6 November 2001
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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
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| Campbell & Marty. Third
Place JV | Gana & Brue Fifth Place Novice |
| Jake Ricker, 8th Speaker Novice
| Pagan & Owusu Fifth Place
JV |
| Grenier & Rounds, Ninth
Place Novice | Kayce Massey. Future Star |
A flock of UVM teams attended Binghamton University's 12th Annual Southern Tier Forensics Festival last weekend and returned with multiple honors and a strong overall winning record. Five teams reached elimination rounds and overall the record was 34-28. The tournament traditionally has only a junior varsity and a novice division.
Jillian Marty and Vilasa Campbell compiled a 5-1 record in the preliminary debates in the JV division. Their quarterfinal round was against Cornell, including Top Speaker Kerry McBroom, and UVM emerged with a 2-1 victory. The next opponent was Columbia in the semifinals, and UVM lost a 3-0 decision, finishing THIRD. Anthony Pagan and Edwin Owusu were 4-2 in prelims and lost a 3-0 decision to Rochester. Sheila Limprevil and Abigail Trebilcock were 4-2 and missed the elimination rounds by a few speaker points. Lana Langsweirdt and Brian Hurley were 3-3. The JV squad was an impressive 16-8 in prelims. Anthony Pagan was named the 6th speaker.
In the novice division three teams reached elimination rounds, all three with 4-2 records, including Adam Gana and Marget Brue, Jake Ricker and Peter Wright, along with Cody Rounds and Josh Grenier. Rounds and Grenier lost their octafinal debate, while both of the other teams won 3-0. In quarterfinals both teams lost, Gana and Brue 2-1 while Ricker and Wright went down 3-0. Adam Gana was the 2nd speaker, Marget Brue was 7th, and Jake Ricker was 8th. Kayce Massey and Ertan Barucic were 2-4 while Keith Kosow and Justin Goralnick were 1-5.
Charles Hoag was named the #2 judge in the tournament after a balloting by students. He richly deserves this recognition.
The LDU was lucky enough to take a 48 seat BUS to the tournament, sharing it with Middlebury College. It was quite a luxury to get into the bus at the end of the tournament, falling asleep, and waking up safely back in Vermont. Thanks to Harry our driver.
Full tournament cumulative
results available at http://debate.uvm.edu/binghamton2001.html.
Thanks
to Nuclear Control Institute for the graphic.
Now scheduled. We had faculty debaters drop out because the issue was "too hot" but we will go ahead. Charles Hoag is the coordinator of this and other public debates. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEBATE THIS ISSUE.
INTERNET DEBATE WITH SLOVENIA PLANNEDIn early December the LDU is planning an Internet debate with the national debate program in Slovenia. Based on consultations carried out in Prague earlier this month the two groups are now developing a format and a list of topics. Thanks to Bojana Skrt for working with us on this project. Final information will be supplied in the weeks to come. The debate can be watched when it happens at the Robert Huber Debate Forum, http://www.uvm.edu/debate_forum/.
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2001-2002 SEASON |
WINS |
LOSSES |
% |
PREVIOUS |
122 |
121 |
50.02% |
| BINGHAMTON | 34 | 28 | |
TOTAL |
157 |
149 |
51.3% |
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