24 January 2006
24 January 2006 | News from Vermont Debate AKA The Voice of Edwin is the weekly newsletter of the Edwin Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont, an endowed co-curricular program which trains students in debating and sponsors national competition and community events. The newsletter is published every Tuesday during the school year and infrequently at other times. Alfred C. Snider is the Director. 802-656-0097 voice, 802-238-8345 mobile, 802-656-4275 fax, alfred.snider@uvm.edu email, and http://debate.uvm.edu/ldu.html web site. To unsubscribe from the email version of the newsletter go to http://list.uvm.edu/archives/topicnews.html . |
Four LDU teams went to two tournaments in Texas after the new year and before school started. All entered in the varsity division. Teams included Jason Hitchcock & Nick Landsman-Roos, Leslie Keller and Megan Harlow, Brady Fletcher and Stephanie Kimerer, and Shane Clark and Chase Whiting. Coaches included Tuna Snider, Helen Morgan Parmett, Justin Morgan Parmett, and also alumnae Jillian Marty.
At the first tournament, University of North Texas, Nick and Jason reached the elimination rounds where they defeated Baylor 3-0 before falling to eventual tournament champion Missouri-Kansas City 3-0. Nick was the fifteenth speaker. Leslie and Megan along with brady and Stephanie were 3-4, losing their last (and break round). Chase and Shane had a tough tournament and were 1-6.
At the second tournament, University of Texas at Dallas, Nick and Jason again reached the elimination rounds where they defeated Wichita State 3-0, before losing to Michigan State in the next elimination round. Nick was the tenth speaker. Chase and Shane bounced back and were 3-4, while the other two teams were both 2-5.
Overall it was a good trip, with Nick and Jason winning elimination rounds and speaker awards at national level tournaments. The other three teams did very well for JV teams entering in varsity, and the strong competition was useful for their development. This sets the stage for the next phase of the season, three regional tournaments, with the last one including the qualifying tournament for the NDT, where all four teams will try to qualify to attend the NDT to be held at Northwestern in Chicago. Last year Nick and Jason won the District 8 qualifying tournament. After that three of these teams will attend JV Nationals at West Virginia University in an attempt to win the JV national championship for an unprecedented fourth year in a row.
"Our arguments and strategies are working well," noted Snider, "and the higher level of competition is helping our younger debaters grow quickly into seasoned veterans. I like our chances. "
In
cooperation with the UVM Development Office the LDU has begun a major fundraising
campaign to provide sufficient funds for the larger squad and secure funding
far into the future. Thanks to alums Chuck Morton and Aaron Fishbone for
their help, and also to current debater Leslie Keller. A larger database
of alumni is being assembled and an integrated plan is already working.
The theme is to salute coaches past and present, with the target being
the 25th year since Robert Huber retired and the 25th year since coach
Snider arrived. The salute involves helping students now and increasing
the endowment created by Edwin Lawrence. The plan contains the following
elements:
1. An active effort to solicit short term donations to help finance CEDA
Nationals and hopefully two teams to the NDT.
2. A mailing to all alumni with addresses for a medium term fundraising attempt
for next year and to expand the endowment.
3. Gathering names from alumni already on our list to expand the list. Also
an attempt to gather addresses of parents.
4. A calling network of alumni to contact each other to solicit donations.
5. Events to be hosted in major cities.
6. Individual meetings with alumni in a position to make major major gifts
to expand the endowment.
7. A doubling of the endowment.
Watch for information coming your way soon!
Donations for this
year's national tournaments gladly accepted!
The
LDU has a large contingent bound for Bard College this weekend, especially
in the varsity division. Bard College is a new debate program, just
a few years old, and this will be their first tournament hosting experience.
While not all LDU debaters are ready (or have partners yet) the contingent
is substantial. Especially notable is the fact that six teams will
be entering the varsity division, with most of these teams being junior
varsity debaters who have a lot of ambition.
Varsity teams will be Hitchcock-Landsman-Roos, McMahan, Harlow-Keller, Fletcher-Kimerer, Clark-Whiting and Wilson-Sharma. The JV contingent will be Benjamin-Goldschneider. Novice teams will be Backus-Bates and Thibault-Brown. Coaches/judges will include Snider, H & J Morgan Parmett, Knops, Reimer, and hopefully Lockwood.
Van 1 leaves
at Noon: Kimerer, Benjamin, Harlow, Goldschneider, Fletcher, J & H
& N Morgan Parmett, McMahan.
Van 2 leaves at 3 PM: Keller, Landsman-Roos, Whiting, Clark, Backus,
Brown, Sharma, Wilson, Hitchcock, Bates.
Van 3 leaves at 5 PM: Nelson, Snider, Lockwood, Thibault, Knops.
DOCTOR WHO THEATER
RETURNS TO BURLINGTON| SEMESTER ONE Record Placed | SEMESTER TWO |
10/1-2 BUFFALO 32-36 1-3-5 |
1/3-5 NORTH
TEXAS 12-18 |
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NOTES FROM MONDAY NIGHT'S 6 PM MEETING:
LESLIE KELLER WAS ELECTED NEW SGA PRESIDENT, SHANE CLARK TREASURER.
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS DUE THURSDAY EVENING.
6:45 PM TUES SGA SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING MEETING. NICK, LESLIE, JULIA.
NEED NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND NEW EVIDENCE SLOTS IN THE OFFICE.
PLEASE GET ALL EVIDENCE TUBS OFF THE BACK PORCH AND THE SEMINAR ROOM AND INTO THE BASEMENT.
NEW WIRELESS BEING INSTALLED IN THE OFFICE
LOOK FOR NEW COMPUTERS IN THE OFFICE SOON.
WORK STUDY POSITIONS: CHASE IS EVIDENCE, JULIA IS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LESLIE IS FUNDRAISING, STEFFI IS EVIDENCE ARCHIVING, BUT ALL SHOULD HELP CHASE PRINT THE EVIDENCE.
THE PC IN THE OFFICE IS ONLY FOR EVIDENCE ARCHIVING. PLEASE USE MACS OTHERWISE.
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Lisa Heller-Boragine lheller@capecod.edu
I've had a few requests for info and updates about the pregnancy,
so please forgive my indulgence as I wax poetic (or not so poetic) about
the baby-to-be ... really, I'm not obsessed. No, I'm not. I
don't spend all my time on pregnant chat rooms online. Okay, maybe just
a little of my tim e....
While I'm confessing: Oh my God, I've turned into the typical PREGNANT
WOMAN! Among the other things that fall into the "I-swore-I'd-never-that-but-here-I-am-doing-them" includes:
* the current obsession with reading and re-reading about the stages of labor,
baby care products, you name it. My Grandmother Fern said to me the other
day, "You're going to be so well informed that you'll be confused."
* I'm becoming irrationally concerned because everything has gone too
smoothly this pregnancy - I've been feeling fine, no high blood pressure,
no diabetes, so of course THE BABY WILL BE BORN WITH FOUR HEADS! (Although,
lately this feeling has subsided and been replaced by extremely bizarre dreams
about space travel, and political debates between creatures in cat-land.)
* I've turned into a (gasp) planner... yes, me, the quintessential procrastinator.
I've still got six weeks to go, and my bag is already packed for the hospital. This
is the same person who finished her debate affirmative case in college on
the bus on the way to the tournament. Or who just a few weeks ago, turned
in my semester final grades 3 hours *after* they were due. Chicken
little, the sky is falling, what is the world coming to!?
* There are more pillows on my bed at the moment than days in the week. Man,
it's hard to sleep with this not-so-washboard-stomach.
The good news? The baby continues to have excellent taste in music. Reggae
and Vocal Music top the list for kicks per minute. And, she seems to have
turned, and is no longer a breech! So I can continue to fantasize that I
will actually have a drug free natural birth...
On a final note: a few people have been asking, so yes, I have a baby
registry. I'm registered under Lisa Boragine at <http://babiesrus.com>babiesrus.com.
But, there are lots of things to spend money on in life, so don't feel obligated
in any way, shape or form to spend money. This little girl of ours seems
she will be well provided for. Among the items I've gotten from my students
at the college include a high chair, a rocking chair, two strollers and a
car seat. I have even had one student knit me an afghan!
They probably feel sorry for me. Either that or terrified that I'm going
to step on them... :)
Well, that's it for now, I'm still incubatin'.
SQUAD
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CHAMPIONS
2004-2005 JV DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
UVM DEBATE WAS #6 IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2004-2005
UVM DEBATE WAS #18 IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2003-2004
UVM DEBATE WAS #10 IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2002-2003
OUR RECORD |
WINS |
LOSSES |
PERCENTAGE |
PREVIOUSLY |
131 |
143 |
47.8 |
NTexas,
Texas-Dallas |
25 |
35 |
|
TOTAL |
156 |
178 |
46.7% |
2004-2005 RECORD |
323 |
328 |
49.6% |
2003-2004 RECORD |
315 |
374 |
45.7% |
2002-2003 RECORD |
334 |
384 |
46.5% |
HUBER HOUSE!