The College Bowl Club of UCLA announces Aztlan Cup III: Something About
Frigid Simians, to be held on March 10, 2007. We will be running a same-day
mirror of Illinois’ Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament. The tournament
director will be Dwight Wynne, who can be reached at dpwynne at ucla dot edu. 

Eligibility: Much like past TWAINs, all undergraduates will be allowed to play.
Graduate students and non-students can play with the permission of the
tournament director (i.e. ask first). High school teams are allowed to play
but severely discouraged from doing so. 

Fees: 
Base Fee per team = $90 
Buzzer -$5 
Pre-approved moderator -$10 
Second team discount -$10 
Third team discount -$20 
Nth team discount -$10(N-1) 
Acceptable packet by February 10: -$30 
Minimum fee: $50 

Packets: 
Because this is a mirror, we are not requiring teams to write packets;
however, if you would like an additional discount, here is the distribution
(copied from original announcement): 
History 4/4 
Science 4/4 (no science biography, please - put that in "other academic" if
you must write it) 
Literature 4/4 
Religion/Mythology/Philosophy 3/3 
Fine Arts 3/3 
Geography 1/1 
Social Science 1/1 
Other Academic 3/3 (questions from any of the above areas, but no more than
2 from any one of them) 
Pop Culture/sports 2/2 (no more than 1/1 sports) 
Current Events 1/1 (please avoid "story-of-the-moment" questions) 

Total 26/26 

Difficulty: 
The tournament difficulty should be at or below ACF Fall level. 

Random Additional Directions: 
Packets should be submitted via email to the editor, Mike Sorice at
msorice at uiuc dot edu either as an attached Microsoft Word file; attached
standard format Rich Text File (NOTE: no WordPerfect format Rich Text, please);
attached text file; or, if absolutely necessary, as text in the body of the
email, in that order of preference. Additionally, the entire packet must be
submitted as a whole, formatted in "Illinois Open" format (please see the
"Formatting" section of the announcement for the 2006 Illinois Open available
at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3110 for more information
on Illinois Open format). If you are unsure whether the formatting or difficulty
(or anything else) of your packet is acceptable, please send your packet to
Dwight first, and I will check it and forward it to Mike. 

Please see http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3536 for the
announcement of the original tournament. 

Hope to see you on March 10, 

Dwight Wynne 
Tournament Director, Aztlan Cup III