This is to confirm that(as previously announced) ACF Southeast Regionals will be held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Sat., Feb 14, 2004. We'll also have a trash tournament as well (ACF Detox, details to follow) on Sun., Feb. 15, but of course you need not attend both. ACF Regionals registration begins on Sat. 2/14 at 9 AM EST in the new Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics Building on the UTC campus (see below for directions.) Announcements are at 9:45; play begins at 10 AM. Much of what's below repeats what has already been stated in ACF's announcement; apologies for the redundancy. ELIGIBILITY: ACF Regionals will be an untimed academic tournament open to collegiate teams only. Teams may contain up to four players (plus alternates), all from the same school; each member of the team must take at least one class for credit during the school year. PACKET SUBMISSION: Every team in attendance will be required to submit a packet except for the following: 1. Teams composed entirely of first- and second-year players. 2. Teams that have not attended an ACF Regional Tournament in two or more years. 3. C teams and lower (all A and B teams are required to submit a packet unless they meet the exemptions above). All packets should be sent to editor Roger Bhan at rsbhan _at_ hotmail.com. *IMPORTANT NOTE: Each team's packet must remain blind to other teams from the same school.* In case you missed ACF's earlier announcements, the last packet discount deadline is almost upon us, but there is still time to get your packet in without penalty. See FEES below for packet discount/penalty details. Each packet should contain 25 toss-up and 25 bonus questions. The distribution is as follows: Literature – 5/5 Science – 5/5 History – 5/5 Religion/Mythology/Philosophy – 3/3 Fine Arts – 3/3 Social Science – 2/2 Miscellaneous (either literature, science, or history) – 2/2 In addition to the above categories, teams may opt to submit 1/1 additional pop culture questions, though there is no guarantee that these will be used. Please make sure your questions are diversified within each category (e.g. at least 1 physics, 1 chemistry, and 1 biology per 5 science questions) and are free from spelling and grammatical errors. Please refer to the ACF Question Writing Guidelines and Supplement when putting your packet together. These can be found at http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/columns.html. FEES: Base fee: $100 per team Minimum fee after discounts: $60 Discount for buzzer: -$5 Discount for competent full-time official: -$10 Discount for competent full-time official for ACF Detox on Sun. 2/15/04: -$10 Discount for original, blind trash packet for ACF Detox: -$15 Discount for original, blind packet suitable for use in UTC's Mar. 20 high school tournament: -$15 Discount for additional teams from the same school: -$10 for the second team, -$15 for additional teams beyond that Packet submission deadlines are as follows: -$30 for packets submitted by December 15, 2003 -$20 for packets submitted by January 4, 2004 -$10 for packets submitted by January 14, 2004 No penalty for packets submitted by February 3, 2004 +$50 for packets submitted after February 3, 2004 DIRECTIONS: ***Note changes*** From Atlanta and points south -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 west towards downtown, then follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 North, downtown Chattanooga. From 27 North take the 4th Street exit, within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. Continue past the UTC Arena on 4th St., which thereafter bends left to become E. 3rd St. You'll pass the usual cemetery, but this time it'll be on the *right*, followed by a very small side street to ignore. Continue to the next cross street, Palmetto. Turn right on Palmetto St. The ESCM Building is on Palmetto, one block down on the right. Look for the breezeway through the middle of the building and enter the door to the right of the breezeway; Card Family Auditorium is just inside on your left. * From Knoxville and points north -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 West; directions from there same as above. * From Nashville and points west/north: Take I-24 east to Chattanooga. As you round Moccasin Bend (freeway goes alongside river) watch for two exit lanes on the right; take the less rightward of the two, which will have signs above it for U.S. 27 N. Rest of directions are the same as above. * From Birmingham and points southwest: Take I-59 to the outskirts of Chattanooga, where it dead-ends into I-24. Get on I-24 East and follow the Nashville directions from there.
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