Mark O. Hatfield Debates

February 22-23, 2008

On behalf of the staff and students of the Willamette Philomathean Society, I am happy to invite you and your best parliamentary debating teams to the ninth annual Mark O. Hatfield debates. The Hatfield debates will be held on our campus on February 22 - 23. The tournament will host open divisions of the traditional NPDA version of parliamentary debate as well as four-team debate based on the model of the World Universities Debate Council. Our intent is to provide a gracious and leisurely tournament where debaters have the time to engage in social activities as well as competition.To ensure a competitive yet relaxed atmosphere, we will include time in the schedule for meals-many of them provided by the tournament. On Friday, we will provide a reception and tournament dinner. On Saturday and Sunday, we will provide a luncheon as well as an awards reception

Leave the hassles of individual events for one weekend and join us for a weekend of debating.

For the Willamette University Debate Union,

Robert Trapp