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-eshman Matt Egger practices his power
f persuasion as his classmates critique
m. Daieuen Shin

Although many times people
thought of speech and debate as
the same thing, there were actu­
ally several differences between
the two. “In debate you have
somebody who tells you ‘no, you’re
wrong’”, said Julie Spears, presi­
dent ofthe NFLC. “ In speech, you
give a speech, and nobody asks any
questions.”
Many categories of speech
existed. Some of these categories
were extem poraneous, im­
promptu, original oratory, dramatic
interpretation, humorous interpre­
tation, among others. Since so
many categories did exist, “any­
body who wants to do speech can
find their own niche,” said Daieuen
Shin.
Debate had basically two cat­
egories - Lincoln-Douglas and
Policy. Policy emphasized the use
of evidence to change a current
policy. Lincoln-Douglas debate
mainly had to do with values, such
as moral issues.
“We argue our opponent’s
case and try to uphold our own
case,” said Spears explaining the
procedures in debate. A single
round of these arguments could
last I 1/2 hours for policy, and a
Lincoln-Douglas round could last
45 minutes.
Besides the two policy teams
which went to State, Julie Spears
and Josh Sorbel also went. In
addition they qualified for Nation­
als at Boca Raton, Florida, along
with Shin and Kristinajacobberger.
Spears said “There are more
people this year who are dedi­
Sophomore Bryan Digilio flashes time
cated.” These dedicated people
cards that are used during in-class de­
attended as many as 8 to 12 tour­
bates. Amy Marsh
naments, while all that was re­
Sophomore Justin Tiehen prepares for quired was either four or six, de­
his first rebuttal speech while listening
pending on the experience of the
to his opponent. Daieuen Shin
student.
by M i k e H a w k

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