SNEWT is now four weeks away as of yesterday... Currently, our field consists of: CWRU (1) Penn (1 or 2) (tentative) Swarthmore (2) U. Virginia (1) U. Maryland (2) U. Delaware (2) Bryn Mawr (2) We are setting a tentative upper limit to the field at 18; if you plan on attending, please inform us soon, so we can finalize room arrangements. If you've already registered, please let us know soon exacly how many buzzers and moderators you are planning on bringing, and remember, the no-penalty packet deadline is the 30th. The Swarthmore College Bowl Team is glad to formally announce our annual fall junior bird tournament, SNEWT VII, which will be held on Saturday, November 16th, 2002 at Swarthmore College (Kohlberg Hall) in Swarthmore, PA. The format will be mod. ACF; packet submission; each team is required to submit a packet except in special cases approved by the tournament director. Email Chris White at cwhite2_at_... to register. All undergraduates in their first two years of intercollegiate quizbowl are eligible to compete in SNEWT. The base fee for a school's first team is $80; this includes breakfast and pizza for lunch. Extra teams are $60, and the mimimum fee for any team is $40. Discounts/penalties are as follows: - $10 for an *experienced* moderator - $10 for a *working* buzzer - $10 for each 300 miles (rounded down) + $10 for an extra pizza (remember, each team already gets one) + $35 for no-shows (except in case of emergencies) Packet deadlines are as follows: - $0 if submitted by noon, Wednesday October 30 2002 + $10 if submitted by noon, Wednesday November 6 2002 + $20 if submitted by noon, Wednesday November 13 2002 + $30 for anything submitted later; or no packet at all. Packet distribution should be approximately as follows; the amount of tossups and boni in specific areas should be equal. The questions should be ACF-style, but less difficult, as this is a junior bird. Guidelines can be found at http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html. Literature- 5 (incl. at least one American, English, and foreign language) Science- 5 (incl. at least one bio, chem, physics, and math/computer science) History- 4 (incl. at least one American, one other Western, and one non-Western) Religion, Philosophy, Mythology- 2 or 3 Art- 1 or 2 Music- 1 or 2 Social Sciences- 1 or 2 Trash/ General Knowledge/Sports- 2 Current Events- 1 Total: 25 Tossups, 25 Boni. Email them to cwhite2_at_.... I look forward to seeing many of you in November! Chris White President, Swarthmore College Bowl
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