1 February 2005
1 February 2005| 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. |
The overall win-loss records took a beating at Cornell this weekend, but there were still plenty of awards for the aspiring UVM debaters. The entire squad made a decision to enter in higher divisions no matter the eligibility to fast track their training and prepare for regional and national contests to come. The results were impressive. UVM took third place in Varsity (Jake Meany and novice Brady Fletcher) as well as third place in Junior Varsity (two novices, Leslie Keller and Megan Harlow). Six UVM students won speaker awards, with five of the top ten speakers in varsity being UVM students, two of those being JV eligible debaters and one a novice. Even with all novices entered in varsity of JV, and with both novices at their first tournament, UVM took third place in sweepstakes.
Very impressive was the performance of the brand new novice debaters. Matt Jokajtys and Paul Schaefer had a 3-3 record, unheard of for novices beginning in the second semester and performing against students who have been debating since September. Matt Mantone and Bill Ottman had a good start with a 1-5 record but were appreciated by almost all the judges who heard them.
Special thanks must go to Charlie Hoag, alumni coach, and Carlos Varela, new novice coach, for their hard work and dedication. UVM alumni Jethro Hayman and Cleopatra Jones, now in charge of the Cornell program, were fantastic hosts, allowing UVM folks to stay at their house and also arranging for more to stay with Cornell students, such as Sherin Varghese. Thanks also to Craig Murray for his hospitality and help in transportation. Mike McMahan also went along to judge novice debate since his partner Ethan Nelson was ill.
There are many deserving LDU debaters who would really like to go to CEDA Nationals in March, they have been working hard, but they need your financial support. For $300 you can send a student to CEDA nationals.
Current response to this plea has been excellent: Laura Ellingson 1 ticket, Glenn Ellingson 1 ticket, Paul Kerr 1/2 ticket. We hope to hear from more of you.
Send your donation
check, payable to "Lawrence Debate" to 475 Main, UVM, Burlington, VT 05405.
You will get a personal note from the student you sponsor and also a report
after the tournament. All donations will be tax deductible through UVM. We
will also honor donors here in the newsletter.
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE LDU FAMILY
PAUL KERR
[pkerr@armscontrol.org] has been busy. He has been contributing
to an arms control weblog at http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/ .
You can read Paul's bio at http://www.armscontrol.org/about/kerr.asp .
He is currently a Non-Proliferation Analyst with the Arms Control Association in
Washington, DC. He is frequently quoted in the press.
| SEMESTER ONE | SEMESTER TWO |
| 10/2 Buffalo
47-40 10/16 Rochester 37-42 10/30 Harvard 2-6 10/30 West Point 34-35 11/6 Oklahoma 2-4 11/20 Wake Forest 3-5 12/4 U Mass 16-8 |
1/4-6 North
Texas 8-16 1/8-10 Texas at Dallas 9-17 1/29 Cornell 20-31 2/5 Northwestern 2/12 Binghamton 2/26 CEDA East/District 8 (Vermont) 3/5 JV/Novice Nats at Georgetown 3/19 CEDA Nats at San Francisco State 4/? NDT Nats at Gonzaga, Spokane, Washington |
Watch Flashpoint from your computer screen whenever you want! You will need RealPlayer installed on your computer to become a part of our growing audience. Here are some recent programs now available at http://debate.uvm.edu/flashpoint.html. Watch on Burlington Channel 15 Wednesday 12:30 PM, Thursday 10 PM, Saturday 1 PM.
NOTES FROM MONDAY NIGHT'S 6 PM MEETING:
NEW TEAMS: Cardan-Sanders,
Kimerer-Fletcher, Limprevil-Hunte.
LOOKING FOR PARTNERS FOR BINGHAMTON: Benjamin, Quill, Rosato, Silverman, Reimer,
Meany, and others.
NORTHWESTERN: Leave office Friday at 11 AM, Bent will drive. Return Monday at 9:20 PM, Bent will pick up.
BINGHAMTON TOURNAMENT
NEWS:
TEAMS: Open: Hunte-Limprevil, Hitchcock-Landsman-Roos, Fletcher-Kimerer,
Sanders-Cardan; JV: Keller-Harlow, Clark-Whiting; Novice: Ottman-Mantone,
Jokajtys-Schaefer. AND MORE TO COME.
LEAVING: Friday at various times.
DONATION: Our awards will become a donation to Spectrum Youth Services.
DRIVER TRAINING: Fletcher, Keller, Landsman-Roos, Cardan, Clark, Hitchcock, Whiting, Schaefer. Instructions will circulate on the listserv.
The LDU has committed to a major initiative to begin debate programs in middle schools all over Vermont. Stay tuned for this organized and state wide affair.
A trip to NYC to judge at an NYUDL tournament was brought up by Sheila. She will coordinate. Dates possible are 2/19, 3/5, 5/7.
CEDA NATIONALS: The following have requested to attend and stay over in California: Andrea, Julia, Emily, Megan, Stephanie, Leslie, Shane, Brady, Chase, Matt, Jason, Jake. The following have requested to attend and return right after the tournament: Tarik, Nick. NOT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO GO UNLESS WE RAISE MORE MONEY SOON!
LDU 2005 Sweatshirts - Charlie Hoag will have info soon about costs and colors. Designs have been decided and will be disclosed later when the final versions go in to be printed. Estimated cost: between $20 and $25.
POTLUCK DINNER PLANNED FOR THURSDAY 2/3. EMILY SANDERS HAS THE INFO AND WILL DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE DEBATER LISTSERV. ETHAN NELSON IS ALSO INVITING PEOPLE TO A PARTY THAT NIGHT, SO SEE THE LISTSERV FOR INFO.
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS FOR NORTHWESTERN DUE THURSDAY AT 4 PM!
POETRY SLAM 8 PM TUESDAY, L&L FIREPLACE LOUNGE. ALL-STUDENT LINE-UP.
CARLOS WILL BE SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH NEW DEBATERS.
PRACTICE
DEBATES: we need judges!
Wed. 7 PM Nick-Jason vs. Sheila-Jake
Fri. 4:30 PM Chase-Shane vs. Matt S-Julia
Sat. 4 PM Sheila-Curlene vs Brady-Stephanie
Sun 6 PM Emily-Bent vs. Brady-Stephanie
SQUAD
MEETS AT 6 PM EACH MONDAY NIGHT, 475 MAIN STREET, ALL WELCOME!UVM DEBATE IS CURRENTLY #21
IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2004-2005
UVM DEBATE WAS #10 IN THE
CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2002-2003.
UVM DEBATE WAS #18 IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2003-2004.
| OUR RECORD | WINS | LOSSES | PERCENTAGE |
| PREVIOUSLY | 157 | 172 | |
| Cornell | 20 | 31 | |
| 2004-2005 RECORD | 177 | 203 | 46.5% |
| 2003-2004 RECORD | 315 | 374 | 45.7% |
| 2002-2003 RECORD | 334 | 384 | 46.5% |
HUBER HOUSE!