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2009 Tournament Information

We anticipate registration opening on January 12th, 2009.

2008 Tournament Information

This Week's Pairings

Final Round: Thursday, March 7 at 7:00; SSB 118

Motion: The US should withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2009.

Opening Government: (Dimond) Faith Capras & Craig Valdez
Opening Opposition: (that won team) Brett Frazer & Marcus Welker
Closing Government: (Emma Goldman) Amie Stanley & Michelle Hart
Closing Opposition: (F Street) Zach Mannix & Vasilios Gialopsos

Pairings

See: This Week's Pairings

Motions Debated

Round 1: Polar bears should be added to the Endangered Species List
Round 2: Tax rebates are the wrong way to stimulate the economy
Round 3: Earmarks are an inappropriate way for Congress to distribute resources
Round 4: The State of Alaska should abandon the practice of predator control in its management of wild game populations
Round 5: The U.S. should end military aid to Israel
Round 6: No nation should have exclusive rights to the Arctic
Round 7: Torture is a legitimate tool in the War on Terror
Semifinal 1: The U.S. federal government should apologize to its Native peoples
Semifinal 2: The U.S. should boycott the Beijing Olympics
Final: The U.S. should withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2009

Results

Round 1, Feb 5th, 7:00
Opening Gov	Your Mom
Opening Opp	James T. Marshall	2nd (3-2 decision)
Closing Gov	F Street	1st
Closing Opp	DILLIGAF LOL

Round 2, Feb 5th, 8:30
Opening Gov	Team Supreme
Opening Opp	The Ambassadors	2nd
Closing Gov	that won team	1st
Closing Opp	Swing A

Round 3, Feb 12th, 7:00
Opening Gov	Swing B
Opening Opp	Smoochey	2nd
Closing Gov	Spartans
Closing Opp	Sojourner Truth	1st

Round 4, Feb 12th, 8:30
Opening Gov	AKLegends
Opening Opp	The Skiers	2nd
Closing Gov	Dimond	1st
Closing Opp	Strongbad

Round 5, Feb 19th, 7:00
Opening Gov	Thompson's Scorn	2nd
Opening Opp	concave
Closing Gov	Cortina & Lagares
Closing Opp	Princes, Unicorn, Rainbow	1st
Standby:	newbies

Round 6, Feb 19th, 8:30
Opening Gov	McLintock	1st
Opening Opp	Something Clever	2nd
Closing Gov	Team Ramrod
Closing Opp	Bomb Buds

Round 7, Feb 26th, 7:15
Opening Gov	Team Hurricane
Opening Opp	Emma Goldman	2
Closing Gov	Puppies & Kittens	1
Closing Opp	Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Semifinal #1, Mar 4th, 7:00
Opening Gov	Puppies & Kittens
Opening Opp	Emma Goldman	Advances
Closing Gov	F Street	Advances
Closing Opp	McLintock

Semifinal #2, Mar 4th, 8:30
Opening Gov	that won team	Advances
Opening Opp	Dimond	Advances
Closing Gov	Princes, Unicorn, Rainbow
Closing Opp	Sojourner Truth

Final, Mar 6th, 7:00
Opening Gov	Dimond
Opening Opp	that won team
Closing Gov	Emma Goldman
Closing Opp	F Street

Entries

Team Name	First	Last	First	Last
AKLegends	Zachary	Fitz-Enz	John	Stallone
Bomb Buds	Levi	Purdum	Chris	Stefanovich
concave	Whitney	Rines	Jeremiah	Stack
DILLIGAF LOL	Elizabeth	Dean	Matt	Paliwoda
Dimond	Faith	Capras	Craig	Valdez
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Tara	Devlin	Ryan	Starr
Emma Goldman	Amie	Stanley	Michelle	Hart
F Street	Zachary	Mannix	Vasilios	Gialopsos
J.W.	Jaymee	Wheeler	Wyvonne	Williams
James T. Marshall	Andre	Horton	Natalia	Mejia
Mariposa	Douglas	McManis	Nicholas	Mossakowski
McLintock	Kathleen	Behnke	Colleen	Kelly
newbies	Francisco	Mendoza	Logan	Huppert
Princes, Unicorn, Rainbow	Zachary	Liszka	John	Roberson III
Puppies & Kittens	Michael	Duffy	Zachary	Johnson
Smoochey	Alexander	Kaplun	M. J.	Pearl
Sojourner Truth	Jonathon	Sanchez	Solomeia	Kojin
Something Clever	Michael	Dunning	Jonathan	Spader
Spartans	Dana	Hankins	Benjamin	Arnett
Strongbad	Daniel	King	Joshua	LaBuda
Team Hurricane	Sarah	Shoemaker	Jason	Mitzen
Team Ramrod	Ryan	McKee	Powertan	Blanchett
Team Supreme	Mohammed	Mughal	Jordan	Tatum
that won team	Brett	Frazer	Marcus	Welker
The Ambassadors	Xayvier	Swensen	Cazoshay	Ward
The Skiers	Rebekah	Groeneweg	Chris	Thomas
Thompson's Scorn	Shawn	Jefts	Woodruff	Laputka
Your Mom	Lindsay	Johnson	Andrew	Manos