THE 2016 NEDA NATIONAL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Fullerton College, site of the 2016 National Educational Debate Association National Championship

Dear NEDA colleagues,

On behalf of the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA). Fullerton College and California State University, Fullerton invite you to the 2016 NEDA National Championship Debate Tournament, to be held on the Fullerton College campus March 11 & 12, 2016.

The National Educational Debate Association topic for this year’s Championship is Resolved:

The United States federal government should significantly raise the minimum wage.

We at Fullerton College and CSU Fullerton are honored to host this first NEDA Championship Tournament West of the Rockies.

Below you will find the tournament schedule, entry guidelines, registration information, information on local accommodations, and more.

Doug Kresse Erika Thomas Stephanie Eisenberg Jeff Samano Fullerton College CSU Fullerton CSU Fullerton Fullerton College 714-992-7360 erthomas@exchange.fullerton.edu 714-992-7366 dkresse@fullcoll.edu jsamano@fullcoll.edu

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

2016 March 11 & 12-All events on Fullerton College Campus (321 East Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA)

FRIDAY, March 11, 2016 at Fullerton College

1:00PM-3:00 PM Registration (521 Humanities Building)

3:00PM-3:30PM Welcome debaters! Ballots & postings (521 Humanities)

3:30PM-5:00PM Round 1 Debates

5:00PM-6:30PM Round 2 Debates (Refreshments in 521 Humanities)

6:30PM-8:00PM Round 3 Debates

SATURDAY March 12, 2016 at Fullerton College

8:00AM-8:30AM Check-in (Humanities 521)

8:30AM-10:00AM Round 4 Debates

10:15AM-11:45AM Round 5 Debates

11:45AM-12:30PM LUNCH in Room 521 Humanities)

12:30PM-2:00PM Round 6 Debates

2:00PM-2:30PM Break

2:30PM-4:00PM SEMI-FINALS of debate

4:14PM-6:00PM FINALS of debate

6:00PM-8:00PM AWARDS CEREMONY in Campus Center (Building 200)

POLICY & PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE SPEAKING ORDER & TIMES

POLICY

First Affirmative Constructive (8 minutes) Cross-examination (3 minutes) First Negative Constructive (8 minutes) Cross-examination (3 minutes) Second Affirmative Constructive (8 minutes) Cross-examination (3 minutes) Second Negative Constructive (8 minutes) Cross-examination (3 minutes) First Negative Rebuttal (4 minutes) First Affirmative Rebuttal (4 minutes) Second Negative Rebuttal (4 minutes) Second Affirmative Rebuttal (4 minutes) 5 minutes preparation time per team.

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PUBLIC FORUM (Crossfire) First Speaker Team A (4 minutes) First Speaker Team B (4 minutes) Crossfire Q&A (3 minutes) Second Speaker Team A (4 minutes) Second Speaker Team B (4 minutes) Crossfire Q&A (3 minutes) First Speaker Team A Summary (2 minutes) First Speaker Team B Summary (2 minutes) Grand Crossfire Q&A (3 minutes) Second Speaker Team A “Final focus” (1 minute) Second Speaker Team B “Final Focus” (1 minute) 2 minutes preparation time per team.

REGISTRATION

Registration and judges-sign-in will be in Applied Arts/Humanities Bldg. Room 521 (Friday, 1:30-3:30pm).

ENTRIES

1. Email entries to Michael Bauer (Ball State) mbauer2@bsu.edu 2. Entry fees

$70 per debate team.

$60 judges fee per uncovered team. Each judge covers two teams. 3. Entries are due by 11:00pm, March 6.

4. Make checks out to ERIKA THOMAS (CSUF).

DIVISIONS AND AWARDS 1. We are offering Open and Novice divisions of POLICY and PUBLIC FORUM debate. 2. Depending on the number of teams, Open and Novice teams might face each other in rounds; teams will be separated by division for awards and final rounds 3. There will be final rounds in all divisions as warranted 4. Team awards will be given to the top 5 teams in each division. Speaker awards will be given to the top 5 individual debaters in each division. Sweepstakes awards will be given to the top 5 schools.

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PARKING We will supply free parking passes during registration. They will be good for Friday and Saturday. The Student Parking Structure is located near the 500 Humanities Building.

MAP & DIRECTIONS TO FULLERTON COLLEGE LINK to Fullerton College map: http://www.fullcoll.edu/sites/all/userfiles/FC%20FALL%202015%20Map%20withPhones,AED.PDF 57 Freeway North 1. Exit the freeway at the Chapman Avenue exit. Note: There are two exits on this stretch of freeway called "Chapman Avenue". The exit you will want to take is North of the 91 Freeway. 2. Turn left and proceed approximately 2 miles to the West. 3. Turn right on North Lemon Blvd and proceed approximately 200 yards to our parking structure and turn right into the parking facility. 57 Freeway South 1. Exit the freeway at the Chapman Avenue exit. Note: There are two exits on this stretch of freeway called "Chapman Avenue". The exit you will want to take is North of the 91 Freeway. 2. Turn right and proceed approximately 2 miles to the West. 3. Turn right on North Lemon Blvd and proceed approximately 200 yards to our parking structure and turn right into the parking facility. 91 Freeway East 1. Exit the freeway at the Lemon exit. 2. Turn left and proceed approximately 2.5 miles to the North. 3. When you have passed Chapman Avenue, proceed approximately 200 yards to our parking structure and turn right into the parking facility. 91 Freeway West 1. Exit the freeway at the Lemon exit. 2. Turn right and proceed approximately 2.5 miles to the North 3. When you have passed Chapman Avenue, proceed approximately 200 yards to our parking structure and turn right into the parking facility.

Fullerton College is approximately one hour from LAX, and 30-minutes from John Wayne Airport (SNA)

Direction from LAX: 1. Go South on Sepulveda Blvd. (2 miles) 2. Merge and continue onto 105 East Freeway (34 miles) 3. Merge and continue on 605 South Freeway (2.5 miles)

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4. Merge and continue on 91 Freeway East (11 miles) 5. Exit Lemon Avenue and continue north until you arrive at Fullerton College (2 Miles) Directions from John Wayne Airport (SNA): 1. Go North on MacArthur Blvd and merge onto 55 Freeway (2 miles) 2. Take 55 Freeway North (17 miles) 3. Marge and continue on 91 West (5 miles) 4. Exit Lemon Avenue and continue north until you arrive at Fullerton College (2 Miles)

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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

1. Beaches

Nearby beaches include Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Seal Beach (OC); Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu (LA); Long Beach

2. Disneyland & Knotts

Knott’s Berry Farm Address: 8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620 Link: https://www.knotts.com/ Disneyland Address: 1313 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA 92802 Link: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/

3. Hollywood

Bring your resume and portfolio. Nearby: Beverly Hills.

4. Music

We’ll be updating this, but if you’re interested in shows, check the music sights here. Amoeba Music (in LA) and Fingerprints (Long Beach) often have great free shows. Amoeba was ranked the top tourist spot in LA by a leading LA magazine.

Ohmyrockness (all ages/free shows/more) http://losangeles.ohmyrockness.com/

Scenestar http://thescenestar.typepad.com/shows/

5. Museums

Art: Huntington Library; LACMA, The Getty Center, The Hammer Museum, Norton-Simon

Auto: Marconi Automotive Museum (in OC); Peterson Automotive Museum in LA.

SPECIAL THANKS to

Fullerton College Communication Studies staff & faculty for their part in helping prepare this invitation and helping host the 2016 NEDA Nationals:

Carol Rehfield & Tammy Plachy (Fullerton College Humanities Administrative Assistants.)

Ralph Castellanos, Christina Nguyen, Jeanette Rodriguez and Joel Salcedo (faculty)

Shelley Natale (Graduate assistant)

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Hotels & Motels

Grand Inn 1000 Euclid St., Fullerton, CA 92832 Price per room: $67 Hyland Inn Brea 727 Brea Blvd, Brea, CA 92821 Price per room: $70 Hotel name: Willow Tree Lodge 1015 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92832 Price per room: $70 Motel 6 1440 N State College Blvd, CA 92806 Price per room: $86

Quality Inn Anaheim North 1251 N Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92801 Price per room: $98

Travelodge Fullerton near Anaheim 1415 S Euclid St., Fullerton, CA 92832 Price per room: $98

Howard Johnson 222 W Houston Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832 Price per room: $119

Quality Inn Placentia – Anaheim 710 Kimberly Ave, Placentia, CA 92870 Price per room: $125 The Hotel Fullerton Anaheim 1500 S Raymond Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831 Price per room: $179

La Palma Motel

727 W La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92801 Price per room: Varies

Fullerton Lodge 815 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92832 Price per room: Varies

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Restaurants The Old Spaghetti Factory ($) 110 E Santa Fe Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832-1961 Italian Rutabegorz ($$) 211 N Pomona Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Sandwiches, salad, vegetarian/vegan friendly; fun Burger Parlor ($) 204 N Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Burgers, fast food, sandwiches Kopan Ramen ($) 141 E. Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Ramen, Asian fusion, small plates Wahoo’s Fish Tacos ($) 444 N. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Mexican, seafood Big Slice Pizza ($) 523 N Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Pizza, Italian Heroes Bar & Grill ($$) 125 W Santa Fe Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 American, large portions Chronic Tacos ($) 133 W. Chapman Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Mexican The Brownstone Cafe ($$) 305 N Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Breakfast, & brunch, American Orange Roll & Sushi ($) 311 N Euclid St. Fullerton, CA 92832 Japanese, sushi bars

Pie Dog ($$) 229 E Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Burgers, hot dogs Mr. BBQ ($$) 305 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton CA 92831 Korean BBQ Pieology ($) 516 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831 Pizza Kentro Greek Kitchen ($$) 100 S Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Greek, Mediterranean George’s Hamburgers ($) 815 W Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Breakfast burritos, breakfast, burgers, fast food In-N-Out Burger ($) 1180 S Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 AND 825 West Chapman Avenue, Fullerton Burgers The Habit Burger Grill ($) 2720 Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831-3189 Burgers Subway ($) 410 E Chapman Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Sandwiches, fast food (across street from Fullerton College) Flame Broiler ($) 1203 E Chapman Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832 Japanese, Korean, fast food Lee’s Sandwiches ($) 1208 S Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Sandwiches, Vietnamese/French fusion, fast food

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2016 NEDA NATIONAL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY

Email entries to Michael Bauer (Ball State) mbauer2@bsu.edu by MARCH 6, 2016.

SCHOOL:

DIRECTOR OF FORENSICS/CONTACT PERSON:

EMAIL: PHONE:

OPEN DIVISION ENTRY POLICY TEAMS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

PUBLIC FORUM TEAMS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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NOVICE ENTRY POLICY TEAMS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

PUBLIC FORUM TEAMS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

JUDGES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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