Program Guide 1 INTRODUCTION WHAT IS COLLEGE BOWL? game. The players, the audience and your school all benefit from the College Bowl program. College Bowl is a question and answer game of general knowledge and quick recall. It spotlights the fastest minds HOW TO USE THIS KIT on campus as they excel on the playing field of knowledge. Game questions cover every conceivable topic, from The College Bowl Program Guide is designed to history, literature, science, multiculturalism, religion and assist in creating the best Campus Program pos- geography to current events, the arts, social sciences, sible. Accordingly, it is broken up into chapters sports and popular culture. that follow the general flow of running the College College Bowl is a simple program to run. We Bowl program on your campus.. provide all the information and materials needed to implement the program, including: “Getting Started” is organized to help you plan and promote the Campus Tournament. The process is Game Packets of carefully researched questions and outlined step by step with tips and suggestions to answers for the campus tournament. give your tournament plenty of exposure on campus. A Toll-Free Help line to assist campus personnel in The CD-ROM is chock full of templates for flyers, planning and executing the campus tournament. table tents, door hangers and more! 800-234-2695 x.106 Website located at www.collegebowl.com “Campus Volunteers” lists job descriptions for the A quarterly newsletter, College Bowl Q&A, with news, volunteer game officials you will need for your tour- interviews, results of intercollegiate matches and other nament and provides training resources to make information. sure they’re comfortable with the game College Bowl can also supply additional products to aid your tournament, including lockout systems, cer- tificates and t-shirts. In addition, promotional videos “Game Rules” is a complete listing of the game and tapes of past tournaments are available to help rules as well as sample discrepancy situations. A with promotion or training of your team. Rules Quiz is included on the CD-ROM to facilitate understanding and awareness of all the rules. CAMPUS PROGRAM OVERVIEW “Your Tournament” outlines the steps to actually College Bowl was created in 1953 and was on radio from “run” your tournament. Everything from a game room 1953 to 1957. From 1959 to 1955, College Bowl was a weekly set-up diagram and equipment checklist to sample television series. But the most significant development tournament charts are included in this chapter. came in 1977, with the creation of the campus program and official intercollegiate competition. “Coaching Your Team” offers suggestions and strat- College Bowl began official intercollegiate competition egies for turning your campus Varsity Squad into a in 1977. The campus program and regional and national contender at intercollegiate tournaments and the tournament play are organized and administered in Regionals. Everything from training drills, study cooperation with the Association of College Unions resources, question writing tips and more can be International (ACUI). found here. College Bowl is organized on three tournament levels. Each campus plays a campus tournament. Each school “Attending the Regionals” includes sign-up infor- has complete control of the timing, format and organization mation for the Regional Championship Tournament of its campus tournament. The best players from each and offers gameplay strategies to keep your team school then play in the regional championship, which is sharp in the heat of the game. conducted in late winter. The 15 regional champions square off in the national championship tournament. College Bowl is an excellent program for your campus. It is inexpensive; it is competitive and fun; it brings faculty, staff and students together and it reaches out to students not always attracted to other programs. College Bowl is an event with campus-wide appeal. It has drama and excitement, from the campus tournament through the nationals. It recognizes intellectual achievement and helps students learn the values of group participation, gamesmanship and more. It successfully combines entertainment and academics into a popular 2 THE NATIONAL TIMETABLE: 2007-2008 September 15 Game Packet Shipping Begins All College Bowl game packet orders placed to date will be shipped to schools. Orders received after that time are shipped weekly. Early-Order Discount Deadline All schools ordering game packets by September 15th receive a discount. Fall ACUI Regional Conferences Your ACUI College Bowl regional coordinator is available at the ACUI regional conference to answer your questions and assist you in starting a College Bowl program on your campus. Educational sessions are often offered at many conferences. September - Campus Program January Each school holds its campus tournament (on dates it determines) to select the Varsity Squad. February 1 Deadline for Regional Championship Tournament Eligibility Forms Schools will send their eligibility forms for the Regionals directly to College Bowl Headquarters. Schools should send their Regional registration forms directly to their Regional Cooridnator. Schools that have a problem meeting this deadline should contact their regional coordinator in January. February 21-24 Regional Championship Tournament The ACUI regions hold regional tournaments to decide which school will represent each re- gion in the national championship tournament. Please consult the collegebowl.com website or your regional coordinator [see list, page 4] for regional tournament sites, costs and other specifics. March 16-19 ACUI Annual Professional Conference This is the annual conference of the Association of College Unions International. The “Battle of the Regions,” a tournament featuring conference delegates representing their regions in light-hearted play is featured. Late April National Championship Tournament This is the highest level of College Bowl play. The regional champions automatically qualify. Concurrent Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) A version of College Bowl for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Honda Campus All-Star Challenge follows a similar schedule. ACUI and NAFEO, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, are educational partners in the program. The 2008 HCASC NCT will be held March 27-31 in Orlando, FL. University Challenge This is our sister program in Great Britain. It is a television staple on the BBCII. 3 ACUI REGIONS AND COORDINATORS Region 1 Region 5 Connecticut, Maine, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Massachusetts, New Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia Brunswick, Newfoundland, Audra Thomas New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, East Carolina Univ. Rhode Island, Vermont & Mendenhall Student Center Prince Edward Island 23 Mendenhall Student Center Pascha McTyson Greenville NC 27858 Univ. of Massachusetts- 252-328-4738 (voice) Lowell 252-328-4785 (fax) 71 Wilder St. [email protected] Lowell, MA 01854 978-934-5001 (voice) 978-934-3072 (fax) [email protected] Region 6 Alabama, Florida, Georgia & Region 2 Mississippi Eastern Ontario, New York TBA state (except New York City) & Quebec David Pennock Syracuse Univ. Suite 228D Schine Student Center Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-4240 (voice) 315-443-4617 (fax) [email protected] Region 7 Ohio, Michigan (lower Region 3 peninsula) & Southwest Ontario Delaware, New Jersey, Patrick Kachurek New York City & Philadelphia Wright State Univ. Christina Brenner 025 Library Annex West Chester Univ. 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. 116 Sykes Student Union Dayton, OH 45435 110 W. Rosedale Ave. 937-775-2410 (voice) West Chester, PA 19383 937-775-3331 (fax) 610-436-1014 (voice) [email protected] 610-436-2191 (fax) [email protected] Region 8 Region 4 Chicago Metro Area, Michigan Maryland, Pennsylvania, (Upper Peninsula), Wisconsin Washington, D.C., West TBA Virginia Rebecca “Becky” Jackson Shippensburg Univ. 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg, PA 17201 717-477-1560 (voice) 717-477-4035 (fax) [email protected] 4 ACUI REGIONS AND COORDINATORS Region 9 Region 13 Illinois (except Chicago metro Arizona, Colorado, New area) & Indiana Mexico, Utah & Wyoming Margie Stoltz Mary Branton-Housley Purdue Univ. Colorado State Univ. 101 N. Grant St. Lory Student Center West Lafayette, IN 47906 Campus Delivery 8033 765-494-8907 (voice) Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-7476 (voice) 765-494-8853 (fax) 970-491-3746 (fax) [email protected] mary.branton-housley@ colostate.edu Region 10 Region 14 Iowa, Manitoba, Minnesota, Alaska, Alberta, British North Dakota, South Dakota & Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Western Ontario Oregon, Saskatchewan & Chris Baxter Washington Macalester College Patrick Moser Campus Center Western Oregon Univ. 1600 Grand Ave. 345 North Monmouth Ave. St. Paul MN 55105 Monmouth, OR 97361 651-696-6472 (voice) 503-838-8302 (voice) 503-838-8968 (fax) 651-696-6447 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Region 11 Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Oklahoma TBA Region 15 California, Hawaii & Nevada TBA Region 12 Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas Michelle Moosally Univ. of Houston-Downtown One Main St. English Department Houston, TX 77002 713-221-8254 (voice) 713-226-5205 (fax) [email protected] 5 WHO RUNS COLLEGE BOWL? THE CAMPUS COORDINATOR RECRUITING AND SELECTING A COACH The Campus Coordinator, generally a staff member in student Of course, your most important volunteer will be your affairs (student union, student activities, residential life) or Coach. The best Coach is a person who enjoys