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Mark your calendars – our next meeting is on the books.  The MDTA will hold its spring MDTA General Membership meeting on May 5th, 2012 at Midland Hills Country Club.  The meeting will start at 1:00 PM and is scheduled to last a few hours.  We will have details agenda information coming out in the next couple of weeks.  But the high level agenda will include:

- Outreach Program
- Public Forum State Tournament Rules & Process
- MSHSL State Tournament Rules Review (Judge selection, tabbing procedure, more)
- Novice Case Limits & Novice Evidence Packet for Policy Debate
- 2012 MDTA Jamboree

All MDTA Members are welcome to attend.  If you are not a member, you can come to the meeting and become a member on the spot.

Once we have the documents ready for each area of interest, I’ll start a thread in the forums about each agenda item as we might be able to accomplish some pre-discussion.

What is the value of a college education?  We may think we already know the answer, but what we know for sure is the 26 Public Forum teams sure had plenty of arguments on both sides for the second year of the Public Forum State Tournament.

Adithya Balaji and Tony Bigelow of Eastview High School defeated Eagan’s Maggie Parra and David Wickard on a 5-2 decision to take home the championship.  Balaji and Bigelow’s argument of the benefits and costs of a college education followed nine rounds of debate over two days.

Sharing in a weekend of success was the semi-finalists teams from Champlin Park and Blaine High School.  Rounding out Quarter-Finalists were teams from St. Paul Academy, Wazyata and Eagan.  Congrats to all students who participated.

Full Results – Elim Bracket