19 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
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| Colin Kern & Carlos Varela
receive last minute coaching from Gordie Miller before defeating Rochester
3-0 in finals at Binghamton |
The LDU attended two tournaments this last weekend, one at Binghamton University and the other at Wake Forest University. Binghamton was a regional tournament and the LDU at eight teams in attendance, while Wake Forest was a national varsity tournament and the LDU had two teams there.
At Binghamton there was considerable success, with an overall 33-21 record. In the novice division the LDU produced tournament champions in Carlos Varela and Colin Kern [5-1 in prelims, defeated Rochester 3-0 in final round], third place team in Timm Reimer and Ryan O'Connor [5-1 in prelims 3-0 victory over West Point before meeting Varela & Kern in semis], two 5th place teams [Chris Petrone & Roy Simpadian 5-1 in prelims as well as Whitney Smith & Eric Mates 4-2 in prelims], and one teams that was 4-2 and missed the elimination rounds on points [Oliver Matthews &Sarah Ptalis]. LDU did well in the speaker swards: 1. CARLOS VARELA, 2. TIMM REIMER, 4. COLIN KERN, 8. CHRIS PETRONE. In the varsity division neither team reached the elimination rounds [Teresa Hill & Brian Cole, Leo Velez & Shana Bryce], but Teresa Hill was named as the 2nd speaker while Brian Cole was the 5th speaker in the varsity division.
Two impossible things took place at Binghamton that are worthy of note. Timm Reimer received a perfect score of 30 from major Mike Meese of West Point. Oliver Matthews and Sarah Ptalis received 38 and 37 points from one judge, impossible because the scale is only 1-30. Gordie Miller also actively joined the coaching staff, which was not impossible. Special thanks also go to Greta Lockwood, Matt Sweeney, and Casey Gervais for coaching and judging.
At Wake Forest the team of Sheila Limprevil and Edwin Owusu had a 4-4 record, including some excellent wins as well as some disappointing losses. Lana Langsweirdt and Jen Knops also attended.
LDU LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACHSnider in Chile in May, 2001
LDU coach Alfred Snider has dual trips planned to Latin America. These trips are paid for and sponsored by groups in the host countries, and represent continuing cooperation between the LDU, UVM, the World Debate Institute, and debate organizers in Chile and Venezuela.
This coming Friday Snider departs for Santiago, Chile. While there he will present two workshops for the Debate Outreach program to schools with "social risk:" students sponsored by Universidad Diego Portales, one for students and one for teachers. The program now has over 1000 debaters and several hundred teachers involved. He will also attend the Chilean national debate championship tournament for university students. He has been asked to present a judging workshop for community supporters of debate and sponsors, and will; also present a "Master Class" workshop to top Chilean university debaters. 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, Venezuela Channel 11, and Universidad Catolico Andres Bello. The trip will involve workshops for university debaters at Andres Bello, meetings with sponsors and funders of the new Venezuelan Debate Outreach program, and planning sessions for the Tercer Torneo Hispanoamericano de Debate, to be held in Caracas next Spring.
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.
TIME TO THINK ABOUT
THE KC SWING!
Preparation days: December 26-31. Depart 1/1, return 1/10.
Debaters who wish to go: Colin Kern, Carlos Varela, Eric Mates, Lindsey Melander,
Ryan O'Connor.
LDU travel schedule:
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
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SQUAD
MEETING |
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WINS |
LOSSES |
% |
PREVIOUS |
151 |
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47.3% |
BINGHAMTON & WAKE FOREST |
38 |
32 |
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2002-2003 SEASON |
189 |
200 |
48.5% |
UVM Debate was #9 in both major national polls for debate in the USA for the 2001-2002 season.
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