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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

Registration is open for the 2012 MDTA Public Forum State Tournament to be held at Blaine High School on January 6th and 7th.  Registration can be done by e-mailing rbrynteson -at- brynteson.info.  Because of how the holidays hit, we will leave registration open until January 4th, 2012.  At registration, please have all judges listed so an accurate strike list can be created.

Friday

• 3:30 – 3:45 – Registration
• 4:00 PM – 1
• 5:00 PM – 2
• Dinner
• 6:30 PM – 3
• 7:30 PM – 4

Saturday

• 9:00 AM – 5
• 10:15 AM – 6
• Lunch
• Noon – Quarters
• 1:00 PM – Semis
• 2:30 – Finals
• 3:30 – Awards

A judges/coaches lounge with snacks and food will be available throughout the tournament.  Snacks (candy, chips, granola bars, and fruit) beverages (soda and water) will be available to students during the tournament.  Food is through pre-order only.  Pizza (pepperoni, cheese, annd/or sausage) is $6 and can be ordered for Friday.  6″ subs (veggie, ham, and/or turkey) are $3 and can be ordered for Saturday.  ALL FOOD ORDERS NEED TO BE SENT TO ROSS EICHELE (ross.eichele@anoka.k12.mn.us) BY 5:00 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH.  Students are also welcome to bring their own food or order out if they wish.

Schools Already Registered:

• Blaine – 2 Teams
• Blake School – 3 Teams
• Brainerd – 1 Team
• Eagan – 3 Teams
• Eastview – 3 Teams
• Maple Grove – 2 Teams
• Robbinsdale Cooper – 3 Teams
• Robbinsdale Armstrong – 2 Teams
• SPA – 2 Teams
• St. Francis – 2 Teams

Well, we are two more tournaments into the season with only SPA, Blake, St. Francis and State Qualifiers remaining for the MDTA Cup this season.  Here are your top 5 with full updates also available.

CX - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-cx-2011/ (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

LD - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-ld-2011/  (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

PF - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-pf-2011/ (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

LD Debate

LD School

PF Debate

PF School

Policy Debate

Policy School