Season 2015-2016
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Team Policy Resolution
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
Stoa NITOC 2016 (National Invitational Tournament of Champions 2016) will be held at Drury University, Springfield MO during May 23-28, 2016
Participation in Stoa local tournaments:
Members of our club this season participated in 11 Team Policy and 10 Parliamentary Stoa tournaments so far.
We formed 17 Team Policy and 11 Parliamentary teams.
CLASH Team Policy Debate Teams Qualified for NITOC 2016
CLASH Team Qualified for NITOC 2016
Participation:
Team Policy Debate:
Thirteen (13) Team Policy debate teams received two or more checkmarks & qualified to NITOC 2016
Thirteen (13) Team Policy debate teams attended NITOC 2016
Four (4) Team Policy debate teams advanced into Outround 1 & 2 (Round 7 & 8) [Top 64 teams].
Four (4) Team Policy debate teams advanced into Outround 3 (Round 9) [Top 48 teams].
Three (3) Team Policy debate teams advanced into Outround 4 (Round 10) [Top 32 teams].
Three (3) Team Policy debate teams advanced into Outround 5 (Round 11) [Top 20 teams].
One (1) Team Policy debate team advanced into Outround 6 (Round 12) [Top 12 teams].
One (1) Team Policy debate team advanced into Outround 7 (Round 13) [Top 7 teams].
Parliamentary Debate:
Five (5) Parliamentary debate teams received two or more checkmarks & qualified to NITOC 2016
Five (5) Parliamentary debate teams attended to NITOC 2016
Two (2) Parliamentary debate teams advanced into Outround 1 [Top 32 teams].
One (1) Parliamentary debate team advanced into Outround 2 [Top 16 teams].
Awards:
Team Policy Debate Team Awards:
Sixth Place Team: Gates & Harbman
Seventeenth Place Team: Chow & Rehn
Nineteenth Place Team: Harbman & Tang
41st Place Team: Chien & Wu
Team Policy Speaker Awards:
Tenth Place Speaker: Isaac DeJager
22th Place Speaker: Isabella Chow
23rd Place Speaker: Aubrey Harbman
29th Place Speaker: Harrison Tang
52th Place Speaker: Ben Hollenstein
Parliamentary Debate Team Awards:
Sixteenth Place Team: DeJager (w/ Anderson)
32nd Place Team: Chow & Harbman
Parliamentary Speaker Awards:
Second Place Speaker: Harrison Tang
Eleventh Place Speaker: Josh Harbman
Founders Awards:
Isabella Chow (Apologetics, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous, Motivational, Original Oratory, Persuasive, Team Policy, Parliamentary Debate)
Connor DeJager (Extemporaneous, Humorous Interpretation, Monologue, Original Oratory, Team Policy, Parliamentary Debate)
Olivia Owen (Dramatic Interpretation, Mars Hill Impromptu, Monologue, Original Oratory, Team Policy)
CLASH NITOC 2016 Team Policy Teams
Gates - Harbman
6th Place @ NITOC2016
Rehn - Chow
17th Place @ NITOC2016
Harbman & Tang
19th Place @ NITOC2016
Wu - Chien
41st Place @ NITOC 2016
Lindsay - DeJager
Hollenstein - DeJager
Alva - Alva
Melone - Owen
Hultgren - Novo
Wu - Holtkamp
Belloncle - Belloncle
Devlin - Zambon
Chow - Wu
CLASH NITOC 2016 Parliamentary Debate Teams
DeJager (w/ Anderson)
16th @ NITOC2016
Chow - Harbman
32nd @ NITOC2016
Alva - DeJager
Tang - Melone
Hollenstein - DeJager
Tournament Champion
Team Policy Debate:
A Ready Response (Jan 15-16, 2016) Aubrey Harbman - Harrison Tang
Parliamentary Debate:
Sea Lion Skirmish (Feb 15, 2015) Marc DeJager (with Peter Anderson from Catalyst)
Tournament First Place Speaker:
Parliamentary Debate:
Central Valley Parli Open (Nov 7, 2015) Josh Harbman
Sea Lion Skirmish (Feb 15, 2015) Harrison Tang
Member Only Page
Member Only Page (2015-2016) [Login Username/Password Required] (If you are a clash member but have problem to access this site, please contact Mr. Tang via email. You may need to have a google doc or gmail account to access to it.)
Club Meeting Schedule:
Possible CA (and OR) Local Tournaments:
(Just a prediction based on tournament data in 2014-2015 season, see Stoa Tournament Calendar page for the official post)
Other Dates for References
SAT Test Date: 10/3/2015, 11/7/2015, 12/5/2015, 1/23/2016, 3/5/2016*, 5/7/2016*, 6/4/2016* [* = Date for New SAT Test]
ACT Test Date: 9/12/2015, 10/24/2015, 12/12/2015, 2/6/2016, 4/9/2016, 6/11/2016
De Anza Community College Final: Fall(12/8-11/2015), Winter(3/22-25/2016), Spring(6/21-24/2016)
Foothill Community College Final: Fall(12/8-11/2015), Winter(3/22-25/2016), Spring(6/21-24/2016)
West Valley Community College Final: Fall(12/14-19/2015), Spring(5/21-27/2015)
LOA Break: 10/12-16/2015, 11/23-27/2015, 12/14/2015-1/1/2016, 2/15-19/2016, 3/23-29/2016
Debate Tournaments We Plan to Host in 2015-2016 Debate Season:
Christmas Clash Debate Tournament
Purely Parli Tournament
Date: 12/5/2015 (Sa)
Location: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA
Event: Team Policy only: 6 prelim rounds
Date: 4/23/2016 (Sa)
Location: West Valley College, Saratoga CA
Event: Parliamentary Debate only.