver Mile High 
Debate Classic.  If you are looking for a tournament to warm up for Texas or 
just to fill an empty weekend, please consider joining us in Denver.  We 
will be offering three divisions of policy debate, great hospitality, and 
despite what you may think or have heard, Denver is beautiful January.  It 
may also be helpful to note that both frontier and southwest airlines 
operate out of DIA so getting here is usually pretty cheap.  All of the 
tournament information is also avaliable on debateresults.com.
More details below,

Brian Schrader
DU Debate

University of Denver Debate Policy Debate Tournament
January 25-27, 2008

Dear Debate Coach:

The University of Denver Debate Team invites you to attend the Second Annual 
Mile High Classic hosted by the University of Denver. Come and experience 
the Mile High City right in the middle of the ski season. We are offering a 
full scale policy debate tournament that will have a very favorable 
schedule, with a light breakfast and lunch provided for all participants. As 
many of you know, we like to have a good time here in Denver, and the 
hospitality will be second to none. Denver is in the middle of the country 
and is easily accessible by plane, as both Southwest and Frontier Airlines 
have numerous low cost flights into town. Hope to see you in the mile high 
city.

Sincerely,

Brian Schrader
Director of Debate
University of Denver
Cell: (303) 601-5120
Bschrade at du.edu

Jared Ellis
Assistant Debate Coach
jellis05 at law.du.edu

Zach Westerfield
Assistant Debate Coach
zwesterf at law.du.edu

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

DIVISIONS: For this tournament we will offer all three divisions, open, jv, 
and novice. If there are insufficient entries for a novice and/or jv 
division, we will host a workshop with the possibility of judged practice 
rounds. Time limits for the tournament are 9-3-6 with 10 min prep. We will 
adhere to the CEDA guidelines for eligibility in each division.

TOPIC: The 2007-2008 CEDA/NDT Middle East topic will be used in each 
division.

ENTRIES: No limits on the number of entries per school so long as an 
appropriate number of judges are provided. We will be using the Bruschke 
system, so place your entries online at www.debateresults.com

FEES: Each debate team will be charged $75. The charge for an uncovered 
debate team will be $135 (including the entry fee - not in addition to entry 
the fee). It is unlikely that we will have a lot of extra judges for hire, 
so please do your best to cover all of your teams. The fees are used to pay 
for tournament expenses, meals, and awards. Judging fees go directly to 
those hired.

DEBATES: Each team will debate affirmative and negative three times. There 
will be an appropriate number of elimination debates in each division. 
Criteria for qualifying for elimination rounds are (1) win-loss record, (2) 
total speaker points (3) adjusted speaker points. Brackets will NOT be 
broken in the elimination rounds.

JUDGING: Each school is expected to provide one qualified judge for each 2 
debate teams or portions thereof. All judges must be available to judge one 
round after his/her teams have been eliminated. Judges are expected to 
assign 1 winner and 1 loser in each debate. If this is not done, or is not 
done in a reasonable fashion, the tab room will assign a win and a loss via 
coin toss.

REGISTRATION: Debate registration begins at 7:00pm Thursday, January 24, at 
the Tournament Hotel and will run until 10:00pm. If you have any issues with 
registration, please contact Brian Schrader at the above listed phone number 
and/or e-mail address.

LODGING: There are a number of Hotels very near the DU campus. We have 
listed a number of them below, but as of right now, we are still in 
negotiations with a couple of hotels to provide a block rate and thus become 
the tournament hotel. When we finalize these details, we will let you know 
asap.

Fairfield Inn
1680 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO
(303) 691-2223
5-10 min from campus.
$80-$90 per night

La Quinta: Cherry Creek
1975 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO
(303) 758-8886
5-10 min from campus.
$80-$90 per night

Holiday Inn Select
455 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO.
(303) 388-5561
10 min from campus.
$120.00 and up per night

Rockies Inn
4760 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO
(303) 757-7601
5 min from campus.
$40-$50 per night

DIRECTIONS: The University of Denver is located on South University Blvd. 
and East Evans Ave. The address for Strum Hall, where all of the tournament 
will be held, is 2000 Asbury Ave Denver, CO 80208, and is located on the 
south east corner of Asbury Ave and Race St. E-mail Brian for complete 
directions. Parking is on Race St., which is on the west side of Sturm Hall.

PARKING: The majority of parking on the DU campus is pay parking for a 
couple of dollars an hour. For those who are not faint of heart, there is 
free parking to be found, but hunting it out can be a challenge. We will 
secure free parking for everyone in attendance, but you must tell us in 
advance that you need a pass. You will pick up your parking pass when you 
register for the tournament, so don’t be late. There is free city parking 
about five blocks out from campus, so worst case scenario, people can be 
dropped off at Sturm Hall and then cars can be parked off campus.

Schedule:

University of Denver Policy Debate Tournament, January 25-27, 2008

Thursday, January 24
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Registration at the Tournament Hotel

Friday, January 25
9:00am: Light Breakfast, Sturm Hall, 2nd Floor
9:30am: Release of Round I pairings
10:00am: Round I
12:30pm: Lunch (provided by tournament), Sturm Hall, 2nd Floor
2:00pm: Round II
5:00pm Round III

Saturday, January 26
9:00am: Light Breakfast, Sturm Hall, 2nd Floor
9:30am: Release of Round IV pairings
10:00am: Round IV
12:30pm: Lunch (provided by tournament), Sturm Hall, 2nd Floor
2:00pm: Round V
5:00pm: Round VI
8:30pm: Awards at Old Chicago’s (1280 S. Colorado Blvd. on the corner of 
Colorado and Louisiana)

Sunday, January 27
7:00am: Pairings will be released
8:00am: Elimination Rounds will begin and will follow every 3 hours as 
necessary.

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