).
UTNIF Dates and Prices:
- Plan I &nb
sp; June 23-July 10
$1,099
- Plan I--Top Lab June 23-July 10
$1,099
- Novice I &nb
sp; June 23-July 10
$1,099
- Plan I Extension June 23-July 14
$1,399
- Plan II Extension July 10-August 2 $1,799
- Plan II &n
bsp; July 14-August 2
$1,499
- Novice II &n
bsp; July 14-July 31st $1,099
- Supersession June 23-August 2
$2,599
The 2000 UTNIF Faculty Included:
Jairus Grove, U. Chicago
Kevin Kuswa, UT
Stephen Stetson, UT
Steve Clemmons, Macalaster
Derek Gaffrey, Wayne State Law
Jonny Rodden, Independent Scholar
Cindy Kim, UT
Brian McBride, Northwestern
Eric Jenkins, U. Missouri, Kansas City
Jonathon McCartney, UT
Joel Rollins, UT
Daniela Dwyer, UT
David Breshears, UT
Eric Emerson, The Kinkaid H.S.
Kirk Evans, UT
Kelly Congdon, Georgetown H.S.
JV Reed, The Kinkaid H.S.
Kate Shuster, Seattle Debate
Ken Ogden, Stratford H.S.
Chris Burk, UT
Laura Nathan, UT
Loren Dent, UT
Joel Page, University of Texas Law
The Brar Brothers, UT
UTNIF 2001
The University
of Texas National Institute in Forensics
PLAN I and the PLAN I Extension
{Plan I (June 23 July 10),
Plan I Extension (June 23 July 14)}
Plan I
This session
involves regular lab meetings, electives, negative research projects, numerous
practice rounds, and an extremely low staff-to-student ratio. For 7 years,
the UTNIF Plan I in Debate has been an extremely successful workshop for debaters
of all levels of experience. Our staff is the most motivated and qualified
in the country, and we pride ourselves in bringing top-notch instruction to students
for reasonable rates. Students stay in comfortable private dorms and tuition
includes a full meal plan in one of the nation's best cafeterias. In addition
to hundreds of hours of instruction from this country's most advanced debate experts,
each Plan I student will receive a copy of a complete affirmative with extensions
as well as all of the negative research projects produced by the workshop.
Plan I Extension
If students want to
participate in the intersession immediately following Plan I (July 10 14)
we now offer the Plan I Extension. The Extension will extend the workshop
four days, including room and board. The four day period following Plan
I will involve directed learning, including micro-debates, small research projects,
and group discussion. The intersession also involves the construction of
theory blocks and a 6-hour video-taped dialogue relating critical theory, post-structuralism,
and performance to debate.
The SuperSession
{The UTNIF SuperSession (June 23
August 2)}
The Best of All Worlds
SuperS ession
Students will enjoy Plan I, the Intersession, and Plan II. This is a popular
option for debaters who want to be fully prepared for success at the beginning
of the season. ALSO, SuperSession students will receive a free copy of all
the Wave 1 affirmative lab evidence as well as all of the negative generics and
supplements.
Plan I involves regular lab meetings, electives, negative research projects, numerous
practice rounds, and an extremely low staff-to-student ratio. Our staff
is the most motivated and qualified in the country, and we pride ourselves in
bringing top-notch instruction to students for reasonable rates.
Plan II Labs will
meet for both affirmative and negative work, but students will have the freedom
to choose the instructors they work with and the arguments they research.
Plan II allows maximum creativity and expression in an intense and inspirational
debate environment. Our unsurpassed staff pulls out all the stops during
Plan II; experimenting with cutting edge debate theory, extracting concepts from
authors like Foucault and Spivak to apply to the debate process, and honing speeches
on issues like counterplan net benefits, narratives, topicality, and kritiks.
Students stay in comfortable private dorms and tuition includes a full meal plan
in one of the nation's best cafeterias.
The Intersession
The Intersession will
add four days to the middle of the workshop, including room and board. This
four day period involves directed learning, micro-debates, small research projects,
and group discussion. The Intersession also involves the construction of
theory blocks and a 6-hour video-taped dialogue. This year's intersession
dialogues will focus on kritiking, answering kritiks, and contemporary issues
relating debate to critical theory, post-structuralism, and performance.
The
Top Lab & The Scholars Program
{The Experienced Lab During
Plan 1 (June 23 July 10)}
Get Ready For One of the Most
Intense and Rewarding Lab Experiences in the Country
We have already started recruiting
the top returning debaters to join us in what we believe will be the best lab
experience in the country. Lots of practice rounds, complex theory discussions,
critical theory reading groups, and intense research are only the beginnings.
The Scholars Program
The
scholars are chosen by merit and each scholar will receive a small reduction in
tuition as well as evidence supplements. We plan on expanding this program
to at least 8 students such that a majority of students in the top lab are scholars.
The scholars will be given teaching responsibilities as well as debating in demonstration
rounds early in the workshop.
The Instruction
We are
pleased to announce that Kevin
Kuswa and David
Breshears will be working with
a Third Lab Leader
to guide and direct the top lab at the UTNIF. This group will invariably
learn as much from each other as from the instructors.
Kevin Kuswa, ABD,
is currently a debate coach and a doctoral candidate in Rhetoric at UT. Kevin
was named the College of Communication's 1999 Graduate Student of the year and
has taught upper-division Argument for UT during the past 2 years. His coaching
for UT spans 7 years, including UT's only appearances in the NDT semi-finals.
In his first year as a debate coach, Kevin helped to coach Dartmouth to the NDT
championship. As a debater, he reached the NDT elimination rounds four consecutive
years, winning in 1992. As a high school debater for the Albuquerque Academy,
Kevin was in the finals of the 1988 ToC and was named the top individual speaker
at NFL nationals.
David Breshears,
MA, is currently a debate coach and a doctoral student in Rhetoric at UT. As a
student, David was the first MA recipient of the prestigious J. H. Jones fellowship,
awarded to the top scholar in the college. David is an experienced and talented
debate coach, taking North Texas to the elims at the NDT before coaching multiple
first round teams to elims at the NDT for Texas. As one of UT's most successful
debaters, David made four appearances at the NDT, receiving First Round At-Large
bids three of those years. He and his partners reached the finals of Harvard
and won the Emory, North Carolina, USC, and UNT Tournaments.
PLAN II
and PLAN
II Extension
{Plan II Extension (July 10 August
2), Plan II (July 14 August 2)}
Plan II
This session
involves more self-directed learning than Plan I. Labs will meet for both
affirmative and negative work, but students will have the freedom to choose the
instructors they work with and the arguments they research. Every
year the UTNIF Plan II in Debate attracts more and more students. The reason
for this is simple: Plan II allows maximum creativity and expression in an intense
and inspirational debate environment. Our unsurpassed staff pulls out all
the stops during Plan II; experimenting with cutting edge debate theory, extracting
concepts from authors like Foucault and Spivak to apply to the debate process,
and honing speeches on issues like counterplan net benefits, narratives, topicality,
and kritiks. Students stay in comfortable private dorms and tuition includes
a full meal plan in one of the nation's best cafeterias. In addition to
hundreds of hours of instruction from America's most advanced debate experts,
each Plan II student will receive a copy of a complete affirmative as well as
all of the negative research projects produced by the workshop.
Plan II Extension
If students want to
participate in the intersession immediately preceding Plan I (July 10 14)
we now offer the Plan II Extension. The Extension will add four days to
the front-end of the workshop, including room and board. The four day period
involves directed learning, micro-debates, small research projects, and group
discussion. The intersession also involves the construction of theory blocks
and a 6-hour video-taped dialogue relating critical theory, post-structuralism,
and performance to debate.
Novice Debate Sessions
{Novice I (June 23
July 10) and Novice II (July 14 July 31)}
The Novice Debate Sessions are a new addition
to the UTNIF for the 2001 year. The sessions are the same, the only difference
being the dates. The length, instruction, intensity, and price are all identical
for Novice I and Novice II.
The Concept
The Novice Sessions will emphasize
small learning environments, the foundations of contemporary debate theory, and
sound principles of public speaking. Each debater will experience multiple
practice rounds, hands-on assistance researching and writing blocks, a practice
tournament, and interaction with all the UTNIF instructors.
The Instruction
We are pleased to announce
that the Novice Sessions at the UTNIF will be directed by Dr. Joel Rollins.
Because we guarantee a small student-to-staff ratio, more instructors such as
Cindy Kim (UT) and Ken Ogden (Stratford) will join Dr. Rollins in
the Novice Sessions as enrollment increases. The novice debaters will also
have opportunities to work with all UTNIF staff members, and many electives will
be offered to allow a diversity of instruction. It really is an unparalleled
opportunity for inexperienced debaters to work so closely with Dr. Rollins, the
author of an extremely well-received dissertation on the practices of education.
Joel is also very excited to work closely with students just beginning to enter
debate.
Moreover, Dr. Joel Rollins, PhD, has served as Director of UT's debate
program for the past 12 years, during which time UT teams have reached the finals
of every major national tournament. Over the past nineteen years, his lab
students have won every major level of competition, including the NDT, the NFL,
and several State Championships. Joel is also Chair of NDT District III
as well as being one of the most socially active and engaged Directors of Debate
in the country.
Details and Additional Information
Email us for an application or
if you have any questions:
joel rollins <jd.rollins@mail.utexas.edu>, kevin kuswa <k.kuswa@mail.utexas.edu>,
david breshears <d.breshears@mail.utexas.edu>
(for more information on our summer
debate institute, go to www.utexas.edu/coc/speech/debate/adi.html).