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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
This past Saturday, March 27, Pacific hosted a one day debate tournament with novices debating in the British Parli format and open division competitors debating in the NPDA format.
In the open division there were 12 teams from 5 schools. Pacific/Davis hybrid team, Kyle Gundlach and Henry Soong won the division with their victory over Pacific's Jacki Evans and Cynthia Parrish. Evans was rated top speaker in the open division. The Pacific team of Kristin Pace ('07, Comm) and Branigan Robertson ('07, Finance) made a strong showing by advancing to the semifinals.
In the novice division, there were 16 teams from Pacific and Delta College. Pacific closed out the final round with the teams of Alexander Lu-Pon & Kristen Stern (1st), Muna Haddad & Camille Schulte (2nd), Arabella di Bagno & Lizzie Delaney (3rd), and Elizabeth Drummond & Eugene Sefanov (4th). Lu-Pon was top speaker, di Bagno was 2nd, Drummond was 4th, and Clarissa DeLaRosa was 5th.
Complete results can be found at www.ncfa.org.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Director of Forensics, Shawn Batt, will be leaving the University and moving to Michigan. His wife, Nicole, has been granted an exciting position in the Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Department at Michigan State University. After celebrating his departure, the team has vowed to survive without him and looks forward to meeting their future coach. They have agreed to let Shawn stick around for a bit longer to attend nationals and assist with the transition.
Thursday, March 4, 2004
This past weekend, the University of the Pacific hosted the Northern California Forensics Association Championship Tournament. 280+ students from 31 colleges and universities attended the event, competing in two different formats of team debate as well as 11 different individual events in novice, junior, and open divisions.
The big news for the Pacific Speech & Debate Society is the performance of Jacki Evans ('06, Pol. Sci) and Cynthia Parrish ('05, Business Law), who earned a perfect 6-0 prelim record in Open Division Parliamentary Debate before progressing through quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals to win the tournament.
Pacific golfer and Communication major, Miles Kirkpatrick, also made a good showing for us in his first tournament. Miles and his partner, Brian Foster of Foothill College, earned 12th seed (out of 37) in the Novice Division. They dropped out in Octafinals, but still came away with 3rd (Foster) and 9th (Kirkpatrick) best speaker ratings in the event (out of 74).
In individual events, Natalie Lewis ('06, Speech Path) was a finalist in Prose and 4th place in Dramatic Duo (w/ Kristin Pace, '07, Comm).
Friday, February 20, 2004
This past weekend, members of the team travelled to Phoenix, AZ for tournaments. Among the highlights was Natalie Lewis'('06, Speech Path) 6th place finish in programmed oral interpretation. Good job Natalie!
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Pacific hosted a one-day British Parliamentary debate tournament this past Saturday, January 24. 22 two-person teams from 9 schools attended, including two teams from South Korea. Congrats to Cynthia Parrish ('05, Business Law) and Jacki Evans ('06, Pol. Sci.) for making 3rd place in our tournament after earning a 4-0 preliminary round record and besting San Jose State and Delta College in semifinals. The final round found Jacki and Cynthia advocating stricter Mercury emissions standards against three UC Davis teams, including the 6th and 9th ranked teams in the nation. Jacki also won 2nd place in the individual speaker ratings at the tournament.
Jacki and Cynthia are in serious contention for a bid to the NPTE tournament now. Thanks to everyone for helping out, especially Carol, Dean, Russ, and Cathy. Oh, and Eugmar for coming up to judge. Thanks to Anthony and Natalie and Brannigan for coming out to support our team in elims. Thanks to Kristin for being flexible and debating with a hybrid partner from CSU Hayward.
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
The Pacific Study Break Tournament was a great success this past weekend. 13 schools attended and participated in British Format Parliamentary Debate as well as 11 different individual events.
Pacific field a large number of competitors at the event because of the Comm 114 Argumentation class. Overall, the class thought the tournament was a worthwhile learning experience.
Several people in the class deserve praise. In particular, Sandy Goldberg earned a 3rd place individual speaker rating (out of 72 in the field). Other top twenty finishers included Ki Kallbrier (7th place), Sadye Reish (15th), David Doubley (16th) and Rachel DeRonde (20th). The team of Ki Kallbrier and Sadye Reish finished 4th in the tournament (out of 36 teams in novice division).
Members of the PSDS also made a good showing at the tournament. In the open division of debate, Cynthia Parrish and Jacki Evans were semifinalists after placing first or second in all four of their prelim rounds.
In individual events, the team amassed the following awards:
Kristen Pace (4th in Persuasion, 2nd in Informative, 2nd in Prose)
Cynthia Parrish (2nd in Impromptu, 1st in Extemp)
Natalie Lewis (3rd in POI)
Jacki Evans (3rd in Drama)
Ashley Carrera (1st in Impromptu)
Dayna Bryant (4th in Drama, 3rd in Informative)
Lewis and Pace (4th in Duo Drama)
Pacific was first place in overall sweeps for the University division. Congrats!
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Jacki and Cynthia are back safely from England, and their report is forthcoming. Meanwhile, our team attended the Hayward tournament this past weekend and we have some good news to report. Ashley Carrera ('07, Pol. Sci. & Communication) placed 4th in Open Impromptu at her first college tournament ever! Natalie Lewis ('06, Speech Pathology) placed 3rd in Prose Interpretation.
Thursday, October 30, 2003
High School Tournament Results
We had our annual high school tournament last weekend. We had about 400 students from 32 schools attending. Results can be found at this link.
Next week, we have a team heading for Oxford and then Cambridge.
Monday, October 6, 2003
The Pacific Speech & Debate Society has been to two tournaments since school began, one at the University of Wyoming and the other at Santa Rosa Junior College.
At Wyoming, we had a small entry but still came home with a 2nd Place in Poetry Interpretation (Natalie Lewis, '06, Speech Path) and 6th Place in Prose (Lewis again).
At Santa Rosa just this past weekend, the team earned the following awards:
4th Place Overall University (field of 12).
2nd Place in Parliamentary Debate (Jacki Evans, '06, Pol. Sci., & Cynthia Parrish, '05, Business).
4th Place in Impromptu Speaking (Cynthia Parrish, '05, Business).
3rd Place in Extemporaneous Speaking (Cynthia Parrish, '05, Business).
2nd Place in Dramatic Interpretation (Jacki Evans, '06, Pol. Sci.).
Evans earned first place in all three of her preliminary rounds in Drama. In debate, Evans and Parrish were 5 and 1 in prelims.
Monday, August 11, 2003
The speech and debate season hasn't really started, but there is already good news to report. This past week, Jacki Evans ('06, Pol. Sci) and Cynthia Parrish ('05, Business) attended the Wyoming Debate Cooperative in Laramie, participating in workshops, discussion, research, and practice in anticipation of the coming season. In the tournament held at the end of the week, Evans and Parrish earned a 4-1 prelim. record ultimately placing third after losing in semifinals. Parrish was 8th best ranked speaker in the 32 person field. Nice start for the year!
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
We are looking forward to two new coaches joining the team this coming Fall: Dean Gundlach (formerly DOF at CEU) and Carol Green (from Wyoming).
Both of these folks are outstanding, and we are honored to have them with us.