Thanks to Binghamton for a great job hosting. Excellent facilities for WUDC. We had 58 teams but the big snowstorm cut it down to 44, but hooray for that brave lot. Congratulations to the University of Vermont team of Paul Gross and Isaac Loeb for winning the final round and to all who competed. Results are at http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/usudctab0809.html as always. I am also including the judge feedback data for the first time. MOTIONS-Author ROUND 1 Latucca THW ban government financial lotteries. ROUND 2 Llano THW forgive the student loan debt of all individuals who commit to a career in public education. ROUND 3 Snider THW impose a salary cap on all professional sports teams. ROUND 4 Snider THW oppose new nuclear power plants for the USA. ROUND 5 Snider THW forgive Tiger Woods ROUND SIX Snider THBT now is the time for a Palestinian state. QUARTERFINALS Barnes THW genetically engineer livestock to reduce their capacity for feeling pain. SEMIFINALS Barnes THW prohibit posthumous use of genetic material for reproductive purposes. . FINALS Barnes THW punish attempted murder and murder identically. Please send me results you know of for other BP/WUDC tournaments in North America. If you want to learn more about this format feel free to ask for help. Thanks, Tuna -- Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna Edwin Lawrence Professor of Forensics University of Vermont Huber House, 475 Main Street, UVM, Burlington, VT 05405 USA Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ Global Debate Blog http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com Debate Central http://debate.uvm.edu 802-656-0097 office telephone 802-656-4275 office fax