December TDL Student Congress Topics

Domestic

Gays in the Military (Don't Ask, Don't Tell)

Stem Cell Research

International

Sex Trafficking

Toy Imports

Virginia

Legalized Prostitution

Sex Offenders

Economics

Unemployment Benefits

Welfare Reform

Legislation for the TDL tournament being held Saturday, December 19th, at Phoebus High School must be submitted no later than midnight on Tuesday, December 15th. Please see the instructions below.

Norview High School

Below are the results for the second Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2009-2010 season held November 21^st at Norview High School in Norfolk.

Student Congress

1^st Tom Scott-Sharoni - Princess Anne
2^nd Marshele Bryant - Hickory
3^rd Samantha Carter - Hickory
4^th Rachel Brooks - Princess Anne
5^th Pratyush Agarwal - Princess Anne

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
1^st Carl Barbee - Hickory
2^nd Brenton Cross - Southhampton
3^rd Falak Kamran - Hickory
4^th Ian Kohnle - Princess Anne
5^th Scott Burgeson - Western Branch

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1^st Kelsey Butler - Southhampton
2^nd Erin Spivery - Southhampton
3^rd Clare Pickard - Princess Anne
4^th Michael Jordan - Warwick
5^th Matt Tiller - Southhampton

Open Policy
1^st Katelyn Squicciarini and Jordan Hairr - Western Branch
2^nd Ellie Miller and Mariah Young - Great Bridge
3^rd Jessika Smith and Brian Meyers - Cox
4^th Tanner Lawrence and Abi Manivannan - Great Bridge
5^th Caitlin Montgomery and Rebecca Suiter - Summit Christian

Varsity Policy
1^st Tommy Hamilton and Tanner Rotering - Summit Christian

Policy Speakers
1^st Jordan Hairr - Western Branch
2^nd Ellie Miller - Great Bridge
3^rd Brian Meyers - Cox
4^th John Marken - Princess Anne
5^th Katelyn Squicciarini - Western Branch

Sweepstakes
1^st Southhampton
2^nd Hickory
3^rd Princess Anne

Hickory High School

Below are the results for the first Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2009-2010 season held October 17th at Hickory High School in Chesapeake.

Student Congress
1st Samantha Carter Hickory

2nd Steven Diehl Hickory
3rd Bill Annunziata Princess Anne
4th Tom Scott-Sharoni Princess Anne
5th Marshele Bryant Hickory

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
1st Falak Kamran Hickory
2nd Michael Bocchichio Princess Anne
3rd Mariah Feriancek Southampton
4th Brenton Cross Southampton
5th Da'qwone Hill Norview

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
1st Kelsey Butler Southampton
2nd Meagan Smith Southampton
3rd Alexis Foxworth Landstown
4th Claire Pickard Princess Anne
5th Nitin Iyer Ocean Lakes

Open Policy
1st Mariah Young and Tanner Lawrence Great Bridge
2nd Brian Meyers and Jessika Smith Cox
3rd Jacob Gynan and Kimmiko Ward Princess Anne
4th Teddy Petersen and Aleko Zoto Cox

Varsity Policy
1st Andrew Peterson and Wesley Bittner Cox

Policy Speakers

1st Mariah Young Great Bridge
2nd Wesley Bittner Cox
3rd Andrew Petersen Cox

4th Brian Meyers Cox
5th (TIE) Jessika Smith and Teddy Petersen Cox

Monticello High School

Two Tidewater Debate League member schools competed at the Robert J. Kaiser Invitational Debate Tournament held October 9th and 10th at Monticello High School in Monticello, New York.

In the Open division of policy debate, the Frank W. Cox High School team of Wesley Bittner and Andrew Peterson went 1-4 in preliminary competition. The Kempsville High School team of Jade Kreissler and Timothy Wigginton went 2-3 in preliminary competition. Neither team advanced to elimination rounds.

November TDL Student Congress Topics

Domestic

Gay Marriage

Food Industry (Regulations and Recalls)

International

US-Korea Relations

US-Brazil Relations (Olympics)

Virginia

Virginia Beach SportsPlex

No Zero Grading Policy

Economics

Shipbuilding Costs

Minimum Wage

Legislation for the TDL tournament being held Saturday, November 21st, at Norview High School must be submitted no later than midnight on Tuesday, November 17th. Please see the instructions below.

Instructions for Submitting Legislation Using "Comments"

Legislation for the TDL tournament being held Saturday, October 17th, at Hickory High School must be submitted no later than midnight on Tuesday, October 13th.

Here's how to submit legislation:

1. Scroll down to "October TDL Student Congress Topics" and click on the "comments" link at the bottom of the post.

2. Type your legislation in the the "Leave your comment" box (you can also copy and paste from a Word document).

3. Complete the "WORD VERIFICATION" step, as indicated.

4. Select "Name/URL".

5. Type your full name, followed by the name of your school, in the "Name" box. For example: "John Smith - Hickory High School". Please do not abbreviate the name of your school.

6. Click "PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT".

Please note that this is a moderated site, so your legislation will not appear immediately.

October TDL Student Congress Topics

Domestic

Interrogation Methods of Detainees

Healthcare

International

US-Iraq Troop Withdrawal

China Human Rights Violations

Virginia

Public School Budget Cuts

Light Rail

Economics

Cash for Clunkers

Housing Tax Credit

Submitting Student Congress Legislation

The Student Congress topic areas for each TDL tournament will be posted on this site and emailed to all coaches. Competitors will be required to submit their legislation electronically no later than midnight on the Tuesday preceding the tournament. This can be accomplished two ways:

Students with access to this blog can simply post their legislation as a comment to the post announcing the topic areas. Detailed instructions to follow.

Students unable to access this blog due to their school's site blocking policy can email their legislation to tidewaterdebateleague@gmail.com. Each Wednesday preceding a tournament, an email containing submitted legislation will be emailed to all coaches and any competitors who submitted their legislation in this fashion.

Legislation submitted past the deadline will be rejected and the student submitting it will not be allowed to compete.

2009 - 2010 Schedule

TDL 1...October 17...Hickory...Chesapeake
Beach Invitational...November 13 - 14...Kempsville...Virginia Beach

TDL 2...November 21...Norview...Norfolk

JMU Invitational...December 4 - 5...James Madison...Harrisonburg

TDL 3...December 19...Phoebus...Hampton

GMU Invitational...January 8 - 9...George Mason...Fairfax

TDL 4...January 16...Cox...Virginia Beach

TDL 5...February 20...First Colonial...Virginia Beach

VHSL State Championship...April 23 - 24...Liberty...Lynchburg

These dates are, of course, subject to change. Changes to the schedule will be posted here as soon as they occur.

Georgetown University

A Tidewater Debate League member school competed at Georgetown Day School's Invitational Tournament held September 25th - 27th on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington, DC. GDS accepted only 73 teams this year and Kempsville High School was the only school from Virginia to be admitted. Acceptance is based on applying debaters' records from previous seasons.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Kempsville High School team of Adora Parker and Samuel Ross went 5-2 and took 17th place.

Wake Forest University

A Tidewater Debate League member school competed at Wake Forest University's National Earlybird Tournament held September 11th - 13th in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Kempsville High School team of Adora Parker and Samuel Ross went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Double-Octafinals, where they defeated New Trier Township KR (Illinois) on a 2-1 decision. In Octafinals, they dropped to Montgomery Bell Academy HM (Tennessee) on a 3-0 decision. Adora Parker also took 20th-place Varsity speaker.

Harvard University

Two TDL member schools participated in the Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament held February 14th, 15th, and 16th at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard usually hosts one of the largest and most competitive fields in the country, and this year's tournament did not disappoint.

The Junior Varsity policy division featured a field of 84 teams representing 42 schools from 27 states. The Kempsville High School team of Jade Kreissler and Samuel Ross went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Double-Octofinals where they defeated Clear Lake (TX) on a 3-0 decision. In Octofinals, they dropped to Tampa Prep (FL) on a 3-0 decision.

The Varsity policy division featured a field of 114 teams representing 58 schools from 32 states. The Frank W. Cox High School and Kempsville High School hybrid team of Oliver Brass (Cox) and Adora Parker (Kempsville) went 5-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Double-Octofinals where they dropped to Ft. Lauderdale (FL) on a 2-1 decision.

Kempsville and Cox were the only schools from Virginia to advance policy debaters to elimination rounds in the Varsity division and Kempsville was one of only six schools to advance policy debaters in both JV and Varsity.

First Colonial High School

Below are the results for the final Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2008-2009 season held February 7th at First Colonial School in Virginia Beach.

Student Congress

1st Samantha Carter, Hickory

2nd Caroline Wulf, Princess Anne

3rd John Woolard, First Colonial

4th Joe Newton, Princess Anne

5th Marshele Bryant, Hickory

Novice Lincoln-Douglas

1st Shanice Gadfrey, Granby

2nd Drew Pinkston, Grassfield

3rd Adam White, Norview

4th Cole Kinsler, First Colonial

5th Eastin Johnson, Salem

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

1st Mark Harris, First Colonial

2nd John Clifton, Southampton

3rd Kelsey Butler, Southampton

4th Edmund Saw, Smithfield

5th Erin Spivey, Southampton

Open Policy

1st Wes Bittner and Cari Rand, Cox

2nd Wes Hagedorn and Ryan Keep, First Colonial

3rd Jacob Bosley and Matt Gregus, Grassfield

4th Kristina McClowskey and Mariah Young, Great Bridge

5th Jade Kreissler and Tim Wigginton, Kempsville

Open Policy Speakers

1st Jade Kreissler, Kempsville

2nd Wes Bittner, Cox

3rd Wes Hagedorn, First Colonial

4th Ryan Keep, First Colonial

5th Jacob Bosley, Grassfield

Sweepstakes

1st First Colonial

2nd Southampton

3rd Grassfield

Pennsbury High School

Four Tidewater Debate League member schools competed at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament held January 30th and 31st at Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania.

In Student Congress, Tom Scott-Sharoni of Princess Anne High School took 2nd place and Krista O'Connell of Princess Anne took 3rd place. Caroline Wulf of Princess Anne advanced to the Super Session but did not place. Billy Annunziata, Rachel Brooks, Michelle Chen, Joseph Newton, and Ying Zhou, all of Princess Anne, did not not advance to the Super Session.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Mark Harris of First Colonial High School went 6-0 in preliminary competition and advanced to Octofinals where he defeated State College TL (Pennsylvania). In Quarterfinals, he defeated LaSalle WM (Pennsylvania). In Semifinals, he dropped to Baltimore City College GL (Maryland). Christina Kyriakides of Princess Anne High School went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Octofinals where she dropped to LaSalle WM. Clair Pickard of Princess Anne also went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Octofinals where she dropped to LaSalle SJ. Woojin Ra of Princess Anne went 3-3 in preliminary competition and did not advance to elimination rounds.

In Policy debate, the hybrid Frank W. Cox High School and Kempsville High School team of Oliver Brass (Cox) and Adora Parker (Kempsville) went 3-2 in preliminary competition and did not advance to elimination rounds. The Kempsville team of Jade Kreissler and Samuel Ross went 1-4 in preliminary competition and did not advance.

Princess Anne High School took 5th place in Debate Sweepstakes.

February Student Congress Topics

Domestic

Universal Health Care
Automobile Fuel Efficiency

International

Gaza
Global Climate Change

Virginia

State University Funding
Farmland Preservation

Economic

Bank Bailouts
NAFTA Reform

TDL 5 will take place Saturday, February 7th, at First Colonial High School. Legislation must be submitted as a comment on this post by midnight Tuesday, February 3rd. If you are new to this process, you can find instructions in an earlier post.

Barkley Forum for High Schools

Two Tidewater Debate League member schools were accepted to the Barkley Forum for High School Debate held January 23rd, 24th, and 25th at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forum accepted only 79 schools this year and Kempsville High School and Frank W. Cox High School were the only schools from Virginia to be admitted. Acceptance is based on each applying debater's total record for the past two seasons and the field is always one of the most competitive, if not the most competitive, of the year.

Both the hybrid Kempsville and Cox team of Adora Parker (Kempsville) and Oliver Brass (Cox) and the Kempsville team of Jade Kreissler and Samuel Ross went 2-4 in preliminary competition and did not advance to elimination rounds.

Frank W. Cox High School

Below are the results for the fourth Tidewater Debate League tournament of the 2008-2009 season held January 17th at Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach.

Novice Lincoln-Douglas

1st Matthew Tiller, Southampton

2nd Jake Todd, Hickory

3rd Eddie Pendergast, Landstown

4th Alex Owens, Landstown

5th Alexis Foxworth, Landstown

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

1st Edmund Saw, Smithfield

2nd Erin Spivey, Southampton

3rd Maya Sankaran, York

4th Kelsey Butler, Southampton

5th Claire Pickard, Princess Anne

Open Policy

1st Ashley Houze and Becca Wilson, Princess Anne

2nd Wesley Bittner and Cari Rand, Cox

3rd Pete Galanko and Kreshmeh Khosrowani, Cox

4th Oliver Brass and Andrew Peterson, Cox

5th Kristen McCloskey and Mariah Young, Great Bridge

Open Policy Speakers

1st Ashley Houze, Princess Anne

2nd Wes Hagedorn, First Colonial

3rd Matt Gregus, Grassfield

4th Jacob Bosley, Grassfield

5th Cari Rand, Cox

Student Congress and Sweepstakes results were not included in the packet. If you have these results, please include them in a comment on this post.

George Mason University

Several Tidewater Debate League member schools competed at the Patriot Invitational Debate Tournament held January 9th and 10th at George Mason University in Fairfax.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Sara Wall of Princess Anne High School advanced to Octafinals, Hannah Chacon of Princess Anne advanced to Semifinals, and Matt DiNardo of Princess Anne took 2nd-place.

In the Novice division of policy debate, the Frank W. Cox High School team of Wesley Bittner and Cari Rand took 1st-place. The Princess Anne High School team of Helen He and Julie Corson took 2nd-place.

In the Junior Varsity division of policy debate, the Princess Anne High School team of Ashley Houze and Becca Wilson advanced to Semifinals.

In the Varsity division of policy debate, the Princess Anne High School team of Matthew Veland and Katherine Williams went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Quarterfinals where they defeated Pennsbury LS (Pennsylvania) on a 2-1 decision. In Semifinals they dropped to Kempsville PR on a 2-1 decision. The Kempsville High School team of Adora Parker and Samuel Ross went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Quarterfinals where they defeated LaSalle BT (Pennsylvania) on a 3-0 decision. In Semifinals, they defeated Princess Anne VW on a 2-1 decision. The Frank W. Cox team of Oliver Brass and Andrew Peterson went 5-1 in preliminary competition and advanced to Quarterfinals where they defeated Broad Run MH (Virginia) on a 3-0 decision. In Semifinals they defeated Thomas Jefferson HK (Virginia) on a 2-1 decision. A coaches' decision determined the outcome of the final round between Cox BP and Kempsville PR, with Cox taking 1st-place and Kempsville taking 2nd. Oliver Brass of Cox took 1st-place Varsity speaker and Adora Parker of Kempsville took 2nd-place Varsity speaker.

Please note: we have very few details about the novice policy, JV policy, and L-D events. If you can provide more, please leave them as a comment to this post.

Student Legislators, Please Note

1. Make sure you're adding your comments to the correct post. Many of you have attached your legislation to the "2009-2010 Policy Debate Topic Announced" post instead of the "January Student Congress Topics" post, where it belongs. I have moved those that were added incorrectly, but please be careful to comment on the correct post in the future.

2. This is a moderated site, so your comments will not appear immediately. Please don't resubmit the same legislation over and over because it has yet to appear. It can take up to 24 hours for a comment to appear.

2009-2010 Policy Debate Topic Announced

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.

January Student Congress Topics

Domestic
Port Security
House of Representative Term Limits

International
US-Sudanese Relations
US-Venezuelan Relations

Virginia
College Savings Plan
Standards of Learning

Economic
Federal Reserve
College Affordability

TDL 4 will take place Saturday, January 17th, at Frank W. Cox High School. Legislation must be submitted as a comment on this post by midnight Tuesday, January 14th. If you are new to this process, you can find instructions in an earlier post.