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Schools Continue to Support Sunday Rule
By Jana Riggins | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:46 PM
Throughout the years, speech coaches and debaters from a few of the larger conference programs in the state have argued that the Sunday Prohibition Rule (C&CR, Section 900, (b)) should be repealed or, at least, modified to allow students to be sponsored by their League member school to more tournaments that hold rounds on Sunday.
Five Texas Schools Named Pacemaker Finalists
By Julianne Coyne | Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:58 PM
Five Texas schools have been named finalists for the 2009 National Student Press Association Pacemaker award for newspaper and seven Texas schools won the 2008 NSPA Pacemaker award for yearbook.
Two Texas Journalism Teachers Honored as Distinguished Advisers
By Julianne Coyne | Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:55 PM
Carol Richtsmeier of Midlothian High School and Ray Westbrook of St. Mark’s School of Texas have been named Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Distinguished Advisers for 2009.
New LD Handbook Availiable for Students and Coaches
By Jana Riggins | Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:52 PM
As you or your Academic Coordinator prepare your order for UIL study materials this fall, don’t forget to include the new UIL Lincoln Douglas Debate Guide.
With the continuing evolution of LD Debate and changing styles and trends, the League commissioned a brand new manual. Larry McCarty, long-time educator, successful debate coach, UIL Sponsor Excellence Award recipient and LD State Advisory Committee member is the author of this student-friendly text. Larry’s continued involvement in concentrated debate research made him a logical choice to write this new manual.
Included in the book, most notably, is an entire chapter devoted to philosophy. Additional chapters include: Introduction to LD Debate, Fundamentals of Value Debate, Evidence and Research, Preparing the Case, Cross-Examination Strategies, Communication and Refutation, and Tournament Competition.
New LD Handbook Availiable for Students and Coaches
By Jana Riggins | Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:00 PM
As you or your Academic Coordinator prepare your order for UIL study materials this fall, don’t forget to include the new UIL Lincoln Douglas Debate Guide.
With the continuing evolution of LD Debate and changing styles and trends, the League commissioned a brand new manual. Larry McCarty, long-time educator, successful debate coach, UIL Sponsor Excellence Award recipient and LD State Advisory Committee member is the author of this student-friendly text. Larry’s continued involvement in concentrated debate research made him a logical choice to write this new manual.
Included in the book, most notably, is an entire chapter devoted to philosophy. Additional chapters include: Introduction to LD Debate, Fundamentals of Value Debate, Evidence and Research, Preparing the Case, Cross-Examination Strategies, Communication and Refutation, and Tournament Competition.
All-State Journalism Staff Named
By Jeanne Acton | Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:55 PM
Thirty-seven students have been named to the 2008-09 All-State Journalism Staff. To qualify for the staff, students must have earned 50 points by participating and winning different journalism contests throughout the year. Students can earn points by participating in UIL invitational contests, UIL district, regional and state contests, as well as ILPC and similar type journalism contests.
League Announces Fall Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic
By staff | Friday, August 28, 2009 2:21 PM
Debaters eager to sink their teeth into this year’s fall topic don’t have to go hungry any longer. The Lincoln-Douglas Debate resolution released by the UIL State Office for use at invitational meets from September through December 2009 is RESOLVED: Standards of professional behavior ought to be valued above freedom of expression on social networking websites.
OAP Announcements for the New Year
By 0 | Friday, August 14, 2009 11:50 AM
New Enrollment Procedures
2009-2010 will be the first year for the new online entry system for OAP. Directors and principals will need to work in tandem to enroll, register their title and submit eligibility information.
Schools wishing to participate in OAP must enroll by midnight Oct. 1. The director will enroll the school via the Spring Meet Entry System. After that the principal will need to verify the enrollment via the Gateway System. Title Registration is required by Feb. 23 and does not require administrative verification.
No later than 10 days prior to your first contest, directors will need to submit eligibility, play and scenic information online. The principal will need to verify this also.
Instructions are available for download as a pdf or PowerPoint files from our Web site. Click on the Spring Meet Entry System button. Demonstrations will be scheduled for the Student Activities Conferences.
Do this as soon as possible and contact us regarding any bugs you may find. We hope this proves to be an efficient way to get this done.
New Fees
Please note that the reading/ set fees have gone up to $30 and that the library fee is now $7.
Student Activity Conferences Begin in Fall; Tech SAC Rescheduled for September
By Staff | Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:22 PM
Every year, the League offers four Student Activity Conferences across the state. At the conferences academic coaches, coordinators and their students can receive first-hand knowledge on how to prepare and hone their skills for the academic contests.
Texas Committee Shines at CX Topic Selection Meeting
By Jana Riggins | Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:20 PM
Texas took the lead at the 2009 Cross-Examination Debate Topic Selection meeting held August 7-9. Although the meeting was held in Grand Island, New York, our state had the largest participating delegation, with four coaches and one student authoring study reports for topic consideration and four additional Texas delegates active in Marshall subcommittees.
Each year, the CX Topic Selection meeting is sponsored by the National Federation of High School Associations and hosted by the local site state association. Representatives from states throughout the nation participate in the selection process to produce topics, five of which are tapped for a national balloting.
Preparing study reports were UIL representatives Rachell Grant from Hallsville ISD, Matthew Murrell from Round Rock McNeil HS, Kenneth Rohrback from Three Rivers and Noah Abolafia-Rosenweig, student at Smithson Valley High School, assisted by his coach, Drake Mikeska. Other delegates included Chad Flisowski, Gay Hollis, and Aaron Timmons. I served on the Wording Committee and as the official voting delegate for Texas. Dr. Rich Edwards from Baylor University served as consultant to the committee.