New Orleans Jesuit Seeks Director

New Orleans Jesuit is seeking applications for a Director of Debate position starting in the late summer/fall of 2012. The school notes:

This position will demand excellent leadership, coaching, and supervision of a talented squad of LD and PF debaters. Well-qualified applicants will have previous coaching experience. Our preference will be for a coach who can also serve as a full-time teacher at Jesuit. Please direct all queries, letters of interest, or questions to Travis Smith, New Orleans Jesuit’s current Director of Debate. Qualified applicants will then be given directions on how to apply. This position is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated individual to advance his or her career as a debate coach.

MinneApple Registration Opens Monday

Pam Wycoff, director of forensics at Apple Valley High School, has alerted the community that registration for this year’s MinneApple will open on Monday. The tournament will take place on November 4 and 5, 2011.

I am pleased to announce that registration for the 26th Annual Minneapple Debate Tournament will open at noon CST on Monday, August 22, 2011 on www.joyoftournaments.com.  We sincerely hope that you will consider attending! 

Once again, the Minneapple will be a TOC Qualifier at the octafinal round in both Lincoln Douglas Debate and Public Forum and a TOC qualifier for the “Top Six,” in Congressional Debate. The tournament offers Varsity, JV, and Novice Divisions of Lincoln Douglas Debate and Open Divisions of Public Forum and Congressional Debate.

The View From Tab: Episode 47

Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson High School, Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science, Chris Palmer of Lexington High School, and Mike Bietz of Harvard-Westlake School have released the latest installment of their podcast, The View from Tab. In the forty-seventh episode, now available for download, Menick, Cruz, Palmer, and Bietz share initial thoughts on the new LD topic.

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Register for The Meadows

From Meadows Debate Director, Tim Alderete:

Registration on Joy of Tournaments is now open for the Meadows School Debate Tournament October 28 – 30, 2011. We will provide competition in Varsity Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate on the 2011 and November/December topics.

For Policy this is Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.

Last year, Harvard-Westlake’s Jake Sonnenberg defeated College Preparatory School’s Sarah Sachs to win the Lincoln Douglas division.

This year, Michael Bietz from The View From Tab and Scott Phillips and Bill Batterman from the 3NR will be recording a joint podcast for their websites, including comments and questions from the audience. We hope that you are able to attend and participate!