22 April 2003

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, 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.

UVM DEBATE IS #9 & #10 IN FINAL NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES


| HIGHLIGHT PHOTOS |

The goal of the Lawrence Debate Union is to facilitate the personal growth and development of its members as well as the community they constitute. This is done through the method of debate, and a lot of it is competitive debate. However, that does not mean that there is not a lot of competitive success surrounding the program, and on a national level. These results stand as a stark empirical testament to what UVM student debaters have done this year.

The two national sweepstakes races involve all competitive debates during the 2002-2003 season on the national policy debate topic. The Cross Examination Debate Association conducts one set of sweepstakes, while the American Forensic Association-sponsored National Debate Tournament conducts another. 26,725 two hour debates were part of this process. Both sweepstakes polls are counted in slightly different ways and a few schools only belong to one of the organizations.\

While it is useful to see how Vermont did and who finished ahead of Vermont it is also very useful to note the many school of tremendous academic repute that finished behind Vermont. Most of the schools in the top fifty have larger budgets than Vermont and almost all recruit high school debaters using extensive scholarships which Vermont does not do. These observations are simply made to point out the accomplishment of Vermont students rather than to complain.

CROSS EXAMINATION DEBATE ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Rank School Region OVERALL POINTS SCHOOL

1 Liberty E
2 Emory SE
3 Northwestern EC
4 Michigan State EC
5 Catholic E
6 Berkeley W
7 Dartmouth E
8 Rochester E
9 Whitman NW
10 Vermont E*********
11 Cornell E
12 Central Oklahoma MA
13 Pepperdine SCA
14 UMKC MA
15 CSUChico W
16 Gonzaga NW
17 Pittsburgh E
18 Southern California SCA
19 Texas SC
20 Emporia State MA
21 Fort Hays MA
22 New York Univ. E
23 Binghamton E
24 Georgia SE
25 West Virginia EC
26 Kansas State MA
27 Boston College E
28 John Caroll EC
29 Wake Forest SE
30 North Texas SC
31 Idaho State RM
32 Wayne State EC
33 Arizona State SCA
34 SW Missouri MA
35 Cal State Univ. Fullerton SCA
36 Mercer SE
37 Bakersfield W
38 Wichita State MA
39 Weber State RM
40 Army E
41 Mary Washington E
42 Univ. of Chicago NC
43 Vanderbilt SEC
44 Concordia NC
45 Alabama SEC
46 Kansas MA
47 Richmond E
48 Northern Iowa NC
49 George Mason E
50 Southern Illinois NC
51 Johnson County CC MA
52 George Washington E
53 James Madison E
54 San Francisco St W
55 Puget Sound NW
56 Capital EC
57 Kentucky SEC
58 West Georgia SE
59 Louisville SEC
60 Miami OH EC
61 Michigan EC
62 Fresno CC W
63 Baylor SC
64 Eastern New Mexico RM
65 Cal State Univ. Long Beach SCA
66 Iowa NC
67 Redlands SCA
68 Samford SE
69 Loyola Chicago NC
70 Augustana IL NC
71 Regis RM
72 Cal Poly SLO W
73 CSUNorthridge SCA
74 Marist E
75 Oregon NW
76 Harvard E
77 Wyoming RM
78 Denver RM
79 Northern Illinois NC
80 Lewis & Clark NW
81 Macalester NC
82 Claremont SCA
83 Clarion E
84 Southern Utah RM
85 Miami FL SE
86 Navy E
87 Western Washington NW
88 Northwest RM
89 Georgia State SE
90 Western Illinois NC
91 SW Texas SC
92 Case Western EC
93 Fordham E
94 Texas San Antonio SC
95 LACC SCA
96 Texas Dallas SC
97 Trinity SC
98 Georgetown E
99 Towson E
100 San Diego State SCA
101 Florida SE
102 Michigan Dearborn EC
103 Albertson NW
104 CSUSacramento W
105 Marquette NC
106 Middle Tenn St SEC
107 Wisconsin Osh Kosh NC
108 Missouri MA
109 Kansas City CC MA
110 North Central College NC
111 Ithaca E
112 Stanford W
113 Pace E
114 CUNY E
115 Penn State E
116 Santa Clara W
117 Southwestern SCA
118 Florida State SE
119 Columbia E
120 Allegheny E
121 Santa Rosa W
122 King's E
123 Massachusetts E
124 South Orange Co SCA
125 Queens E
126 Southeast La SC
127 Buena Vista NC
128 Clemson SE
129 Tennessee Tech SEC
130 Pierce NW
131 Appalachian State SE
132 DePaul NC
133 Michigan Flint EC
134 Los Rios CC W
135 Middlebury E
136 Okaloosa-Walton CC SE
137 Lane
138 Indiana NC
139 National American MA
140 San Jaquin Delta W

1 589 Liberty University
2 545 Catholic University
3 533 Emory
4 526 Northwestern
5 512 Michigan State Univ.
6 496 Rochester (Univ. of Rochester)
7 485 Cal-Berkeley (Univ. of Cal-Berkeley)
8 468 Dartmouth
9 421 Vermont ************
10 419 Cornell
11 415 Whitman
12 413 Texas (Austin)
13 403 John Carroll University
14 401 Boston College
15 400 Mary Washington College
16 394 Missouri-Kansas City (Univ. of)
17 386 Cal. State Chico
18 372 West Virginia University
19 372 Georgia
20 370 Pepperdine
21 359 Southwest Missouri State
22 356 Emporia State
23 355 Gonzaga
24 350 Wake Forest
25 349 Pittsburgh
26 344 Wayne State University
27 344 Fort Hays
28 342 Kansas State
29 342 Central Oklahoma (Univ. of)
30 340 SUNY-Binghamton
31 337 Southern California (Univ. of)
32 335 Wichita State
33 332 U.S. Military Academy
34 327 Cal. State Fullerton
35 326 Richmond (Univ. of Richmond)
36 326 New York Univ.
37 325 North Texas (Univ. of)
38 324 Kansas (Univ. of)
39 319 George Mason University
40 318 Idaho State
41 306 Weber
42 294 Concordia
43 286 Southern Illinois Univ.
44 284 Capital
45 284 Kentucky
46 282 Louisville
47 281 Mercer
48 277 Arizona State
49 271 George Washington
50 269 Samford
51 268 Johnson County
52 263 Northern Iowa (Univ. of)
53 263 Vanderbilt
54 258 Puget Sound
55 258 Alabama
56 256 Augustana IL
57 255 Miami (Ohio)
58 254 James Madison
59 254 Iowa
60 253 Eastern New Mexico University
61 251 San Francisco State (California)
62 241 Cal. State Long Beach
63 240 Redlands
64 238 West Georgia
65 237 US Naval Academy
66 233 Cal. Poly San Luis Obispo
67 229 Fresno City College
68 228 Baylor
69 227 Chicago
70 224 Bakersfield College
71 219 Macalester
72 218 Loyola (Chicago)
73 216 Clarion University
74 214 Marist College
75 209 Miami (Florida)
76 208 Michigan Univ.
77 207 Wyoming
78 206 Georgia State
79 205 Oregon
80 205 Western Washington
81 194 Case Western
82 193 Cal. State Northridge
83 188 Southern Utah
84 185 Harvard
85 181 Towson
86 176 Los Angeles City College
87 176 Lewis & Clark
88 171 Western Illinois
89 169 Claremont-McKenna College
90 165 Texas, Dallas (Univ. of)
91 160 Northwest College
92 156 Northern Illinois
93 155 Middle Tennessee State Univ.
94 152 Denver
95 150 Fordham University
96 149 Regis
97 148 Florida
98 147 Texas San Antonio (Univ. of)
99 147 Southwest Texas State
100 145 Georgetown
101 141 Michigan-Dearborn
102 138 Trinity University
103 134 Kansas City Kansas Comm. College
104 125 Ithaca College
105 123 Missouri (Univ. of)
106 123 Marquette
107 111 San Diego State
108 105 Wisconsin Osh Kosh (Univ. of)
109 105 Albertson
110 104 Sacramento State Univ. (California)
111 86 Santa Clara University
112 72 Kings College
113 70 Stanford
114 68 North Central College
115 64 Pace University
116 63 Massachusetts
117 60 Southwestern (California)
118 58 Allegheny
119 58 Penn State
120 57 Santa Rosa Junior College
121 55 Southeast Louisiana
122 54 Florida State
123 52 Queens College
124 51 Tennessee Tech
125 32 Middlebury College
126 31 Buena Vista University
127 28 City Univ. of New York
128 27 Clemson
129 27 DePaul
130 22 Univ. of Michigan at Flint
131 20 OshKosh Wisconson Comm Coll
132 17 Indiana
133 16 Appalachian State
134 12 Los Rios
135 12 National American
136 11 South Orange County
137 11 Delta Community College
138 10 South Carolina Univ.
139 9 Lane Community College
140 0 Methodist

TWO BIG EVENTS THIS WEEK

POETRY SLAM, THUR. 7 PM LAFAYETTE 108

SPEAK OUT ON WAR AND MILITARISM, SAT 1 PM AT 475 MAIN STREET ON THE PORCH

SARS RISK CANCELS CHINA TRIP

The decision reported last week to go ahead with the trip to China to plan for the August college debate institute to be held there was made irrelevant last Friday when Vice Provost Park ruled that all UVM programs to countries on the SARS warning list should not go forward until further notice. Hours away from departure coach Snider was disappointed but resigned to the decision. He was quoted as saying, "I'll be back."

Europe-USA Relations is 2003-2004 Topic Area

The topic area that the LDU selected as fourth out of five won a tight race and was announced as the 2003-2004 national policy debate topic area, Europe-USA relations. Now the CEDA topic committee will draft four or five topics within this area to submit for a vote during the summer, with the winning topic becoming the national resolution for next year.

FROM THE SQUAD MEETING
BRING ALL AWARDS FROM THIS YEAR BACK TO THE OFFICE SO WE CAN DISPLAY THEM AT THE BANQUET!
BANQUET IS MAY 3, 2003! MAKE PLANS NOW!
LINDSEY MELANDER IS IN CHARGE OF THE BANQUET, NIKKI & LANA WILL HELP HOST. LINDSEY WILL HANDLE AWARDS.
LDU WILL SPONSOR WALKERS IN THE MAY 3 MS WALK, JUSTIN PARMETT IS ORGANIZING IT!
LDU STUDENTS SHOULD BEGIN THINKING NOW ABOUT ATTENDING THE WORLD DEBATE INSTITUTE THIS SUMMER.
CAT'S MEOW, CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, CITY HALL, FRI APRIL 25, 7 PM
COMIDA DE LA GENTE -- 27 APRIL 7 PM, BILLINGS NORTH LOUNGE

FLASHPOINT TELEVISION SHOW

Vermont Community Access Media, Channel 15, Burlington - Wednesday 12:30 PM, Thursday 10:30 PM, Saturday 1 PM
Also available at http://debate.uvm.edu/flashpoint.html

WE NOW HAVE ENOUGH SHOWS TAPED TO TAKE US THROUGH THE END OF JUNE

SPEAK OUT WILL BE TAPED FOR EDITING INTO FLASHPOINT PROGRAMMING

GRETA LOCKWOOD IS OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR, LEAVE TOPICS IN HER MAILBOX.

SQUAD MEETING
MONDAYS, 6 PM, 475 MAIN STREET, ALL WELCOME!
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS -- BANQUET PLANNING, PARTY PLANNING!

OUR RECORD

 

WINS

LOSSES

%

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

2002-2003 TOTAL

334

384

46.5%

UVM DEBATE IS #10 IN THE CEDA NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR 2002-2003, AS WELL AS #9 IN THE NDT SWEEPSTAKES RACE.
UVM Debate was #9 in both major national polls for debate in the USA for the 2001-2002 season.

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