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UW-Whitewater Speech Bowl
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Wisconsin. View manager contact information The forensics team at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is excited to welcome high school forensics teams back to the campus for the 2022 Speech Bowl! The tournament will be hosted on Saturday March 12, 2022. Please see each section below for all the details including schedule, COVID precautions and more.
SCHEDULE 6:57am Deadline to text in drops (Kevin Hill’s cell: 630-624-6740) 7:45am Registration opens, University Center lobby 8:15am Judges Meeting, University Center Ballroom, Second Floor 8:30am Extemp/Radio draw begins. Radio and EXT draws in Hyland 2101 9:00am Round 1 9:45am Extemp/Radio draw. Radio and EXT draws in Hyland 2101 10:15am Round 2 11:00am Extemp/Radio draw. Radio and EXT draws in Hyland 2101 11:30am Round 3 11:30am Preordered Boxed Lunches Available ASAP Finals, Hyland Hall & University Center (all judges on standby) ASAP Awards, University Center, Hamilton Room first floor
COVID PRECAUTIONS (as of 3/5/2022)
*Precautions subject to change based on WFCA, UW-W, Wisconsin and local health guidance and the ever changing situation.
AWARDS CEROMONY We plan to have an in-person award ceremony in the UC Hamilton room as we have done in years past. We will do our best to encourage teams to space out. Masks required.
CHECK IN On tournament day, please confirm no later than 6:57am (or your earliest possible chance; prior to this is even better) by texting 630-624-6740. Checking in via text on tournament day is essential for a smooth start to the tournament. In the text, please note the team name, event, and the name of the student dropping.
PAYMENT Please make checks payable to "UW-W Forensics". Checks processed after the tournament can be mailed to UW-Whitewater, c/o Brian Schanen Heide Hall 424, 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190 We will also accept credit cards via Square. Please let us know if you would like to go this route, and we will email you a link to pay that way.
DEADLINES
BUS DROPOFF All buses must drop-off in Lot 14 at the intersection of Prairie Street and Starin Rd. Enter Lot 14 on Starin Road. Exit Lot 14 onto Prairie Street. During the day, all lots are open for parking. Pick-up is encouraged for the same location. Entering “UWW Lot 14” into Google Maps will take you directly there. Bus drop off will be near the home room locations.
GENERAL PARKING All campus lots are open during the tournament. Cars can park in any lot without penalty (do not add money to meters). We suggest parking in Lot 7 on Starin Road behind the Visitors Center (small building with a blue roof). Lot 7 can be found on Google as “Starin Road Lot.” A GPS address for this lot is 809 W. Starin Rd, Whitewater.
REGISTRATION CHANGES Teams can and should manage their own adds, drops, and name changes on Speechwire.com until 9:00am, Friday, March 11th. After that point on Friday, email your drops immediately to SchanenBH13@uww.edu at your earliest chance. There is no penalty for drops received by 9:00am, March 11th. Entries dropped after that time will still be charged.
Day of tournament drops are strongly discouraged and may impact the start time and/or the equal balance of entries across sections. Please share this information with your students and judges. On tournament day, please confirm no later than 6:57am (or your earliest possible chance; prior to this is even better) by texting 630-624-6740. Checking in via text on tournament day is essential for a smooth start to the tournament. In the text, please note the team name, event and name of the student dropping.
RULES In years past, our tournament has been attended by an even mix of schools from both major Wisconsin associations, as well as Illinois schools. Speech Bowl will employ the most current WFCA Handbook Rules with modifications: (Allowance of one 4x6 notecard in Oratory; 8-minute performances in OIL will not be penalized; 4-minute performances in Informative will not be penalized; Solo Actors will be allowed to use a chair.) WHSFA and IHSA teams are sincerely welcome and strongly encouraged to attend.
Impromptu The following pattern will be used in developing impromptu prompts. Round 1: Quotations, Round 2: Abstract words, Round 3: Quotations, Final: Object
Extemp The following pattern will be used in developing extemp prompts. Round 1: Domestic* political/social Round 2: International political/social Round 3: Domestic* & International Econ Final: U.S. Foreign policy & International hotspot relations *domestic will pull from both national and state
CONTACT INFORMATION Direct all correspondence to Brian Schanen at SchanenBH13@uww.edu or Kevin Hill HillKA28@uww.edu.
EVENTS Demonstration, Duo, Extemp, Farrago, Group Interp, Moments, Informative (open & novice), Impromptu, Oral Interp, Oratory, Play acting, Poetry (open & novice), Prose (open & novice), Radio, Solo-Serious, Solo-Humorous, Special Occasion, Storytelling.
BUILDINGS We use several academic buildings all in the same area of campus. While we are using virtual ballots, each building will have a "helpdesk.” We will also do our best to schedule judges in the same building or neighboring buildings throughout the day.
ENTRIES/TRIATHALON The tournament is limited to a maximum of 500 entries. Entries are first come, first serve. A school’s top 25 scoring entries will count toward Team Sweepstakes awards. A school's top four entries in an event will count toward Team Sweepstakes but more than four entries per event are welcome. Double & triple entries are allowed. Students in Radio, Extemp, and Impromptu are allowed to double enter, but students in Radio and Extemp should compete in those respective events first in a given round. A student cannot double/tripple enter in both radio and extemp, but can double enter with radio and impromptu, or extemp and impromptu.
NOVICE DIVISION We love our novice competitors. It can be a challenge to get going in forensics. Please denote your novice students when entering. A novice is anyone who is in their first year of high school forensics competition. *NEW for 2022* - Prose and Poetry will have a separate division for prelims and finals. So long as the number of entries warrant (greater than 8 entries in each open and novice). We will acknowledge the top novice at awards for all other events.
ENTRY FEES Individual Entries: $10 per entry. Duo, Group and Play are also $10
JUDGES Each school is required to supply one trusted judge for every five entries, or portion thereof. For example, fifteen entries require three judges. Sixteen entries requires four judges. Uncovered entries will be charged an additional 15.00 per entry. For example, two uncovered entries will be charged 30.00. This is an alternative to a flat hired judge fee and it will save your team money. If a team drops a judge after 7am on tournament day, the team will need to immediately hire a replacement judge provided by the tournament for $100 and payment is due immediately at registration. The tournament will use only SpeechWire Eballots.Wire
TIE BREAKERS Prelims: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Reciprocal, 3) Head-to-head (2-way tie only), 4) Most 1 ranks, if still tied, 2 ranks, then 3 ranks, then 4 ranks. Finals: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Judges Preference, 3) Reciprocal, 4) Cumulative ranks finals+prelims, 5) back through prelim tiebreakers 1-4. Team Sweepstakes: 1) Total points or Points Per Entry (depending on division), 2) Total points or Points Per Entry (the opposite rule as applied to the first), 3), Number of first-place winners in finals, second-place, etc., 4) Number of 1 ranks in finals, 2 ranks and so-on. Triathlon: 1) Highest total points, 2) Highest number of 1st-place awards in finals, 2nd-place, etc., 3) Highest total of events advancing to finals, 4) Best average rank in finals, 5) Best average rank across finals+prelims, 6) number of 1 ranks finals+prelims.
Semi-Finals Tournament directors reserve the right to implement semi-finals in specific events. Specifically in events with greater than 50 entries.
AWARDS
FOOD Boxed lunches will be available at-cost for purchase by students, coaches, judges, etc., on Speechwire at the time or registration. The cost is $8.00 each. A boxed lunch includes a sandwich (either Turkey or Veggie), chips, fruit, and a water. Be sure to specify the quantity of each type of boxed lunch (Turkey or Veggie) on Speechwire, if any. On tournament day, boxed lunches will be distributed at the University Center. The order must be placed by 5pm on Thursday, March 3rd (per university dining requirements). Orders placed after this time can not be guaranteed. Lunch orders must be received via Speechwire by 3/3 at 5pm. Unfortunately, changes or additions cannot be made to the lunch order after that date/time because the catering order is locked in with campus catering. At registration, your team's registration packet will include lunch tickets for their respective order, if any.
SPECIAL ACCOMODATIONS If you have a student or judge who needs special accommodations, please let us know in advance (ideally by 2/14) by emailing SchanenBH13@uww.edu. We can then make adjustments accordingly.
THANK YOU! We look forward to seeing you at the Speech Bowl! Manager contact information
Brian Schanen Email address: SchanenBH13@uww.edu Phone number: 262-689-2335
Kevin Hill Email address: HillKA28@uww.edu Phone number: 630-624-6740
Mailing address 800 W. Main St. Heide Hall 424, Brian Schanen Whitewater, WI 53190
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