4 SCHOOLS, 14 TEAMS, OPEN DIVISION ONLY

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

• Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN (BLC)
• Carleton College, Northfield, MN (CAR)
• Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN (GAC)
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (UMN)

Preliminary Rounds:

• 3 wins / 0 losses
  • GAC BC - Stacey Birk and Mary Cunningham
• 2 wins / 1 loss
  • CAR HG - James Hazzard and Christina Gehry
  • CAR MH - Michael Martin and Hope Harvey
  • CAR SC - David Schraub and Matt Cole
  • GAC KS - Alex Knewtson and Henry Stokman
  • UMN WP - Dave Watson and Daryl Pinton
  • UMN FW - Sarah Finstad and Kim Wydeen
  • BLC DM - Jesse DeDeyne and Nina Maksymenko
• 1 win / 2 losses
  • CAR TD - Sarah Toews and Broderick Dressen
  • CAR EH - David Hirsch and Peter Ellebrecht
  • GAC CM - Andrea Carlile and Sean Maertens
  • UMN CW - Josh Coverstone and Ted Wesenberg
• 0 wins / 3 losses
  • CAR GEM - Joe Glasrud and Kareem El Muselemamy
  • GAC OS - Micah Olson and Britanni Seagren

Bronze Round:

• GAC KS (gov) def UMN FW 2-0
• CAR HG (opp) def GAC BC 2-0
• BLC DM (gov) def CAR SC 1-1 (high seed advances)
• UMN WP (opp) def CAR MH 2-0

Gold Round:

• BLC DM (gov) def GAC KS (opp) 2-1
• UMN WP (gov) def CAR HG (opp) 3-0

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS (top 13 of 28):

• 1 Alex Knewtson - Gustavus Adolphus
• 2 Jesse DeDeyne - Bethany Lutheran
• tie 3 Stacey Birk - Gustavus Adolphus
• tie 3 Mary Cunningham - Gustavus Adolphus
• tie 5 Dave Watson - Minnesota
• tie 5 Matt Cole - Carleton
• 7 Josh Coverstone - Minnesota
• 8 Andrea Carlile - Gustavus Adolphus
• tie 9 Michael Martin - Carleton
• tie 9 Henry Stokman - Gustavus Adolphus
• 11 Daryl Pinto - Minnesota
• 12 Britanni Seagren - Gustavus Adolphus
• 13 Sarah Toews - Carleton

TOPICS:

Round 2: This house prefers potential over kinetic.

Round 3: (case) Rob works with Mark at an ad agency. The two are good friends and Mark's wife is pregnant with their second child. Mark recently was given a large client that it is obvious he cannot handle. While Mark is a good man, he doesn't have the skill or experience to deal with the client and the rest of his work. Due to a change in upper management, a review of all personnel has been going on to see where personnel can be cut. Rob knows Mark will be reviewed soon and if things don't improve for Mark, he will be let go. Rob also knows that Mark is in over his head. But Rob too is challenged by his workload, and he doesn't know if he himself will be on the chopping block. Mark asks Rob for help with his client. Rob knows he can help Mark, but is afraid he might take on more than he can handle in order to help.

In this case the Government team must defend the position: Rob is morally obligated to help Mark.

Bronze Round: Resolved: the Republicans have forfeited their right to govern.

Gold Round: This house would arm teachers.