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.

SEASON BEGINS WITH ROCHESTER, IOWA AND WEST POINT THIS MONTH

AFFIRMATIVE STRATEGY MEETING

As many as six LDU teams will open the 2001-2002 competitive season on September 14 & 15 at the University of Rochester. Brue-Gana, Hill-Cole, Egizi-Langdsweirdt, Marty-Campbell, Trebilcock-Limprevil, Fishbone-Wilkerson. More teams will be added in the next week. Aaron Fishbone and Shawn Wilkerson, both national debate All American team members from 2000-2001, will be at the University of Northern Iowa the next weekend, where most major national varsity teams will open their schedule. After a weekend off the LDU plans to take many, many teams to the US Military Academy tournament at West Point, NY.

FROM THE SQUAD MEETING...

MEETINGS AND EVENTS COMING UP....

Tue. 6-7:30 PM - Meet Jackie on Negative Focus
Tues. 7 PM - Aff. Meeting with Tuna
Wed. 7 PM - Novice Training Meeting #1
Fri. 5:30 PM - Practice Debates
Campbell-Marty. Wilkerson-Fishbone, Egizi-Langsweirdt, Hill-Cole
Sat. 11 AM-4 PM - Briefing, Practice Debates, Speaking Drills
Sun. 1 PM-4 PM - Debate Drills with Greta

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VOICE OF EDWIN NEWSLETTER NOW ARCHIVED ON THE WEB

This newsletter is now available as far back as February, 1999 on the LDU website. Just go to http://debate.uvm.edu/vofelist.html and choose the date and headline which interests you. Each week the new newsletter will be added.

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FLASHPOINT TELEVISION SHOW

VILASA CAMPBELL HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE NEW TOPIC DIRECTOR!
Sunday Afternoon, 3-4 PM is the next taping
Fishbone, Gana, Campbell, McDonald, Snider

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

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NEWS OF THE SUMMER

LDU GOES TO CHINA

UVM debate coach Alfred Snider was invited to attend the Sino-American Seminar on Educational Leadership, a three day conference held at Qufu Normal University in China. The trip also involved side trips to meet with and work with Chinese students interested in debating as an activity. A working relationship was established with Inner Mongolia Teachers University which resulted in four debaters and the Vice President attending this summer's World Debate Institute held at UVM. Thanks to Juefei Wang at the UVM Asian Studies Outreach Program for their cooperation and support. See a detailed log of the trip at written by Snider at http://debate.uvm.edu/travel/china/default.html.

These stories and more from the Summer will be covered in the next few weeks.

• LDU sends team to international Spanish language debate tournament in Chile
• LDU hosts 19th World Debate Institute at UVM, New York Times write glowing article
• LDU stages public debates in Spanish, Chinese, Korean and English
• Aaron Fishbone named Eastern USA Debater of the Year
• LDU publishes argument and evidence text on weapons of mass destruction
• LDU students participate in summer outreach programs
• LDU successfully attracts top NYC debaters to UVM
  

OUR RECORD

2001-2002 SEASON	WINS	LOSSES	%
2001-2002 Season	0	0
TOTAL	0	0

1999-2000 Record: 376-349 52%