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Temple Debate Society is thrilled to invite you to its Fall 2025 GM tournament: 28 Speaks Later: The Bone Temple. The tournament will be held on December 5th and 6th. Registration is due on Monday, December 1st at 11:59pm. Please let us know if you need an extension or there are circumstances preventing you from meeting deadlines. Join us as we try to survive the end (of the semester), and let the argumentative rage consume you during 5 in-rounds of loose-link, gov-choice, opp-flex debate, followed by a break to varsity semis and novice finals (break size subject to change).*** Contact information ***
The kind of vibe we’re bringing as hosts: https://www.dexerto.com/cdn-image/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/02/28-years-Later-Jimmies.jpg
Tournament Directors:
Dom Passafiume (FB messenger, 412-209-8207)
Natalia Caid (FB messenger, 773-971-6888)
Tab and Finance: Nolan Greenways (FB messenger or 484-354-7000)
Food: Hayden Shuker & Nile Mahmood (FB messenger)
Housing: Willow Tapp (FB messenger)
Judging: Rocco Spinozzi-D’Andrea (FB messenger)
*** Tab ***
The tab policy text from 2018 getting brought back a sixth time: https://www.fangoria.com/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/YearsTopper.jpg.webp
Tab Director: Nolan Greenways
Tab Observer: Joey Rubas
Tab policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NHUtTrF7MHq59U0pX6Y7vLxVleaAhZWF-jOnQseNG5g/
*** Locations ***
You if you don’t pay attention to this part:
GA and all rounds will be in Tuttleman Learning Center on both Friday and Saturday (1809 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6022). This is a different building than we’ve previously used. Also, please double-check you are navigating to Temple University on North Broad Street, and not one of the several other Tuttleman Centers in Philadelphia.
Social will be held near Broad and Diamond, at a team member’s house within a 2 minute walk of campus. Housing assignments at Temple are all within walking distance of campus and each other. Some housing assignments may be at Penn or Drexel.
*** Tournament schedule ***
Friday, December 5:
3:00 PM: Check-in opens
3:30 PM: Check-in closes (scratches will not be accepted after this point)
3:30 PM: Briefings
4:00 PM: Round 1
5:30 PM: Dinner
6:15 PM: Round 2
7:45 PM: Round 3
~10:00 PM: Social
Saturday, December 6:
8:00 AM: Breakfast
8:45 AM: Check-in closes
9:00 AM: Round 4
10:30 AM: Round 5
12:30 PM: Lunch, Awards, and Break Announcements
1:15 PM: Outs start
NOTE: We absolutely must be out of the building by 9:55 p.m. on Friday. If Friday runs late and we cannot start Round 3 before 8:15 p.m., we reserve the right to move Round 3 to Saturday.
*** Registration ***
Post-round debriefs with your nov: https://ew.com/thmb/a11btf9q9H0ss6vosPSkil7DT1I=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/28-years-later-1-061825-1735d7329de54857a667983663c39aa0.jpg
All forms must be submitted by 11:59 pm on Monday, December 1. However, we humbly request that schools try to register in advance of this deadline and limit last minute changes to the extent possible, in order to respect the Thanksgiving break and demands of finals.
School Reg (submit this once for your school): https://forms.gle/AENYTryfyP4ZbtgP8
Team Reg (submit this once per team): https://forms.gle/FJRNpxiN2p7zpJ6Y6
Judge Reg (submit this once per judge): https://forms.gle/BmUzP9b6UWirMaw67
Housing form in pursuant section.
*** Payment ***
Late payment collection methods:
Our tournament is PAY-TO-PLAY. Teams that do not provide payment/contact us before the date of the tournament with proof that the payment process has been initiated will be dropped. Proof of payment should be sent to Nolan Greenways.
Reg is $140/team with an additional fee of $80 per missing judge.
We are willing to offer reg breaks to schools with demonstrated need. Contact Nolan Greenways.
Teams paying by cash, PayPal, or venmo will receive a $15 discount on reg.
PayPal: @templedebate
Venmo: @ngreenways
Checks must be made payable to Temple University. Memo line should say “Temple Debate Society Tournament”
You can give us checks in person at team check in. If mailed, they can be sent to the attention of:
Stephanie Tschanz
College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
Mazur Hall, 12 Floor
1114 W. Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
*** Judging ***
First-tournament novices in the 3-0: https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/28-Days-Later-Chimp.jpg
Anyone is welcome to judge regardless of gender identity.
We will be enforcing a strict judging requirement of (n-1)/2 rounded up. Judges must be available at least 3 rounds to count. Only dinos or varsities will count to the requirement, though novices are welcome to come to judge as well. Teams will be charged $80 per missing judge. Judging director is Rocco Spinozzi-D’Andrea.
*** Equity ***
Our equity officers will be Violet Whitmire (UVA, in-person), and TBD (TBD, probably virtual). At least the first, and probably the second, prefer to be contacted via FB messenger.
*** Food ***
Enjoying Saturday’s mystery meal: https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/28-years-later-new-main.jpg
We will provide dinner on Friday (pizza), breakfast on Saturday (bagels & coffee), and lunch on Saturday (TBD). We will accommodate dietary needs (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, etc.), so please remember to include this in your school reg form. Contact Nile Mahmood or Hayden Shuker with any questions about dietary accommodations. The social will have pasta and hot chocolate.
*** Housing ***
Us waking you up:
Crash housing will be allocated first come first serve (some crash assignments may be at Penn/Drexel). Do reach out, especially if lodging costs are an issue for you, as unless turnout is unexpectedly high, we could probably house most teams, though sacrificing maximum floorspace comfortability and gender-exclusivity.
We have Saturday housing available.
Crash housing form: https://forms.gle/7XuScLPJMf3R9yb9A
For hotels, The Conwell Inn is the closest (it is on campus). Otherwise, there are several hotels in Center City.
*** Travel ***
Dream I-95 traffic: https://tinyurl.com/2zydach9
A map and directions with public transit and parking info can be found here. They don’t want us to tell you this, but secret parking hack: we live in a city and there’s free street parking if you can find an unmetered, unrestricted spot off-campus. Look on 11th and 10th Streets between Norris Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, or on 13th, 12th, or 11th just south of Cecil.
*** Miscellaneous ***
What to expect at the social: https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-thedailyfandom-org/2021/05/c9a28783-28-days-rage-1024x499.jpeg
Temple University is a dry campus. Alcohol is prohibited on campus. Please do not bring any, you would be banned from buildings and our organization would face consequences.
We will be having a social at an off-campus private residence on Friday night! Contact Nolan Greenways for advance questions on post-third-round vibes.
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