6 SCHOOLS, 26 TEAMS, OPEN DIVISION ONLY

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

• Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN (BLC)
• Bethel College, St. Paul, MN (BTH)
• Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN (GAC)
• South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (SDS)
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (UMN)
• University of Wisconsin, River Falls (WRF)

Preliminary Rounds:

• 3 wins / 0 losses
  • UMN HW (Monica Heth - Adam Wolff)
  • UMN WS (Stu Whitson - Jason Schousboe)
  • SDS NJ (Renee Nason - Dani Johannesen)
• 2 wins / 1 loss
  • UMN ND (Deepak Neduvelil - Sean Drury)
  • SDS RH (Aaron Rahlfs - Robert Haar)
  • SDS FG (Jason Frerichs - Patrick Grode)
  • BTH EB (Sarah Epseland - Dave Berggren)
  • WRF/BTH (David Maus - Vin Baumel)
  • UMN OH (Jeff Ochs - Aaron Hartung)
  • UMN RF (Anthony Reel - Michael Fenton)
  • UMN DB (Adam Dahlen - Ryan Black)
  • UMN MP (Lauren McKay - John Pike)
  • BLC GG (Jessica Gehrke - Beth Gullixson)
• 1 win / 2 losses
  • GAC PC (Justin Paul - Andrea Carliile)
  • BLC MB (Aleta Mueller - Casey Barnes)
  • BLC MS (Sarah Madsen - Jen Soost)
  • BLC JL (Rick Jones - Stacy Lilienthal)
  • WRF PH (Heidi Packard - Amanda Hirsch)
  • WRF MB (Sarah McRoberts - Giacomo Baglio)
  • UMN WZ (Tricia Woellert - Lee Zoss)
  • UMN NE (Seth Neuschwander - Isaac Erickson)
  • UMN BJ (Leila Babaeva - Rachel Jamison)
  • UMN BB (David Bratt - Rick Brundage)
• 0 wins / 3 losses
  • BLC LB (Jon Larson - Emily Betz)
  • BLC BC (Matt Bindert - Vlad Cherevko)
  • UMN MW (Becky Mitchell - Laura Watkins)

Bronze Round:

• UMN DB (opp) def. BTH EB
• UMN HW (opp) def. SDS FG
• UMN WS (opp) def. SDS RH
• UMN ND (gov) def. SDS NJ
• WRF/BTH (gov) def UMN RF
• UMN OH (gov) def. UMN MP
• BLC GG wins bronze without debating

Gold Round:

• UMN WS (gov) def. UMN DB
• UMN OH (opp) def. UMN ND
• WRF/BTH (opp) def. UMN HW

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS (top 25):

• 1. Sean Drury
• 2. Robert Haar
• 3. Sarah Espeland
• 4. David Maus
• tie 5. Stu Whitson
• tie 5. Patrick Grode
• 7. Dani Johannesen
• tie 8. Anthony Reel
• tie 8. Jason Schousboe
• tie 8. Stacy Lilienthal
• tie 8. Vlad Cherevko
• tie 12. Adam Wolff
• tie 12. Lauren McKay
• tie 12. Aaron Hartung
• tie 12. Heidi Packard
• tie 12. Deepak Neduvelil
• tie 12. Adam Dahlen
• tie 12. Jeff Ochs
• tie 19. John Pike
• tie 19. Aaron Rahlfs
• tie 19. Dave Berggren
• tie 19. Sarah McRoberts
• tie 19. Monica Heth
• tie 19. Rick Brundage
• tie 19. Justin Paul

TOPICS:

• ROUND 1: This house would leave some children behind.

• ROUND 2: This house prefers the amateur to the professional.

• ROUND 3: (Case Study) The Dean should fire Dr. Johnson.

• Case: Dr. Rick Johnson is an untenured professor who teaches economics at a major university. Durinhg the second week of class in the fall semester, Dr. Johnson walked into his Principles of Economics class and stated, "If you all believe in a free market society, I am going to auction off grades to the highest bidder." He then brought in another professor to hold the auction without bias. While many students complained, nearly 90% of the class participated, with an A going for $85, a B for $50 and so on. Several students complained to the Dean. When confronted by the Dean, Dr. Johnson said it was just an exercise and he would give the money back at the end of the semester and that they would still earn their grades. However, he never said this to the class. Dr. Johnson continued to teach like he normally would and with a week left in the semester announced that the class would still take the final exam and that the auction was a sham. He returned the money, but many students had stopped studying or even coming to class. Those students complained that they had done what the professor wanted, and now they were not prepared to take the final. The Dean was once again brought in.

• BRONZE: This house believes that the tail is wagging the dog.

• GOLD: This House would pardon the turkey.