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.