Look for 2025 Phi Rho Pi Information after January of 2025
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Transportation Information:
Airport: Norfolk International Airport, 7.0 Miles Train: Amtrak Train Station
Banquet formation:
Come dressed as if you were planning to set sail...
CHICKEN PICCATA Pan Seared Breast with Lemon Caper Sauce with Seasonal Vegetable
Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Boursin Cheese Sauce or Olive Oil Drizzle. (Vegan)
Cheesecake with fresh fruit
Hotel Information:
2025 Norfolk, VA - Sheraton Norfolk Waterside - April 7th - 12th
Name of Hotel (and Link) Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel
Hotel’s negotiated rate for Phi Rho Pi :
$139 per night + $20.85 (15% Tax Per night) + $3.00 night = $162.85 Per night (Phi Rho Pi Rate)
Dates
PRP Rates begin as early as Thursday April 3rd, 2025 – Saturday April 12th, 2025 (check out Sunday April 13th)
What is in each room
Mini Fridge – YES
Microwave – NO
Coffee & Tea Maker- YES
Iron & Ironing Board- YES
Hair Dryer – YES
King or Double/Double
Roll-aways (very very limited number)
What the hotel has
Fitness Center (open 24 hours) Laundry Area (open 24 hours) Pool (There is an outdoor pool- not heated, and it will not be open in April) One Restaurant (Decent Seating) One Bar (Limited Seating
Check-in Time
4:00 PM. (Firm)
Check-out Time
12:00 PM (Firm)
Billing Arrangements (For Room and Tax)
If you need to pay via Check, contact the PRP Treasurer, Nathan Carter, at [email protected] and/or Vice President for Tournament, Rolland Petrello ASAP so he can share details with you. PRP schools needing to pay via Check MUST send in their Check 7 days before arrival. To assist with this knowing your room needs earlier would be helpful. If you pay via credit card the hotel will require each school provide a copy of the card to be used for room and taxes prior to arrival. The hotel will provide a unique link to each school after the deadline posted on FTN to enter your rooming needs. It will take the hotel 5-8 business days after this deadline to send out the unique link to each school to provide the card number in advance.
Reminders About Invoices From The Hotel After The Tournament Concludes
The hotel cannot provide a copy of your final invoices upon checkout. Instead, the hotel will provide the invoices/receipts 5-7 business days after the tournament concludes, allowing them time to run an audit that all appropriate charges were applied to each school’s folio prior to generating and invoice. Don't hesitate to contact Nathan, Phi Rho Pi Treasurer, if you have concerns or questions.
Reminder About Hotel reservations
Please review the ForensicTournament.Net website for the 2025 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament for information on inputting your rooming needs. After the posted deadline in the invite, only the Vice President for Tournament, Rolland Petrello can input changes to your submitted room needs to the hotel. Please communicate all rooming needs to Rolland after the registration closes in FTN.
What is around the hotel (Food, Drink and Fun)
Please see the attached items that help explain what is close by. As a reference point, the MAP shows (#21) Waterside District, the Waterside District is just a 3-minute walk from the Sheraton Hotel. In addition, the hotel will offer special PRP grab and go lunches on starting on Tuesday at an affordable price. Exact menu options to be shared later. Though there is not FREE breakfast, the hotel offers Complimentary Coffee to all guests 6:30 am- 11am each day in the lobby AND there are complimentary snacks (4pm-6pm) each day in the lobby. The hotel does have a restaurant and bar on site open 6am-12:00 am. (Bar will stay open later provided there is business) The continental breakfast buffet at the hotel restaurant is $12 plus tax. The full breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant (Saturdays and Sunday only) is $19 per person plus tax.
2025 T-shirt design / THEME
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Look at what is NEW for the 2025 Phi Rho Pi Tournament:
Individual Events: Half of the Bronze round will now advance to the Gold / Silver Round. Impromptu: Competitors will not be allowed to reuse examples during the National Tournament. Debate: Will now be 5 rounds and not 6 rounds of prelims - Records of 3-2 will advance. Debate: Electronic flowing in Parli and IPDA must be done on Google Docs or Sheets. Look at what is NEW for the 2024 Phi Rho Pi Tournament A student may now have two duos (with different partners) entered into the tournament. Duo Points have changed: 20 points for Gold / 15 points for Silver / 10 points for Bronze Self contained devices may be used to flow during IPDA and Parliamentary debate rounds but only without internet connection. Look at what is NEW for the 2023 Phi Rho Pi Tournament InterpTheater (IT): Reading stands, stools, chairs, ladders, steps, black boxes, props and lighting may now be used. Individual Events with 20 or fewer entries will go directly to a final round. Parliamentary Debate - During the debate, debaters will be limited to using any hand-written notes or types notes they have prepared during prep time. Debaters will not be allowed to use the internet during the round or use the copy and paste function when prepping notes electronically. Parliamentary and IPDA - will have a choice of 5 resolutions (2 policy - 2 value or Fact + 1 additional of either Policy, Fact or Value) Reminder of what was new for the Phi Rho Pi 2022 Tournament: Phi Rho Pi now allows third year members to compete. You may now double enter in one (not all) of the following patterns:
Slots are used to determine placement in sweepstakes categories have changed:
Interpreter’s Theatre is now limited to black boxes, props and lighting. All participants at the 2022 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament must be COVID-19 vaccinated prior to March 20th, 2022, in order to participate. |
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Title IX TRAINING
Phi Rho Pi does not tolerate any behaviors which constitute sexual harassment. In order to protect the safety of all participants, everyone who attends the National Tournament should undergo Title IX/sexual harassment training as mandated by their home institution. All participants, judges, students, staff, and coaches must engage in Title IX training between August 1, 2022 and April 3, 2023.
The preferred option for training is that program’s make use of appropriate offices on a school’s home campus. Once complete, proof of completion forms should be submitted at registration.