Debate: Looking Forward

CONSTRUCTIVE POINTS 1. Xerxes 2. Winter Carnival and NORAM applications 3. Meeting times for next semester 1. Xerxes Carleton's Fifth Annual Xerxes Cup Tournament took place this past weekend with great success. Over 40 local area high schools and even a few not so local ones contributed teams, making this tournament one of the biggest ever run by CUDS. The show round held on the Friday evening, showcasing the talents of the likes of Ben Piper and Adam Coombs as the government, and Ryan Androsoff and Mike Powell as opposition, was very much amusing, causing the audience to repeatedly break out into full-fledged laughter. The food with discounts contributed by the Great Canadian Bagel, Fat Albert's, Loeb, et. al. was very popular, and proved to be more than a match for the collective appetite. All in all, the Xerxes tournament was a great success, thanks to the Chief Adjudicator Mike Powell, Chief Tabs Officer Wayne Chu and especially tournament co-directors Jessica Scorpio and Jordan Charbonneau, as well as the countless volunteers who made this tournament run as smoothly as possible. Excellent work; this experience will contribute much towards CUDS hosting Nationals in March. 2. Winter Carnival and NORAM applications If you are interested in representing Carleton at the Winter Carnival (McGill U., January 20-22) or North American Championship (U of T, January 27-29) tournaments, please post your interest on CUSIDnet or contact the executive at exec(a)carletondebate.org. 3. Meeting times for next semester The CUDS executive will soon be deciding on a new evening meeting time for next semester. If you have any preferences as to what evenings work or don't work for you, please post them on the CUSIDnet thread. ***Do not reply directly to this email. Please send all questions and comments to vpcom(a)carletondebate.org***