4 SCHOOLS, 16 TEAMS, OPEN DIVISION ONLY

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

• Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN (BLC)
• Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (BTH)
• Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN (GAC)
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (UMN)

Preliminary Rounds:

• 3 wins / 0 losses
  • GAC SK (Henry Stockman and Alex Knewtson)
  • UMN SC (Tony Schwab and Josh Coverstone)
• 2 wins / 1 loss
  • BTH DS (David Dickmeyer and Esther Soria)
  • GAC CM (Andrea Carlile and Sean Meartens)
  • UMN CO (Zikiria Chaudhary and Sean Olson)
  • UMN PF (Daryl Pinto and Sarah Finstad)
  • BLC DM (Jesse DeDeyne and Nina Maksymenko)
• 1 win / 2 losses
  • BLC BG (Lisa Buchs and Jessica Gehrke)
  • GAC BC (Stacey Birk and Mary Cunningham)
  • GAC HD (Nick Harper and Mary Depuydt)
  • UMN HW (Monica Heth and Dave Watson)
  • UMN MiHo (Shannon Mitchell and Michelle Hogler)
  • UMN HjMe (Allanna Hjortland and Tom Meyer)
  • UMN SD (Jessica Schroeder and Andy Delain)
  • UMN RP (Mike Ryan and Shanti Pothapragada)
• 0 wins / 3 losses
  • GAC SO (Britanni Seagren and Micah Olson)

Bronze Round:

• GAC CM (gov) def BTH DS - 1-1 (tie goes to higher seed)
• UMN SC (opp) def UMN PF - 1-1
• BLC BG (opp) def GAC SK - 2-0
• BLC DM (opp) def UMN CO - 2-0

Gold Round:

• UMN SC (opp) def BLC BG - 2-1
• GAC CM (opp) def BLC DM - 2-1

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS (top 20 of 36):

• 1 Andrea Caarlile - Gustavus Adolphus - 85
• 2 Lisa Buchs - Bethany Lutheran - 84 (57)
• 3 Jesse DeDeyne - Bethany Lutheran - 84 (56)
• 4 Daryl Pinto - Minnesota - 83
• 5 Zikiria Chaudhary - Minnesota - 82
• tie 6 David Dickmeyer - Bethel - 81
• tie 6 Nina Maksymenko - Bethany Lutheran - 81
• 8 Josh Coverstone - Minnesota - 80
• 9 Michelle Hogler - Minnesota - 80
• tie 10 Henry Stokman - Gustavus Adolphus - 79
• tie 10 Jessica Schroeder - Minnesota - 79
• tie 10 Mary Cunningham - Gustavus Adolphus - 79
• tie 10 Mary Depuydt - Gustavus Adolphus - 79
• tie 10 Monica Heth - Minnesota - 79
• tie 10 Shannon Mitchell - Minnesota - 79
• tie 10 Tom Meyer - Minnesota - 79
• tie 17 Alex Knewtson - Gustavus - 78
• tie 17 Britanni Seagren - Gustavus -78
• tie 17 Dave Watson - Minnesota - 78
• tie 17 Sean Olson - Minnesota - 78

TOPICS:

Round 2: This House would make China happy.

Round 3: (case) Prof. Harris has been teaching his Interpersonal Communication class for 10 years. Along the way he has developed several class activities to reinforce his lessons. About two years ago, Prof. Harris started collecting data from the results of these activities and realized he had the makings of a wonderful research paper. The university requires approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for all studies involving human participants. However, Prof. Harris has been doing these activities for a decade and no one cared about it then. He also knows that if he goes to the IRB, his collected data from the past two years might be eradicated since he didn't have IRB approval when he collected it.

In this case the government team must defend the position: It is morally acceptable for Prof. Harris to publish the study without IRB approval.

Bronze Round: Resolved: Computers are more beneficial to education than books.

Gold Round: This House would protect American industry.