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. Alfred C. Snider is the Director. 802-656-0097 voice, 802-238-8345 mobile, 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.

SUCCESSFUL DEBATE WEEKEND AT WEST POINT AND HARVARD

LDU students and coaches attended two tournaments this weekend, at West Point and Harvard. At both tournaments UVM students debated above their eligible division, continuing a tradition of accepting the challenge of tougher competition.
At West Point three out of the four UVM teams reached the elimination rounds. Novices Mariellen Jewers (Trinity College) and Adam Zerenner were 4-2, and then lost a disputed decision in the octafinals 2-1. Meanwhile, the totally novice team of Mark Douglas (Middlebury) and Peter Winfield were 4-2 in the JV division, but then met the other UVM JV team of Anthony Pagan (novice) and Jaime Robertson, with Anthony and Jaime advancing since they had one more speaker point. They then lost a disputed 2-1 decision in the Semifinals. Greta Lockwood and Aaron Fishbone (a JV) debated in the varsity division and found the experience highly educational.
At Harvard Helen Morgan and Sarah Snider finished 4-4 after a number of extremely challenging debates, but were pleased that they unveiled a number of new negative arguments. Coaches Jackie Massey and Trond Jacobsen were sai to be pleased with the books they found in Boston's most radical bookstores.

LDU TO STAGE DEBATE FOR DIVERSITY DAY

Topic: Problems of & Remedies for White Privilege.
Participants: Alexander, Winfield, Morgan, S. Snider, Fishbone, Lockwood, Pagan
WED. 3 PM 11/3 IRA ALLEN CHAPEL

Posters: Heather Main campus, Greta Williams, Daniel MAT & HM, Anthony CWP WDW HSM, Adam Mance Aiken, Jamie L&L, Allana Waterman.

HUGE POSSE TO BINGHAMTON

48 passenger bus leaves Friday at 4:30 PM! Be on time!

Teams: in JV - Morgan-Winfield, Douglas-Fishbone, Pagan-Robertson; in Novice - Alexander-Towne, Gana-Engle (Trinity), Luntz-Gilpatric, Malley-Weidhorn, Miller-Robinson, Clark-McDonald , Johnson-Knops, Mullany-Chartan, Dempsey-Borman, Deming-Cardile, Dooling-Eisenstdt, Reynolds-Ronhagen, Etherington-Sullivan, Parmett-Gervais.
Judges: Massey, Parmett, Jacobsen, Hewitt, Schwartz, Wilkerson, S. Snider, Lockwood, Brill, Ellis.
Some people will need to bring sleeping bags. Bring pillows for the bus.

RESEARCH

Fem IR Schwartz, MAI answers Parmett, Logging agreement Parmett, CE Snider, USDA Malley, Cuba transpo Pagan, Trans-genetic crops Miller, Sports critique Lockwood, Research CP Serfer.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

NOVICE TRAINING THURS. 6 PM JACKIE
INTERMEDIATE TRAINING WED. 7 PM JACKIE
ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE SESSION THURS. 9 PM JACKIE

PRACTICE DEBATES
WED. 8 PM Towne-Alexander vs. Miller-Robinson with TBA
FRI NOON Clark-McDonald vs. Towne-TBA with Rae

MIDWEST SWING 2000
TOURNAMENT DATES: Leave Burlington 1/2/2000, Arrive KC 1/3/2000, UMKC Tournament 1/4-6/2000, Wm Jewell Tournament 1/7-9/2000, Return to Burlington 1/11/2000.
Varsity & JV divisions. 9-3-6 10 prep Judge Preference.
PREPARATION
You should attend as much of the preparation period as you can. December, 18-19-20-21-22-23 Session 1, 27-28-29-30 Session 2.
WHO CAN GO?
Teams who want to debate in either division at both tournaments. Debaters who can allocate six or more full working days to preparation. FIND A PARTNER AND APPLY NOW BEFORE THE SEATS ARE TAKEN!

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
11/6-7 Binghamton
11/12-14 Oklahoma
11/20-21 Columbia
11/20-22 Wake Forest
UMKC 1/4-6
William Jewell 1/7-9

1999-2000 Season	WINS	LOSSES	%
Previous	78	67	53.7%
West Point & Harvard	17	18
New Total	95	85	53%

11-2-99