Announcing the Western States All Stars: the weekend of April 23rd the University of Wyoming will host a policy debate Round Robin for teams from the greater Mountain West. We will invite two teams each from nine states: Colorado, the Dakotas, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming. We intend this tournament to be a regional championship where students compete not for their school but representing their state. As such we will allow hybrid entries of partnerships from different schools as long as they are in the same state and the coaches of both schools approve. Teams interested should apply and a committee of University of Wyoming debate coaches will select the two most competitive applications from each state. We at UW Debate strongly believe disclosure improves the quality of debate, as such, teams applying are expected to have reasonable disclosure on their wiki at the time of application.
The University of Wyoming is proud to host tournaments that offer some of the best judging in the country. Judges for the Western States All Stars will include, for example: Tripp Rebrovick (Director of Debate, Harvard University), Maggie Berthiaume (Director of Debate, Woodward Academy), LaToya Green (Director of Debate, California State University Fullerton), Caitlin Walrath (Chief Executive Operations Coordinator, Debate Boutique), and Margaret Strong (NDT semi-finalist and debate coach, Michigan State University). This is not only an opportunity to compete for a regional championship, but to get truly excellent feedback while doing so. No fees and no judging obligation: we will provide quality judging for every round. Tab will be run by Nick Ryan (Assistant Director of Debate, Liberty University). Pairings will be released in advance to encourage significant preparation, in-depth research, and argument innovation. Applications must be completed by 3/16. The application can be found here: https://forms.gle/pjUFBrnubhQbF9M58 Please direct any questions to: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate [email protected]
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