The University of Michigan will be running
MLK XVII on January 16, 2016, the weekend before the eponymous holiday.
This set will be completely written and edited by the University of Michigan team and playable by anyone enrolled in school. We will produce 15 packets of difficulty that uses Penn Bowl 2014 as a start point but ends up more accessible, on a slightly skewed "bell-curve" scheme of difficulty, in which every packet will have several tossups with easier-than-average answerlines, and maybe one or two tossups with answerlines of harder-than-average difficulty. We will work hard to provide all of our bonuses with true easy parts answerable by the majority of teams playing. We are proactively seeking mirrors for this tournament, which you can run for $30/team (contact Roxanne Ilagan at
railagan AT umich.edu if interested). Hosts are free to set their own payment schedules so long as they meet the mirror fee requirement.
The distribution for the tournament will be as follows:
4/4 Literature - 1/1 each American, British, and European (including classical), 1/1 Non-Western, transnational, and more of the previous three
4/4 History - 1/1 each American and World, 1/0 or 0/1 British, 1/2 or 2/1 other European (including Classical)
4/4 Science - 1/1 each Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, 1/1 Other Science (Math, Earth Science, Astronomy, Computer Science)
3/3 RMP - 1/1 each Religion, Mythology, and Philosophy
3/3 Arts - 1/1 each Painting, Classical Music, 1/0 or 0/1 Other Visual Arts (Film, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, Misc.), 1/0 or 0/1 Other Auditory Arts (Opera, Ballet, Jazz, Misc.)
1/1 Social Science
1/1 Geography, Current Events, Other
Below is the list of mirrors:
Upper Midwest:
University of Michigan - Jan. 16Northeast (Upstate New York):
University of Rochester - Jan. 16Northeast:
Columbia - Feb. 20Mid-Atlantic:
University of Maryland - Jan. 23West Coast:
University of California, San Diego - Jan. 17Pacific Northwest:
Deep South:
University of Louisiana, Lafayette - Jan. 16Southeast:
University of South Carolina - Jan. 16Lower Midwest: Truman State - Jan. 23
Canada:
University of Toronto - Jan. 16UK:
Florida:
University of Central Florida - Jan. 16
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Auroni on Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:19 pm, edited 9 times in total.