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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Pacific with Best NFA Finish EVER
Pacific has best NFA Results in ten years!
Pacific finishes 6th in the nation in
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
On April 17, 2008, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to
Nashville, Tennessee, to compete at the National Forensic Association’s
National Championship. Over 80
schools were in attendance with over 600 competitors. Pacific students did amazingly well! Indeed, it is the best Pacific has done
at NFA in over ten years! In
Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Steven Farias and Broc Maples were advanced to the
double-octofinal round, placing them in the top 32 of over 100 debaters in the
country! This meant that Pacific
placed sixth out of all schools doing Lincoln-Douglas debate at the tournament! An outstanding accomplishment and the
best Pacific has EVER done in L-D Debate!
In individual events, Emily Sheldon advanced to the
quarter-final round of impromptu speaking, placing her in the top 24 out of
over 250 speakers! Steven Farias
narrowly missed advancing to elimination rounds in extemporaneous speaking, he
was 27th out of over 300 speakers!
Emily and Dr. Bates next travel to the Interstate Oratory
Competition. This is the oldest
forensics competition in the country (over 150 years old) and features no more
than the best two students from each state in the nation!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Pacific Debaters Best FInish EVER at NPTE
Pacific Debaters
Accomplish Best Finish Ever
At The
National
Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence
On March 13-18, Pacific debate teams traveled to Tacoma, WA,
for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE). It was already an historic trip
because—for the first time ever—Pacific had qualified three teams
to compete against the best 54 teams in the nation. It is a grueling tournament. You need seven ballots to break into the elimination
rounds. The most Pacific debaters
have gotten before is five ballots and those were very hard-won. This year Pacific FS (Steve Farias
& Emily Sheldon) won SIX ballots for our best showing ever! Although, they did not break to
elimination rounds, this finish actually raises their national ranking to 26th
in the nation: the best FINISH of ANY TEAM in Pacific’s NPTE history! Not only did they finish well as a
team, but Emily Sheldon was 34th Speaker out of 108 total speakers
at the tournament!
Pacific EM (Anne Eastlick & Broc Maples) won a very
respectable four ballots, almost tying the record for Pacific previous finishes
at NPTE.
Pacific Speech & Debate next travels on March 26th
to the US Air Force Academy for the National Parliamentary Debate Association’s
National Championship. Starting in
April, PSDS will compete at three more national championships focusing on
individual speeches.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Pacific Second in California!
Pacific Speech & Debate Ranked 2nd
in California!
Best Finish in Fifteen Years!
On Feb 29 – March 2, 2008, Pacific Speech and Debate competed at what amounts to the State Championships for four-year colleges and universities. After sixteen rounds of competition, Pacific was ranked second in California’s season-long sweepstakes! This represents Pacific’s success in individual events (debate is counted by other organizations—we are actually higher in debate). As a demonstration of how Pacific is dominating in individual events, ALL of the competitors in the final round of Extemporaneous Speaking were from Pacific! Of especial importance was that Emily Sheldon was elected to represent all Northern California colleges and universities at the AFA-NIET (American Forensics Association National Individual Event Tournament) in April. She also qualified four events to nationals. This is very indicative of Pacific’s prominence in the region and nationally! This is also the best Pacific has done in Individual Events in more than ten years! Their coach, Dr. Marlin Bates, (Asst. Prof in Communication) was also elected the director for NEXT year’s District Championship meet! When asked to comment, Dr. Bates stated, “Like debate, we qualified quite a few more people than I was expecting in this rebuilding year, but I welcome it!!”
As always, the following individual results are for informational purposes only and are not necessarily intended for publication.
District I
Qualifier Warm-Up Tournament February
29, 2008
Extemporaneous Speaking
CHAMPION: Will Chamberlain
Second Place: Richard Aragon
Third Place: Broc Maples
Fourth Place: Steve Farias
Fifth Place: Anne Eastlick
Sixth Place: Isaac Molsee
Impromptu Speaking
CHAMPION: Richard Aragon
Second Place: Broc Maples
Third Place: Emily Sheldon
Fifth Place: Jill Rifkind
Persuasive Speaking
Third Place: Jill Rifkind
Fourth Place: Steve Farias
Poetry Interpretation
Third Place: Rachel Malm
Programmed Oral Interpretation
Fifth Place: Chelsea Kelleher
District I
AFA-NIET Quyalifying Tournament March
1-2, 2008
Extemporaneous Speaking
CHAMPION: Richard Aragon
Fifth Place: Anne Eastlick
Persuasive Speaking
Third Place: Steve Farias
Informative Speaking
Second Place: Will Chamberlain
Prose Interpretation
Sixth Place: Chelsea Kelleher
Impromptu Speaking
Second Place: Anne Eastlick
Communication Analysis
Fourth Place: Steve Farias
Events
Qualified “At Large” for the AFA-NIET
Richard Aragon: Impromptu
Speaking
William Chamberlain: Impromptu
Speaking
Anne Eastlick: Informative
Speaking
Steve Farias: Impromptu
& Extemporaneous Speaking
Broc Maples: Impromptu
& Extemporaneous Speaking
Emily Shedlon: Impromptu,
Extemporaneous, Persuasive, & Communication Analysis.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Pacific Takes Second at Whitman!
Pacific Takes
Second Place
Pacific Speakers
Shine at Whitman
This weekend, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Over three days of some intense competition, Pacific finished second overall in sweepstakes, had some individual speech champions and did very well in debate against some very tough teams. Of particular note was Broc Maples who was the Extemporaneous Speaking Champion and second in Impromptu Speaking. The debate team of Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon) did very well advancing to the Quarter-Finals in both tournaments!
Pacific’s next tournament will be on campus on 2/29-3/2
As always, the following information is a) not necessarily intended for publication and b) all results can also be seen at http://psds.pitas.com/
Whitman Classic I
Parliamentary Debate
Speakers
Eighth Steve Farias
15th Broc Maples
16th Anne Eastlick
19th Emily Sheldon
Placings
Quarter-Finalists Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon)
Whitman Classic II
Individual Events
Extemporaneous Speaking
Champion Broc Maples
Third Anne Eastlcik
Impromptu Speaking
Second Broc Maples
Finalist Anne Eastlick
Persuasive Speaking
Second Emily Sheldon (This qualifies her speech to the AFA-NIET)
Parliamentary Debate
Speakers
Eighth Emily Sheldon
Placings
Quarter-Finalists Pacific FS
Monday, February 11, 2008
PSDS are Northern California Champions
Pacific Northern California Champions!!
Pacific Debaters First and Second in Northern
California!!
Pacific selected to represent NorCal at Interstate
Oratory Competition!!
This weekend, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Diablo Valley College to compete in the Northern California Forensic Association’s Championship tournament. After competing against 30+ schools from Northern California (and some Southern California ones), Pacific came out on top in a NUMBER of areas. Of special highlight was the fact that Pacific debate teams Richard Aragon & Will Chamberlain (Pacific AC) and Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon (Pacific FS) were first and second in open parliamentary debate. Also, Pacific debaters “closed out” Lincoln Douglas debate at QUARTERS! This means that at the break to elimination rounds, only Pacific debaters were in elimination rounds after the quarter-final round! Eight debaters break to quarters, we had SEVEN and defeated the eighth in that round! Additionally, for the first time in Pacific’s history, Emily Sheldon was selected as the Northern California representative at the Interstate Oratory Competition, the oldest forensics competition in the country! Also, Steve Farias was named the Shannon Valdivia speaker of the tournament for being the most successful competitor at the tournament! This is the first time Pacific has won this award!
As always, the following information represents individual competitor achievement and is not necessarily for publication.
Individual Events – Open Division
Impromptu Speaking
Second Will Chamberlain
Fifth Steve Farias
Sixth Richard Aragon
Communication Analysis
Champion Emily Sheldon
Persuasive Speaking
Third Emily Sheldon
Extemporaneous Speaking
Second Steve Farias
Third Emily Sheldon
Fourth Will Chamberlain
Fifth Richard Aragon
Sixth Youa Yang
Cynthia Valdivia Top Speaker: Steve Farias
Open Parliamentary Debate
Speakers
Second Will Chamberlain
Fifth Brandon Schwartz
Seventh Rich Aragon
Team Results
Champion Pacific AC (Richard Aragon & Will Chamberlain)
Second Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon)
NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate Open Division
Champion Emily Sheldon
Second Steve Farias
Third (tie) Alyssa Kee
Third (tie) Will Chamberlain
Quarter-Finals Richard Aragon
Quarter-Finals Broc Maples
Quarter-Finals Isaac Molsee
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Pacific Shines at Sunset Cliffs Classic
Pacific Shines at Sunset Cliffs Classic
Pacific Debater 5th out of 180 debaters!
Pacific Finishes 6th out of 59 schools!
This weekend, Pacific
Speech and Debate traveled to Pt. Loma Nazarene University to compete at the
Sunset Cliffs Classic against fifty-nine other schools from around the
country. Although we travelled with only part of the squad, we
had our best showing in debate *ever* at Pt. Loma, three debate teams
broke to the elimination rounds. Indeed, Pacific FS (Emily Sheldon &
Steve Farias) were undefeated in the preliminary rounds! Pacific AC (William
Chamberlain & Richard Aragon) not only made it to the elimination rounds but
advanced to the Octofinal round. Pacific EM (Anne Eastlick & Broc
Maples) were the third Pacific debate team to qualify for the Double Octofinal
round. This really was a banner year in debate for Pacific.
Additionally, Brandon Schwartz finished fourth out of fourty-one other
competitors in Extemporaneous Speaking. All of these wins enable Pacific
to finish Sixth out of all other schools competing at the Sunset Cliffs.
As always the following individual information is not necessarily for publication.
Sunset Cliffs Classic
Parliamentary Debate – Open Division
Octofinalists Pacific AC (Richard Aragon & Will Chamberlain)
Double-Octofinalists Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon)
Double-Octofinalists Pacific EM (Anne Eastlick and Broc Maples)
Parliamentary Debate – Speakers
Fifth Steve Farias
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Octofinalist Emily Sheldon
Octofinialist Steve Farias
Extemporaneous Speaking – Open Division
Fourth Place Brandon Schwartz
SouthWestern College Invitational
Extemporaneous Speaking – Open Division
Third Place Broc Maples
Finalist Richard Aragon
Monday, January 28, 2008
Pacific Dominates Gladiator Invitational (AGAIN!)
Pacific Dominates Gladiator Invitational (Again!)
For the second year in a row, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to the SF Bay Area to compete in the local Gladiator Speech Invitational against eleven other local schools and universities. For the second year in a row, Pacific dominated the other schools, earning 150+ points with its nearest competitor more than 60 points away! In debate, Pacific “closed out” the event, meaning that only Pacific debaters were in the final round! Pacific Debaters Anne Eastlick and Broc Maples went undefeated throughout the entire tournament. Steve Farias and Emily Sheldon also did well in debate, but they REALLY shined in their individual events by earning over sixty sweepstakes points for the squad! Finally, Brandon Schwartz was the champion in Open Impromptu Speaking beating out all other competitors INCLUDING four of his teammates in the final round!
The team’s next tournament is the very competitive Sunset Cliffs Classic at Pt. Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA.
As always, the information below points the individual accomplishments of each debate team and speech competitor, but is not necessarily intended for publication.
Parliamentary Debate
Open Division
First Place Pacific EM (Broc Maples & Ann Eastlick)
Second Place Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon)
Quarter-finalist Pacific AC (Richard Aragon & Will Chamberlain)
Quarter-Finalist Pacific RS (Jillian Rifkind and Brandon Schwartz)
Top Speakers
First Place Steve Farias
Second Place Emily Sheldon
Individual Events (All are Open Division)
Prose Interpretation
Second Place Chelsea Kelleher
Informative Speaking
Second Place Anne Eastlick
Communication Analysis
Second Place Emily Sheldon
3rd Steve Farias
Impromptu Speaking
CHAMPION Brandon Schwartz
Second Place Emily Sheldon
3rd Place Steve Farias
Finalist Will Chamberlain
Finalist Richard Aragon
Persuasive Speaking
Champion Emily Schwartz
Second Place Steve Farias
Programmed Oral Interpretation
3rd Rachel Malm
Extemporaneous Speaking
CHAMPION Steve Farias
Second Place Emily Sheldon
3rd Will Chamberlain
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Pacific Hosts Largest Tournament for the Fall
Pacific Hosts Largest Tournament for the Fall
Pacific Squad Takes Second Overall!
Brandon Schwartz takes 4th Overall for the Tournament!
This past weekend, Pacific Speech and Debate hosted the largest speech and debate tournament in the country for the Fall semester. With over fourty schools from at least ten states, it represented a very competitive tournament! By doing well in both individual events and debate, Pacific finished second overall for the weekend. We did not give ourselves a trophy, but the facts speak for themselves! Of special import is the fact that Sophomore Brandon Schwartz took fourth place overall out of ALL individual events speakers at BOTH the Mustang Invitational and the Paul Winters Invitational. This is a very difficult feat and should be duly noted. Additionally, Brandon and his partner, Jill Rifkind, tied for third place in the Junior Division of Parliamentary debate. Pacific is done with tournaments for the Fall Semester and is taking a much need rest to gear up for next year!
The following is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily intended for publication:
Mustang Invitational
Overall Individual Sweepstakes
5th Brandon Schwartz
Informative Speaking
Novice Division
Finalist Youa
Yang
Open Division
Second Anne
Eastlick
Dramatic Interpretation
Open Division
Finalist Brandon
Schwartz
Novice Division
Finalist Alyssa
Kee
Prose Interpretation
Novice Division
Finalist Isaac
Molsee
Open Division
Champion Ray Candler
After-Dinner Speaking
Open Division
Finalist Brandon
Schwartz
Programmed Oral Interpretation
Open Division
Third Place Chelsea
Kelleher
Impromptu Speaking
Open Division
Champion Will Chamberlain
Finalist Broc
Maples
Paul Winters Invitational
Overall Individual Sweepstakes
4th Brandon Schwartz
Impromptu Speaking
Open Division
Second Place Will
Chamberlain
Third Place Richard
Aragon
Finalist Steven
Farias
Communication Analysis
Open Division
2nd Emily
Sheldon
Extemporaneous Speaking
Open Division
Semi-Finalist Anne
Eastlick
After-Dinner Speaking
Open Division
Finalist Brandon
Schwartz
Prose Interpretation
Open Division
Champion Ray Candler
Informative Speaking
Novice Division
Third Rachel
Malm
Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Second Place Steven
Farias
Third Place (Tie) Emily
Sheldon
Quarter-Finalist Will
Chamberlain
Parliamentary Debate
Junior Division
Speakers
Tenth Speaker Brandon
Schwartz
Speakers
Open Division
13th Speaker Steve
Farias
14th Speaker Emily
Sheldon
Team Results
Open Division
Quarter-Finalist Pacific
FS (Farias/Sheldon)
Double Octo-Finalist Pacific
EM (Eastlick/Maples)
Junior Division
Third Place (Tie) Pacific RS (Rifkind/Schwartz)
Monday, October 22, 2007
Pacific Takes Second Overall
Pacific Takes Second Overall!
Pacific Debaters Take First
(and 2nd,
3rd, 5th . . . )
This weekend Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Biola
University in Southern California and placed second overall out of thirty-five
schools from California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas! It was the first travel tournament for the entire squad this
year and everybody on the team contributed to the win! This was also a “swing” tournament,
meaning that in three days, there were two complete tournaments! In
Lincoln-Douglas debate, Pacific dominated the event, with Pacific having six
out of the thirteen octofinalists.
Sophomore Emily Sheldon placed second and Junior Steven Farias placed
third. In the junior division of
Parliamentary debate, the team of Chelsea Kelleher and Isaac Molsee placed
first. In the second half of the
swing, the team of Nolan Long and Youa Yang also placed first in the junior
division. Pacific missed first
placed overall by only 8 points:
Pacific had a total of 143 points and Arizona State had 151 points!
(What follows is a complete listing of the awards won by the
team, it is for information purposes and not necessarily intended for
publication.)
Todd Lewis
Invitational
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Second Place Emily
Sheldon
Third Place Steven
Farias
Quarter-Finalist Will
Chamberlain
Quarter-finalist Broc
Maples
Octo-finalist Richard
Aragon
Octo-finalist Raymond
Candler
Parliamentary Debate
Open Division
Speakers
Second Speaker Steve
Farias
Fourth Speaker Emily
Sheldon
Sixth Speaker Will
Chamberlain
Placings
Quarter-finalists Pacific
FS (Steve Farias/Emily Sheldon)
Octofinalists Pacific
CK (Will Chamberlain/Alyssa Kee)
Junior Division
Speakers
Eighth Speaker Brandon
Schwartz
Placings
First Place Pacific
KM (Chelsea Kelleher/Isaac Molsee)
Individual Events
Open Division
Communication
Analysis
Fifth Place Emily
Sheldon
Extemporaneous
Speaking
Fifth Place Emily
Sheldon
Persuasive
Speaking
Sixth Place Chelsea
Kelleher
Prose
Interpretation
Fifth Place Raymond
Candler
Novice Division
Impromptu
Speaking
Second Place Nolan
Long
Extemporaneous
Speaking
Fourth Place Jill
Rifkind
Persuasive
Speaking
Fourth Place Alyssa
Kee
Cougar Classic-Debate Only (Second half of swing)
Parliamentary Debate
Open Division
Speakers
Third Speaker Emily
Sheldon
Sixth Speaker Steven
Farias
20th Speaker Richard
Aragon
Placings
Quarter-finalist Pacific
EM (Anne Eastlick & Broc Maples)
Junior Division
Speakers
Sixth Speaker Nolan
Long
Placings
First Place Pacific
LY (Nolan Long & Youa Yang)
Pacific Speech and Debate Squad Take First Overall
Pacific Speech and Debate Takes First in Debate
Pacific Debaters take Second!
On October 6 & 7, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to
Concordia University in Irvine, CA.
With 15+ other schools in attendance such as Pt. Loma Nazarene, UC San
Diego, and Arizona State, Pacific speakers accumulated the most points of every
squad there! Doing exceptionally
well were Pacific’s debaters. The
Lincoln-Douglas debaters “closed-out” the tournament at the semi-finals
(Meaning ALL debaters in that round were Pacific!). The Parliamentary debate team Pacific FS (Steve Farias/Emily
Sheldon) took second place in senior division with a record of 12-3! The only loss was in finals! Steve also was the overall winner in Open
Impromptu Speaking. Individual
speakers also did very well.
Chelsea Kelleher finished second in open prose interpretation and Anne
Eastlick was first in the novice division. All in all it was a very good showing for Pacific. This finishes four tournaments in a row
for the Pacific squad. They get
this weekend off and then they compete at four more tournaments in a row! If you want to know the complete
results, please visit http://psds.pitas.com/
Complete results: For general information and not
necessarily for publication
Individual Events
Informative Speaking
Open Division
Third Anne
Eastlick
Communication Analysis
Open Division
2nd Emily
Sheldon
Dramatic Interpretation
Open Division
Finalist Brandon
Schwartz
Prose Interpretation
Novice Division
Champion Anne Eastlick
Open Division
Second Place Chelsea
Kelleher
Extemporaneous Speaking
Open Division
Semi-Finalist Brandon
Schwartz
Impromptu Speaking
Open Division
Champion Steve Farias
Finalist Broc
Maples
Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Champion Steve
Farias
Second Place Will
Chamberlain
Third Place Emily
Sheldon
Parliamentary Debate
Junior Division
Speakers
Eight Speaker Chelsea
Kelleher
Speakers
Open Division
Champion Emily Sheldon
Third Speaker Steve
Farias
Eight Speaker Anne
Eastlick
13th Speaker Broc
Maples
19th Speaker Richard
Aragon
Team Results
Open Division
Second Place Pacific
FS (Farias/Sheldon)
Quarter-Finalist Pacific
AC (Aragon/Candler)
Quarter-Finalist Pacific
EM (Eastlick/Maples)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Pacific Closes Out Debate!
Pacific Speech and
Debate Takes Second
Pacific Debaters
take First and Second (and third!)
This weekend, September 22-23, 2007, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to UC Berkeley to compete in the Cal/Long Beach Season Opener. Leaving campus at 5:30 am to compete at 7:45 am until 10:00 pm that night, Pacific students excelled in their respective competitions. Passing other schools handily, Pacific finished 2nd in Individual Events overall and First in Debate overall. Here are the individual results:
Parliamentary Debate
Novice Division
Speakers
Top Speaker Brandon Schwartz
2nd Speaker Chelsea Kelleher
3rd Speaker Jill Riffkind (First College Debate Tournament)
4th Speaker Michael Biddle
5th Speaker Nolan Long (Also first tournament)
7th Speaker Youa Yang
8th Speaker Isaac Molsee
Open Division
5th Speaker Richard Aragon
6th Speaker Emily Sheldon
9th Speaker Will Chamberlain
Placings
Novice Division
Pacific’s novice debaters “closed out” the division in finals. In fact, our only losses were to ourselves in the elimination rounds!
Champions Pacific KM (Chelsea Kelleher & Isaac Molsee) (Undefeated!)
2nd Place Pacific LY (Nolan Long & Youa Yang) (Undefeated in prelims!)
3rd Place (tie) Pacific RS (Jill Riffkind & Brandon Schwartz)
Open Division
5th (tie) Pacific AC (Richard Aragon & Raymond Candler)
5th (tie) Pacific FS (Steven Farias & Emily Sheldon)
5th (tie) Pacific EM (Broc Maples & Anne Eastlick)
Individual Events
Extemporaneous Speaking
Novice Division
Champion Isaac Molsee
Second Place Youa Yang
Finalist Alyssa Kee
Finalist Jill Riffkind
Open Division
Second Place Emily Sheldon
Fifth Place Broc Maples
Prose Interpretation
Novice Division
Champion Raymond Candler
Third Place Chelsea Kelleher
Impromptu Speaking
Novice Division
Second Place Youa Yang
Open Division
Champion Steven Farias
Persuasive Speaking
Novice Division
Champion Chelsea Kelleher
Communication Analysis
Combined Division
Third Place Emily Sheldon
Top Novice Richard Aragon
Programmed Oral Interpretation
Open Division
Finalist Ariana Grova
Monday, September 24, 2007
Pacific Debaters Take Second
Pacific Debate Team Takes Second!
Pacific Squad Ties
for Third in Season Opener!
In Laramie, Wyoming, the University Speech and Debate Team battled it out with thirty other schools and in the end, were victorious!
In overall sweepstakes, the Pacific squad tied for third with Texas Tech University. The entire team helped in this win by competing in numerous events, three weeks of hard practice and everyone on the 25+ team pitching in to do research. Here is how it all settled out:
In Individual Events:
Ariana Grova (‘08) : 5th place in Informative Speaking
6th place in Programmed Oral Interpretation
Raymond Candler (2012): Quarter-finalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate (his 1st college tournament ever!)
**This also qualifies Raymond to the National tournament! He is the first one to qualify this year and is a freshman!
Broc Maples (’12) Seventh Place Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Isaac Molsee (’13) Ninth place Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
In Parliamentary Debate:
Junior Division
Pacific EM (Anne Eastlick ’09 & Broc Maples) Second Place
Pacific AC (Richard Aragon ’11 & Raymond Candler) Third Place
This was an exciting part of the tournament. This was Broc’s first college tournament and he and Anne had only debated together in practice. In a field of 60+ teams, Anne & Broc debated a total of eleven rounds in a 36 hour period. The final round did not start until ONE A.M.!!! But, in a close 2-1 decision, they emerged in second place. Unfortunately, the tournament forced Pacific EM and Pacific AC to debate in the semi-finals, thereby preventing Pacific from closing out the final round!! However, this is an outstanding start to what looks like a great semester.
It should be noted that Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon) as well as Pacific KM (Chelsea Kelleher & Isaac Molsee) barely missed making it to the elimination rounds. However, the points they earned (along with EM & AC’s points), gives Pacific a great start to the season-long rankings!
The Pacific Speech team travels to UC Berkeley for the Northern California season opener with over twenty people!