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. Alfred C. Snider is the Director. 802-656-0097 voice, 802-238-8345 mobile, 802-656-4275 fax, asnider@zoo.uvm.edu email, and http://debate.uvm.edu/ldu.html web site. The LDU meets every Monday night at 6 PM at 475 Main Street.

LOOK OUT DEBATE WORLD, HERE WE COME!

The University of Vermont's Lawrence Debate Union is preparing for another semester of competition. The above photo was at the Monday night squad meeting, although Aby Trebilcock & Charlie Hoag were at the SGA meeting with a funding request and other debaters were either in class or ill. A nice group. With 14 teams preparing to travel and compete, this is one of the biggest LDU squads in recent years.

NEXT STOP ... MARIST COLLEGE

DEPART AT 12:15 PM FRIDAY
Varsity: Aaron Fishbone & Anthony Pagan, Shawn Wilkerson & Shane Egizi (UVM/CCV hybrid)
JV: Aby Trebilcock & Jennifer Knops (UVM/CCV hybrid), Jillian Marty & Vilasa Campbell, Casey Gervais & Meredith Parmett, David Moss & Duane Compton
Novice: Claudia Greenman & Wendy O'Connor, Nick Soverel & Sarah Burnie, Nat Sillin & Sanjeev Yadav
Judges: Sarah Snider (rounds 2-6) = 5 Greta Lockwood (rounds 2-6) = 5 Jeff Nichelson = 6 Mark Douglas (novice only) = 6 Jackie Massey = 5
BRING SLEEPING BAG, PILLOW, AND TOWEL.

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TRAINING & PREPARATION

NOVICE TRAINING WITH TUNA: TUESDAY 6:30 PM
RESEARCH MEETING: TUESDAY 9:30 PM
FLOW DRILLS WITH GRETA: TUESDAY 7:30 PM
FAMILY PLANNING AFF WORK WITH SARAH: WEDNESDAY 7:30 PM
MANDATORY MARIST STRATEGY MEETING: THURSDAY 9 PM

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PRACTICE DEBATES THIS WEEK

Marty-Campbell Moss-Compton Tuesday 9 PM
Campbell-Marty Sillin-Yadav Wednesday 9 AM
Fishbone-Pagan Egizi-Wilkerson Wednesday 6:30 PM
Moss-Compton Greenman-O'Connor Wednesday Noon
Gervais-Parmett Fishbone-Pagan Thursday 7 PM

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VERMONT SCHEDULES INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

INTERNET DEBATE VS. CHILE (ENGLISH) APRIL 9, 2001
INTERNET DEBATE VS. CHILE (SPANISH) APRIL 10, 2001
INTERNET DEBATE VS. KOREA (ENGLISH) APRIL 12, 2001
UVM TEAM TO SANTIAGO CHILE FOR INTERAMERICAN SPANISH LANGUAGE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, MAY 6-13, 2001

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RESEARCH SYSTEM

Aaron Fishbone is the Research Coordinator.

RESEARCH MEETING - TUESDAY 9:30 PM

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COMING UP!

THE 2000-2001 YEAR-LONG TOPIC:
Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should substantially increase its development assistance, including increasing government to government assistance, within the Greater Horn of Africa.

THE PLANNED TOURNAMENT TRAVEL SCHEDULE:
February 3-4 Marist all 10-11 Cornell all 17-19 Heart of America varsity 23-24 East Regionals at BC all
March 3 VT HS States 9-11 Towson all 24-27 CEDA Nationals a few 29-2 NDT Nationals qualifiers only

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LDU ADDRESS-PHONE-EMAIL LIST NOW AVAILABLE
at http://debate.uvm.edu/ldulist.html

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LDU 2000-2001 SWEATSHIRTS ARE HERE!
ORDER NOW FOR NEXT PRINT RUN IN SPRING

Matt Sweeney is coordinator.
REPEAT OF "REPLACING WEAPONS WITH WORDS" HOODED SWEATS
ALSO: HOODED SWEATS WITH "101 YEARS OF SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER"

THEY WILL COST $30 EACH - HOODED, ZIP FRONT, POCKETED
ONLINE ORDER FORM AT http://debate.uvm.edu/ldusweats.html
COLORS: HUNTER, NAVY, STEEL, GRAY, BLACK

OUR RECORD

2000-2001 Season	WINS	LOSSES	%
SEMESTER ONE	219	224	49%
TOTAL 2000-2001	219	224	49%

LDU RECORDS FOR WINS (376) AND DEBATES (725) ARE BOTH WITHIN REACH!

1999-2000 Record: 376-349 52%