3 December 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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| Workshop for high school students
at Universidad Diego Portales | With winning 10-11 year-old team at rural
semifinals in Melapilla |
| Mapuche woman is top speaker at high school nationals | Debate across the
curriculum teacher workshop in Santiago |
| Audience at university national final in great hall of the legislature |
Winning team from Universidad Las Republica |
A week long trip by LDU coach Alfred Snider to Chile was a huge success. A complete journal with extensive photos can be seen at http://debate.uvm.edu/travel/chile02/chileinto.html . For those of you interested in the day to day activities, this itinerary might help you look through the journal:
11/22-23 Travel to and arrival
in Santiago
11/24 Sightseeing in Santiago and preparation meetings for the rest of the
events
11/25 National University Championship, COBA reception, COBA banquet
11-26 Workshops with high school students and high school teachers at Universidad
Diego Portales
11-27 Judging seminar in the AM, Master class for debaters in the PM, at
Instituto Chileano Noreteamericano sponsored by COBA
11-28 Trip to Milapilla to watch the semifinals of regional tournament for
10-11 year olds, meeting at UDP on future projects
11-29 Return and ending thoughts
The trip was sponsored by COBA (Corporacion Cultural de lo Barnechea) and Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago. No LDU funds were used for this trip. Special thanks go to Drina Rendic of COBA, as well as Manuel Montt Balmeceda, Jose Galleon Leon, Roberto Vega, Benito Escobar, Francisco Mas, Paola Bernales, and many others at Universidad Diego Portales. As always, thanks to Rodrigo Rojas for getting the ball rolling.
In the early 1980's on a topic about USA foreign aid and human rights our most popular affirmative case was that no funds should go to Pinochet's Chile until indigenous Mapuche people there were granted basic human rights. Now, 20 years later, a young Mapuche woman is the top high school debater in Chile and her team won the national championship. "You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." - John Lennon
| Protesters in Venezuela | President Chavez |
LDU coach Snider's upcoming trip to Venezuela to work with their rapidly expanding debating activities was canceled due to civil unrest in the Latin American nation. A nationwide strike against President Chavez had been called for Monday and on Tuesday it turned violent. It was at this time that the coordinator of the trip, Luis Manuel de Llano, decided that the visit would be better at a different time. In an email, Luis had said, "Tuna, the political situation has escalated to the level of violence and expectation is that it will escalate even further. Consequently, we have decided to cancel the training for the safety of all participants. We will wait for a better moment to do this training." It is hoped that the trip can be rescheduled.
The trip involved assisting in the organization of debate outreach into disadvantaged schools, cooperative fund raising, and instruction for university debaters at several major universities. The trip was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble, Television Eleven, and Universidad Catolico Andres Bello.
Snider's reaction was predictable, "I would like to go, especially if there is strife. Debate is needed most where the tools of peaceful disagreement are absent. However, I understand the superior local knowledge of my hosts and I will be proud to come to Venezuela whenever they indicate it would be best." Stay tuned to this newsletter for breaking news.
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.
THOSE GOING ON THE SWING ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A NEW ARGUMENT BEFORE SWING
PREP BEGINS!
Debaters who wish to go: Colin Kern, Carlos Varela, Eric Mates, Lindsey Melander,
Ryan O'Connor, Kayce Massey, Lana Langsweirdt, Jillian Marty, Brian Cole,
Edwin Owusu, and perhaps Sheila Limprevil and Timm Reimer. Coaches include
Morgan, Parmett, Miller, Snider.
TIME TO BEGIN FORMING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE SWING!
LDU travel schedule:
January, 6-8 UMKC, 3-5 William Jewell, 10-12 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Open
February, 1-2 Cornell, 7-9 Western
Washington, 21-23 Kansas, 2/28-3/2 East Regionals/D8 at UVM
March, 14-16 Towson, 20-24 CEDA Nationals, AZ
April, 3-7 NDT, GA
May, TBA Tercer Torneo Hispanoamericano de Debate in Honduras
RESEARCH THIS WEEKJillian Marty
is our research director.
SEMESTER TWO ARGUMENT IDEA MEETING THURSDAY AT 10 AM!
FROM THE SQUAD MEETING
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UVM Debate was #9 in both major national polls for debate in the USA for the 2001-2002 season.
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