[brentnicholson]

Hey all,
Two quick announcements for the Mound High Swing.

1. The pre-released topics will be used for the first half of the tournament. We will use the NPTE flip process for those elimination rounds. Topics for the Mound High Swing are:
a. A just society ought to prefer social ownership to private ownership.
b. The United States federal government should significantly reduce its sugar subsidies.
c. The United States should adopt a parliamentary system of government.
d. The United States should remove all or nearly all of its economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
e. The United States should remove all or nearly all of its economic sanctions on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

2. The I-70 Cup will be awarded at the awards ceremony. For those of you who are unfamiliar, this is a traveling cup awarded to the team who wins the most rounds along the I-70 corridor. This year’s cup counts points from the William Jewell Swing and the Mound High Swing. You can calculate your points by simply counting round wins. The current top 8 teams (and their point totals) are:
a. Rice NS – 13
b. UTT CS – 12
c. Rice PT – 12
d. Rice GJ – 10
e. WJC DT – 10
f. McK/KCK NB – 9
g. KCKCC CL – 9
h. Mercer OP – 9

[brentnicholson]

Hey y’all, quick follow-up. Topic half will be the second half! I misremembered the invitation when I typed this up.

BN

[brentnicholson]

Re-posting this from Tabroom email for anyone who didn’t see it:

We’ve had to make some changes to the Mound High schedule for a couple of reasons. First, it is looking very likely that we’ll have a partials double round for both halves, which requires us to add two rounds to the schedule from last year. That is a good problem, and we’re really excited for what it means for NPDA and NPTE.
Second, there was a space availability issue on Thursday morning due to another campus event. We will have to start day 1 at noon, meaning day 1 will have only four rounds with a dinner break.
The big takeaways are 1. No changes to the Sunday schedule – you do not need to change travel plans because of this. 2. Our friends in the Midwest can hopefully drive out a day later. 3. It’s going to be busy on days 2 and 3.
I’ve updated the Tabroom schedule and uploaded the new schedule to tournament websites, so you can see the whole plan.

Looking forward to hosting y’all in a few weeks!
Brent

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