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>Hi to everyone > >Cross the border, friends! Good competition and warm hosts await you! > >Carroll recently returned from a lovely weekend at a Western Canadian BP >tournament, The Novice Fall Open at the University of Calgary. This was a >classy event with more than 50 teams, featuring lots of food and gracious >hospitality. Thanks to the efforts of Pardeep, Eli, Robbie, Douglas, >Michael, Rob, Maria and many others all of us who attended had a >wonderful time. > >I'm writing to encourage BP schools in the Western states to consider >crossing the border to more Western Canadian tournamentsŠVictoria, >Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and more! > >Over Thanksgiving weekend the University of Alberta in Edmonton hosts the >Hugill (invite attached), a tournament with a long and proud history, >that's hosted a great and gracious team. This is Nisha nation with >friends Robbie, Catherine, Jessica, Jennifer, Mark, Iain and many more. > >We are sending teams to the Hugill (and the Mall) and I'm writing to >encourage you to join us. > >In addition to some fine debating, you can also visit the West Edmonton >Mall which a scholarly source says is the largest shopping mall in North >America and the 10th largest in the world. It even has a sandy beach with >waves all indoors! (Don't use Wikipedia in your dissertation.) > >For more Hugill information, drop an email to Dan or Mark at >[log in to unmask] > >On Nov 22, a week earlier, the University of Saskatchewan hosts The >Diefenbaker (invite attached), an event in lovely Saskatoon! Two >exceptional ladies from U of S won the Calgary event! We can always hope >they are too busy to enter their own event. In your free time go downtown >and enjoy a wonderful outdoor ice rink next to the Delta Bessborough >Hotel. (Wear gloves and a scarf and a hat.) > >For Diefenbaker information, visit at >http://words.usask.ca/debate/diefenbaker-cup. > >Apologies to fine tournaments I'm overlooking (like U Victoria and UBC). >I'm just providing a sampler of northern delights. (By the way, we saw >the northern lights on the way to Saskatoon onceŠspectacular.) > >That's enough for now. Montana is close to the border, so we love going >north. And it's the least I can do to spread the good news to others. You >can find a calendar on the Canadian BP site, CUSID. Enter the forum and >click to the CUSID West chat site and you'll find lots of information. > >For Western Canadian events, contact U of Alberta's Catherine Fan, VP of >CUSID West. ([log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]) > >I have no doubt that Eastern Canada is wonderful, tooŠbut Ontario and >Quebec aren't on the northern Montana border so I'm not quite as >familiar. But I would LOVE to visit TorontoŠor MontrealŠor hosts of other >fine Eastern Canadian cities where I know fine BP events are held. Soon. >That's all for now. Hope everyone is bundled up and buckled up. This time >of the semester is a touch stressful, said the apostle of the obvious. > >Best wishes to all and to all a good night. > >Brent > >Šwho was raised in Port Angeles and could see Victoria from his back >porch! And who listened to sixties rock on CFUN Vancouver. > > >Brent Northup > >Carroll College >1601 N. Benton >Helena, MT. 59625 > >[log in to unmask] >(406) 459-2371 > > >