The 2nd Annual Northern Lights
British Parliamentary Debate Tournament
The Seawolf Debate Team is pleased to present the first annual Northern Lights worlds-style debate tournament. The competition will be held in the afternoon on Friday, April 17th, and Saturday, April 18th. On Friday afternoon, the tournament will begin with a British Parliamentary debating tutorial and a demonstration debate by the UAA debate team. There will be four preliminary rounds of competition, followed by the final round. Each member of the Champion team will receive a $250 scholarship, and the tournament’s top speaker will receive a $250 scholarship.
The tournament is open to any high school student—public, private, or home-schooled. Although the specific motions and sides of the topic to be debated will not be announced until 25 minutes prior to the start of the round, we will announce the five broad topic areas on the tournament website, roughly 1 month prior to the tournament. All experience levels are encouraged to participate… no prior debate, drama, and forensics experience required, as this is an independent open invitation tournament to any high school student!
For more information, a schedule and registration, please visit
www.uaa.alaska.edu/seawolfdebate/northernlightsopen
