DEFINITION+GROUPS

Friday, June 20, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Definition assignments & topicality theory/practice, Silsby 28 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Library (Definition groups meet at designated place at 1:30)

Saturday, June 21, 2008
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p..m. Definition Groups (2nd location listed) Def Files Due at noon. Bring all of your definitions; the group will brief them

Sunday, June 22, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Definition Groups - Topicality discussed and clash drills assigned

Monday, June 23, 2008
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Definition Groups - Clash drills

resolved: the United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States.

alternative (energy) energy federal government in incentives increase resolved should substantially the United States.

 Group 1 Maggie Berthiaume Baker-Berry Reference / Brown Study Jonah Belk Eric Doyle Jason Hang William Marcal Shane Miller Julia Reinitz Sanjana Singh Josh Thorn

Jim Benischeck Doug Evans Dillon Kang Matt Marcus Saam Motamedi Max Rispoli Eli Spector Diana Tive
 * Group 2** Kathryn Clark Baker-Berry Reference / Brown Lounge

Jack Caporal Kasra Ghodsi Sara Liebler Michael Marrinan Daniel Park David Rubin Rebecca Straley Alison Williams
 * Group 3** Nicole Serrano Novack Café / Cohen Study

Christopher Chan Jonathan Gonzalez Thomas Lloyd Kate McWilliams Jeremy Perlman Bill Shannon Michael Suo Brian Yeh
 * Group 4** John Turner Baker-Berry Reference / Cohen Lounge

Elizabeth del Nido Vivian Guo Astrid Ludwig Tony Mead Marika Psyhojos Chris Sheppard Jessica Tenenbaum Michael Ying
 * Group 5** Ken Strange Workshop library Brown 102C / Bissell Study

Jennifer Armstrong Amanda Bogan Regan Bozman Nick Donlan Alexandra Evans Mia Kunst Taylor Layton Laurel Mills Hao Shen
 * Group 6** Josh Kernoff Novack Café / Cohen 2nd floor lounge

(on 6/23 Robinson 319) Risha Bhattacharjee Jeff Boxer Richie Choy Nathan DuPont Sarah Godwin Grace Labriola Ian Miller Nahum Seifeselassie Emma Vance
 * Group 7** Kade Olsen Novack Café / Cohen 2nd floor lounge

=Definition Assignments=

Group 1 Social Science Dictionaries These include
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (Ref H 41. I5) Encyclopedia of Economics (Ref HB 61/E55) The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics (Ref HB 61/ M31983) The New Palgrave A Dictionary of Economics (Ref HB 61/ N 49 1987) Dictionary of Economics (Ref HB 61/ S54 1971) Encyclopedia of American Economic History (Ref HC 103. E52) Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science (Ref JA61.B43 1999) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions (Ref JA61.B56 1987) Dictionary of Government (Ref JA61.C6 1998) The Public Administration Dictionary (Ref JA61 / C47 1988) The Dictionary of Political Analysis (Ref JA61/ P57 1982) A Dictionary pf Political Thought (Ref JA61/ S37 1982) The Dictionary of 20th Centruy World Politics (Ref JA61 S53 1993) The FOF Dictionary of Public Administration (Ref JA 61/ S54 1985) The Dictionary of Political Analysis (Ref JA91 P57 1982) The Presidential-Congressional Political dictionary (Ref JK9 E4 1984) Encyclopedia of American Political History (Ref JK 9 E5 1984) The FOF Dictionary of American Politics (Ref JK9 H54 2001) Congressional Quarterly’s American Congressional Dictionary (Ref JK9 K73 2001) The American Political Dictionary (Ref JK9 P55 1985) Harper Collins Dictionary of American Government and Politics (Ref JK9 S43 1992).

Group 2 Legal Dictionaries These include:
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System (Ref KF154 E53 1997) West: Encyclopedia of American Law (Ref KF154 W47 1998) Ballentines Law Dictionary (Ref KF 156B3 1969) Blacks Law Dictionary (Ref KF 156B53 1990) Barton’s Legal Thesaurus (Ref KF156 B856) Dictionary of Selected Legal Terms & Maxims (Ref KF156 E36 1979) The Guide to American Law (Ref KF156 G77 1983) A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (Ref KF156 G367 1995) Dictionary of Selected Legal Terms (Ref KF156 J37 2001) Modern Dictionary for the Legal Profession (Ref KF156 R42 1996) The American Law Dictionary (Ref KF156 R46 1991) (Barron's) Law Dictionary (Stacks KF156 G53 1984) Oran's Dictionary of Law (Stacks KF156 O69 1991) Corpus Juris Secundum (Stacks KF 101/ C65)

Group 3 E Resources These include:
(type in the title or browse “Encyclopedias/Dictionaries” link on eresources page “American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language” “Dictionary of Legal Terms” “Merriam Webster on-line” “Oxford Reference Online” “Your Dictionary.com” The webpage of each organization; cards on what it does.

Group 4 Standard Dictionaries These include:
Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage (Ref PE1460 W425 1989) Cambridge Dictionary of American English (Ref PE1628 C22 2000 Collins English Dictionary (Ref PE1628 C64 1998) The Chambers Dictionary (Ref PE1628 C41745 1998) Randon House Webster’s College Dictionary Ref PE1628 R28 1996)

Group 5 Words and Phrases:
Specific words are listed in Workshop Library listing.

Group 6 Contextual definitions of "alternative energy
Google: "alternative energy" define; "alternative energy" definition; "alternative energy includes" etc etc

Group 7 Contextual definition of incentives and substantially
Google: "alternative energy incentives;" energy incentives; energy regulation incentives "not substantial" increase energy incentives: "not substantially" increase energy incentives. etc etc