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 * Valley Forensics Team Members: What you can do over the summer **

[] Read up on the NEW requirements for participation in the People Speak debates. Topics for 2010-11 will be announced in August. []
 * 1 –The People Speak **

The Prepared Oration must be on some aspect of the Constitution of the United States with emphasis on the duties and obligations of a citizen to our government. [] Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
 * 2 – American Legion Oratory Contest: **
 * Assigned topics for 2011 contest **
 * Amendment 8 **
 * Amendment 10 **
 * Amendment 26 **
 * Amendment 27 **

[] Topic will be released soon. Watch the semi-finals and finals on line: [|http://www.bickelbrewer.com/#/home]
 * 3 - Bickel and Brewer Online Debate: **

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 * 4 – Consider writing and producing your own FOX61 Student News video. **

Check out Nidz’s webpage. Are you interested in Mock Congress? Then see where you might compete, let Ms. Nidz know you are interested in attending, and then begin writing your own bill to be submitted. We could do Harvard. |https://vrhs-forensics.wikispaces.com/
 * 5 – Valley’s Forensics Info Page: **


 * 6 - National Forensic Debate Topic: ** (for Harvard, Yale, east coast NFL tournaments)

2010-2011 Policy Debate Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.

Keep up to date with all the announced debate topics in all areas of debate on: []
 * 7 – Topics announced! **