One thing I would ask people to do as soon as possible is to remove from registration any teams that you are not planning to take. I assume that some folks entered a couple of 'possible' teams that are not going to make the trek. If that is the case, please clear those teams from registration. I am going to set a march 30 deadline for registration. I am excited to take on this tournament and we are deep in the planning and implementation stages. The idea of finding 20+ hired BP judges in NPDA country is a bit overwhelming but we are making good progress. The hotel is filling. The competition rooms are secure. The break party and coaches dinner is all set. Trophies have been ordered. Meal catering is in the works. As I type this , Denver is getting pounded by a blizzard of epic proportions but I suspect that April will bring us beautiful spring weather. Tomorrow begins four days of drinking and skiing with our Irish debate guests after which I return to my full-time job as tournament director. Get yourself out to Denver, we are looking forward to putting on a show. RJM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Robert Margesson Director of Debate Regis University Cell: 303-601-6750 Office: 303-964-5723 ________________________________________ From: USA Debating in the WUDC Format [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alfred C Snider [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 98 teams, 51 judges at US Universities in Denver US Universities Registration Tops 98 Teams With 98 teams registered for the US Universities Debating Championship to take place in Denver, Colorado, there are 30 schools registered and 51 judges. This will grow, as the tournament is several weeks away. Schools include: Bard College Bates College California State Univ Fullerton california state university san bernardino Cape Cod Community College Claremont Colleges Colgate University Cornell University DePauw University Hawaii Pacific University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Humboldt State Linfield College Loyola Marymount University Pacific Lutheran University Portland State University, Oregon Regis University Rocky Mountain College Santa Monica College St. John\'s University New York Sul Ross State University Texas State University University of Hawaii at Manoa University of La Verne University of Michigan-Flint University of Rochester University of Vermont USAF Academy Willamette University Yale University For information and registration, go to http://www.usu2010.com/ -- 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