12 November 2002
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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
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| Jen Knops & Lana Langsweirdt
| Teresa Hill & Brian Cole |
The LDU was in Oklahoma City last weekend for the 20th Joe C. Jackson tournament held by the University of Central Oklahoma. Long an annual destination for the LDU, the tournament regularly features some of the best debate teams from the Midwest. Tremendous hospitality was once more provided by Doug Duke, Jason Stone, and Bryan Gaston as well as the UCO debaters. The tournament brought awards and a winning records to bring home after several weekends of frustration by the more experienced debaters.
Lana Langsweirdt and Jen Knops brought their highly developed set of critical arguments and found many judges highly complementary of them. Big wins with high points in rounds five and six over the University of Texas (Allan & Petersin) and the University of Texas at Dallas (Courville & Easley) propelled them into the elimination rounds for the second time this year. In the elimination debate against the University of Texas (Apel & Brar) that produced a deeply divided panel that was 2-1 for Texas. Jake Meany and Jillian Marty were 2-4.
Teresa Hill and Brian Cole entered in the extremely competitive junior varsity division. They had a 5-1 record in the preliminary debates. In the quarterfinals they defeated Kansas State University (Flagg & Stout) 3-1. In the semifinals they were defeated by the University of Missouri at Kansas City (Culp & Gordon) 3-0. Brian was recognized as the #3 speaker in the division and Teresa Hill was #9. Brian Cole, who has openly confessed to wanting to be a debate coach, received many positive messages from graduate programs with debate assistantships who were at the tournament.
The tournament also provided
a great opportunity to be reunited with former LDU coach Jackie Massey.
He offered extremely valuable insight into arguments, teams, and judges
that contributed to overall team success. He will rejoin us again for the
KC Swing. The tournament was also attended by coaches Snider and Parmett.
LAST TRAVEL WEEKEND ENDS FALL SEMESTERThe third weekend in November UVM will be at two different tournaments, one in Binghamton, NY at Binghamton University and the other in North Carolina at Wake Forest University. At Binghamton the LDU will enter as many of its teams as possible, especially younger teams. Coach Snider will accompany the group along with alums and volunteers. Meanwhile, three varsity teams will go to Wake Forest to one of the year's largest varsity tournaments, accompanied by Helen Morgan and Justin Parmett.
WAKE FOREST: Leave office at 5 AM on Friday. Tuna & Jen will provide rides. Return at 10:00 PM Monday night. Pick up by Brian & Jen. Limprevil & Owusu, Knops & Langsweirdt, Helen Morgan, Justin Parmett, Jillian Marty.
BINGHAMTON: Leave office Friday at 2 PM & 4 PM. VAN DEPARTURE LIST POSTED IN OFFICE. Return Sunday night. Hill & Cole, Phillie & O'Connor, Kern & Varela, Mates & Smith, Welch & Reimer, Bryce & Velez, Massey & Vaillancourt, Friel & Steere, Ptalis & Miller, Pettrone & Simpadian. Coaches/Judges: Snider, Egizi, Lockwood, Sweeney, and we need one more!
Snider continues his globe-trotting at the end of November. He has accepted an invitation to be flown to Chile and hosted for a series of workshops and training sessions there. The trip is sponsored by the Corporacion Cultural de lo Barnechea, Universidad Diego Portales, and United Airlines. A trip to Venezuela is now confirmed for December, sponsored by Proctor & Gamble, Channel 11, and Universidad Catolico Andres Bello.
TOPIC AND TRAVEL2002-2003 topic:
Resolved that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede
to, and implement, one or more of the following: The Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty; The Kyoto Protocol; The Rome Statute on the International
Criminal Court; The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty;
The treaty between the United States of America and the Russian federation
on Strategic Offensive Reductions, if not ratified by the United States.
LDU travel schedule:
November, 15-17 Wake Forest, 16-17 Binghamton
January, 6-8 UMKC, 3-5 William Jewell, TBA Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Open
February, 1-2 Cornell, 7-9 Western
Washington, 14-16 Kansas, 21-23 East Regionals/D8
March, 28-02 Towson, 20-24 CEDA Nationals, AZ
April, 3-7 NDT, GA
May, TBA Tercer Torneo Hispanoamericano de Debate
RESEARCH THIS WEEKJillian Marty
is our research director.
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS DUE THURSDAY BY 5 PM - PRINTED FOR ALL!
ASSIGNMENTS POSTED IN THE OFFICE, NO LONGER IN THE NEWSLETTER (SORRY TO OUR
OPPONENTS WHO LOOK FOR THEM)
FROM THE SQUAD MEETING
CARLOS
VARELA HOME TOWN: San Juan,
Puerto Rico
MAJOR: Environmental Studies, MINOR: Speech
CAREER PLANS (IF ANY):
Assist the world in mental health and fighting environmental degradation.
LEVEL OF DEBATE COMPETITION: Novice
PET PEEVE: When people cease to be human during a debate.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR: Being introduced to debate, opening my mind. I have realized
that the sky is the limit when it comes to developing my mind.
WORST MOMENT IN DEBATE: Being told my native tongue is offensive by a judge.
FAVORITE TEAM TO DEBATE: Catholic University.
FAVORITE TEAM TO BEAT: Liberty University
FAVORITE JUDGE: Maxwell Schnurer
FAVORITE TOURNAMENT: Vermont.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT DEBATE: Mental exercise and continual exposure to new
ideas.
LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT DEBATE: How long the day is, the hours, lack of
sleep.
FAVORITE DEBATE SPEECH: 2NC.
SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT: One of the worst symptoms of a lack of soul is indifference.
Through debate I have realized my indifference was truly ignorance.
FLASHPOINT
TELEVISION SHOW
SQUAD
MEETING |
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WINS |
LOSSES |
% |
PREVIOUS |
140 |
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46.9% |
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA |
11 |
10 |
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2002-2003 SEASON |
151 |
168 |
47.3% |
UVM Debate was #9 in both major national polls for debate in the USA for the 2001-2002 season.
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