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Field Report: Grapevine Classic

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Student Congress category

GRAPEVINE, Tex. - Jane Boyd has released the fields for Lincoln-Douglas debate, policy debate, and Student Congress at the Grapevine Classic. Grapevine, the first TOC-qualifying tournament of the season, opens for competition a week from tomorrow.
“Because of the number of LD entries,” notes Jane Boyd in an e-mail released this morning, “we have chosen to […]

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NFL Presents Distinguished Service Awards

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Community, Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Student Congress category

RIPON, Wis. - I would like to take this opportunity both to congratulate those who received this year’s National Forensic League Distinguished Service Keys and Plaques and raise awareness about these important awards. Eighteen individuals received these citations this year, but it became clear to me through conversations both at Nationals and earlier in the […]

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Taarini Vohra Crowned National Champion in Lincoln-Douglas Debate; Glenbrook North Takes Policy; Ransom Everglades Wins Public Forum Title

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2007, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Student Congress category

The Hockaday Entourage
WICHITA, Kan. - With a system of double elimination, Nationals is, at the end of the day, a competition of gradual attrition. By the end of the week, a field of well over two hundred Lincoln-Douglas debaters was whittled down to the finest two left standing: the Hockaday School’s Taarini Vohra and James […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Congress Finalists Announced

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2007, Student Congress category

WICHITA, Kan. - Jonathan Peele has provided VBD with the names of the finalists in both the Senate and the House of the National John C. Stennis Student Congress. Students are listed by name and state; some schools have also been provided. There are twenty-four students in each chamber. The final sessions, held at the […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Congress Breaks Announced

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2007, Student Congress category

WICHITA, Kan. - Photographs of the listings of the students who have advanced to the semifinal round in Student Congress are here, courtesy of Jonathan Peele. Hang tight! The names can be viewed here and here, as the names took up two separate sheets of paper.
Thanks again, Jonathan! (I hope everyone will join me in […]

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Jonathan Peele Rules

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2007, Student Congress category

WICHITA, Kan. - I would also just like to say, for the record, that I am officially in debt to Jonathan Peele — the speech and debate coach at East Chapel Hill High School and the incoming director at Manchester Essex Regional High School — who has just generously volunteered to help us with our […]

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Kathryn Barry is Louisiana State Champion; Kenneth Cross Takes Intermediate Title; William Simoneaux Wins Novice

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Results, State Championships, Student Congress category

Ian Gunn and Kathryn Barry
Jordan Landry was the author of this report.
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - After three days of hard-fought competition, the 2007 Louisiana High School Speech League (LHSSL) Tournament of Champions has come to a close. Congratulations to:
- Kathryn Barry of Teurlings Catholic High School and Ian Gunn of New Orleans Jesuit High School — […]

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