Student Debate Rules and Procedures  Team Members  Any student
wishing to participate in the debates is eligible to do so as
long as he/she is in an entomology degree program (B.S., M.S.,
or Ph.D.). He/she will need to form a team (including a faculty
adviser) and contact the Student Affairs Chair as soon as the
invitation for debates is out.  Submit your team to   While the
actual debates take place during the ESA Annual meeting, teams
are involved in the preparation for these debates for more than
eight months leading up to the Annual Meeting. The debate topics
and positions are randomly assigned by the Student Affairs
Committee.  Debate Procedures  Total time for each debate will
be approximately 45 minutes.  1. For each topic, there will be a
five-minute unbiased introduction. This neutral introduction
will be assigned to someone other than the two teams in a
particular debate.  2. Following the unbiased introduction,
there will be a seven-minute statement by the first team
outlining their plan to impleme