25 February 2003
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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
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Burlington plays host
to the eastern debate community this weekend as two tournaments, CEDA East
Regional Champs and the NDT District 8 Qualifier, will both be held at UVM.
The CEDA tournament will feature three divisions of debate. The NDT Qualifier
will have eight teams competing for three bids to the National Debate Tournament
held in Atlanta later this year.
The tournament will try to set new standards in hospitality, with real Danish
pastries instead of bad doughnuts, fruit, free water and name brand soda throughout
the tournament, candy handouts on day one, a pizza-awards assembly on Sunday,
and a meal home-cooked by parents and family of debaters.
The schedule is as follows, come to Lafayette 108, the center of activities.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
SATURDAY 3/1/03
8 PAIRINGS LAF 108; 8:30 ROUND ONE; 11:30 ROUND TWO; 1:30 LUNCH LAF 108; 2:30
ROUND THREE; 5 ROUND FOUR; 7:30 PM ROUND FIVE
SUNDAY 3/2/03
7:30 PAIRINGS LAF 108; 8 AM ROUND SIX; 11 AM AWARDS & PIZZA LAF 108; 12
ELIM #1; 2:30 ELIM #2; 5 ELIM #3; 7:30 FAREWELL
Assignments for the
weekend include: Ballots Tuna, breakfast order Tuna, lunch #1 food Massey,
Malone, Helen, Justin, Jen; lunch #2 food Tuna; publicity Tuna; registration
Saturday AM Lindsey; breakfast #1 set up Jen; breakfast #2 set up Brian; welcome
book Tuna; sign production Tuna; put up signs Charlie Michael; lunch #1 set
up Shana/KT; lunch #2 set up Tuna; shopping Jen Kayce. ALL STUDENTS NEED TO
HELP WITH CLASSROOM CLEAN UP ON SUNDAY!
"Some teams did
better than we hoped and some did not do as well as we had hoped," was
the report from Coach Justin Parmett over the phone about the Heart of America
tournament held at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Three teams attended.
Lana Langsweirdt and Teresa Hill rolled out their new "slam poetry"
strategy and found it was productive as they worked to get the kinks out of
it. They lost their break round to finish 3-4. Colin Kern and Carlos Varela
had the biggest surprise of the weekend. The two novices finished 3-4 in varsity
at one of America's toughest tournaments. Sheila Limprevil and Jillian Marty
were 1-6.
The tournament gave lots of chances to scout people for this weekend and the
LDU watched the elimination rounds all day. Congratulations to Nate Gorelick
and Ricky Garner of NYU who won the tournament, defeating Gonzaga in the finals.
TOPIC AND TRAVEL2002-2003 topic:
Resolved that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede
to, and implement, one or more of the following: The Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty; The Kyoto Protocol; The Rome Statute on the International
Criminal Court; The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty;
The treaty between the United States of America and the Russian federation
on Strategic Offensive Reductions, if not ratified by the United States.
East Regionals: Marty & Limprevil (NDT Qualifier), in CEDA Open Langsweirdt & Hill, Cole & Knops, in CEDA JV Muradian & Hellmuth, Owusu & Meany, in novice Mates & Melander, Malone & Velez, Massey & Reimer, Varela & Kern, O'Connor & Friel. Judges: Morgan (NDT), Parmett, Lockwood, Egizi, Hoag, Jackson, Gervais, Greenman, Trebilcock.
Towson (tentative): JV Nationals Langsweirdt & Hill, Cole & Knops, Muradian & Hellmuth, Owusu & Meany, in Novice Nationals Varela & Kern, Mates & Melander, Reimer & Massey, Malone & Velez. Judges: Morgan, Parmett J, Parmett M, Miller, TBA.
CEDA Nationals, Phoenix (tentative): Marty & Limprevil, Knops & Cole, Langsweirdt & Hill, Varela & Kern, Massey & Reimer, Mates & Melander. Judges: Morgan, Parmett, Miller, Fishbone.
LDU travel schedule
for Spring, 2003:
3/1-3/2 East Regionals/D8 at UVM
March, 14-16 Towson, 20-24 CEDA Nationals, AZ
April, 3-7 NDT, GA
AMOS
TEVELOW SIGHTING
RESEARCH THIS WEEKJillian Marty
is our research director.
THE RESEARCH LIST IS POSTED IN THE OFFICE! ALL ARGUMENTS MUST BE FINISHED
BY THURSDAY NIGHT!
FROM THE SQUAD MEETING
FLASHPOINT
TELEVISION SHOW
SQUAD
MEETING |
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WINS |
LOSSES |
% |
PREVIOUS |
237 |
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46.0% |
KANSAS |
7 |
14 |
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NEW TOTAL |
244 |
292 |
45.5% |
UVM DEBATE IS CURRENTLY #12
IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2002-2003
UVM Debate was #9 in both major national polls for debate in the USA for the
2001-2002 season.
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