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.

STRONG START AT ROCHESTER
NOVICES DOMINATE
31-17 SQUAD RECORD

NOVICE CHAMPIONS
[L-R Margit Brue, Teresa Hill, Brian Cole, Adam Gana]

The University of Rochester tournament opened the LDU's season with a bang. Seven teams attended and brought home an excellent 31-17 record with a 4-2 mark in elimination debates. Cases worked well, negative strategies were effective and interesting and while not all areas were perfect the trip was a very positive one.

Special congratulations go to Margit Brue, Sheila Limprevil and Edwin Owusu who attended their first LDU tournament.

The novices led the way, with Teresa Hill and Brian Cole finishing the preliminary debates with a 6-0 record. Meanwhile Adam Gana and Margit Brue were 5-1. Both won their quarterfinal debates over West Virginia and Army 3-0, which set them to face each other in the semifinal round. UVM teams do not debate against each other in competition, so Hill and Cole advanced by virtue of their better record. Hill and Cole defeated Army 3-0 in the finals to claim the title. Margit Brue was the 4th speaker in the division, Adam Gana was 5th, Teresa Hill was 8th and Brian Cole was 9th.

Junior varsity teams showed strong performances but did not make it to the top. Casey Gervais and Meredith Parmett were 4-2 before losing to Binghamton in the quarterfinals. Claudia Greenman and Edwin Owusu were also 4-2 and lost to Cornell in the quarterfinals. Sheila Limprevil and Abigail Trebilcock were 3-3 and just missed the elimination rounds. Meredith Parmett was 4th speaker and Casey Gervais was 6th.

Varsity teams fought hard and debated well but just fell short. Aaron Fishbone and Shawn Wilkerson were 3-3. Jillian Marty and Vilasa Campbell continued their determination to debate in higher divisions and finished a respectable 2-4. Aaron Fishbone was 4th speaker.

Squad affirmative cases included:
Respect treaties with native americans and return lands.
Remove the offensive word "squaw" from official place names.
Repatriate native american human remains to the earth.
Increase authentic education about native Americans in all schools.
Protect sacred native American sites from development.

Special thanks go to those who attended to help the LDU by serving as novice judges, including Steph McDonald, Charlie Hoag and Matt Sweeney.

FROM THE SQUAD MEETING...

Iowa Trip this weekend: Fishbone-Wilkerson-Massey

Students with Work-Study grants should apply for LDU positions.

Plans are being made for one or more public debates this Fall, probably in November.

National Topic - Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should substantially increase federal control throughout Indian Country in one or more of the following areas: child welfare, criminal justice, employment, environmental protection, gaming, resource management, taxation

MEETINGS AND EVENTS COMING UP....

TUES. 2 PM - LEARN TO RESEARCH WITH JACKIE
WED. NOON - LEARN TO RESEARCH WITH JACKIE
WED. 1:30 PM - JULIE WITH TUNA
WED. 9:30 PM - ANSWERS TO SESSION
THUR. 3:30 PM - NICKY WITH TUNA
THUR. 6 PM - NOVICE TRAINING SESSION
SAT. 1-3 PM - SPEAKING/FLOW DRILLS WITH GRETA
SUN. 1 PM - NOVICE PRACTICE DEBATES

PRACTICE DEBATES

Tue 6:30 PM MC-FW
Wed 9 PM LT-MC
Thu 4:30 PM BG-MC
Fri 8 AM MC-SO

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS

Aaron Fishbone is the research director. Treaties bad: Hill, Cole, Lockwood; Taxation: Campbell; Criminal justice Marty; Native languages are private: Brue, Campbell.

FLASHPOINT TELEVISION SHOW

VILASA CAMPBELL IS THE TOPIC DIRECTOR.
9/22 taping session. Topics are Middle East and HIV in America. Panel includes Hoag, Trebilcock, McDonald, Owusu, Langsweirdt, Snider.
10/6 taping session could be Rich-Poor Gap and Immigration Issues with Mexico.

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

NEWS OF THE SUMMER

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 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	%
PREVIOUS	0	0	0
ROCHESTER	31	17	64.5
TOTAL	31	17	64.5

18 September 2001