Sun Prairie Forensic Tournament Results
Posted on February 6, 2010 – 9:11 pm by: Tim SchefflerSun Prairie Results
Large Team
1st James Madison Memorial 342
2nd Sun Prairie 337
3rd Madison West 233
Individual results after the break
Thursday Thing to Read: Help the NFL Give Away Pepsi’s Money
Posted on February 4, 2010 – 10:15 am by: Nick BubbYes. It’s back. Sort of.
The National Forensic League has released the following message:
NFL is a finalist for Pepsi’s Refresh Everything grant, which helps groups from across the country improve their local communities. NFL’s proposal will create weekend-long communication leadership summits in six major cities for students and teachers in Title I schools. Most of the grant money will be given directly to students, teachers, and coaches in the six major cities we serve. That’s over $210,000 directly into the hands of deserving students and educators.
We need your help to reach our goal! Grant recipients will be decided by community votes. Voting is open now! You may vote every day from today through the end of February. Visit NFL Online to read our entire proposal and vote to make speech and debate education available to new populations.
Also, here’s my random plug for Pepsi: Mountain Dew Throwback has been re-released. You’ve been notified.
Extemp questions
Posted on February 1, 2010 – 1:57 pm by: Mike TraasAs promised – here are the extemp questions that I wrote for the East forensic tournament. I hope you enjoy them, as I had a good time writing them
Appleton East Forensic Tournament Results
Posted on January 31, 2010 – 10:00 am by: Mike TraasAppleton East Forensic Tournament
January 30th, 2010
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Berlin Forensic Tournament results
Posted on January 24, 2010 – 4:56 pm by: Mike TraasBerlin Forensic Invitational 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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Rostrum Archive: Art McMillion
Posted on January 20, 2010 – 2:06 pm by: Bill BattermanThe National Forensic League has scanned and posted the September issues of the Rostrum from 1967, 1969, 1970, and 1971. Chronicling the previous year’s NFL National Tournaments, these issues contain content that any debate historian will surely find fascinating. The 1970 issue, for example, contains a congratulatory blurb about Art McMillion, the former West Bend and Eau Claire Memorial coach who is a member of both the WDCA and WFCA Halls of Fame.
Art McMillion Receives Second Diamond
Hopefully this is just the tip of the iceberg and the NFL continues to post new historical content.
NFL National Qualifiers
Posted on January 11, 2010 – 1:12 am by: Tim SchefflerSouthern Wisconsin
Policy
Matt Cekanor & Tyler Thur Marquette University HS
Abby Loxton & Jason Schwartz Nicolet
LD
Brendan Caldwell James Madison Memorial
Advik Shreekumar Brookfield East
PF
Valerie Shen & Lingran Kong James Madison Memorial
Alexis Wilkinson & Rachel Wilkinson Nicolet
2010-2011 Policy Debate Topic Announced
Posted on January 7, 2010 – 3:07 pm by: Nick BubbThe National Federation of High School Associations has released the policy debate topic for 2010-2011. Military Deployments was chosen. The wording of the resolution is listed below.
Military Deployments was chosen as the topic with 24 of the 37 votes cast on the topic.
Voting for Military Depoyments were: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawai’i, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, The NCFL, The NFL, and The NDCA. Voting for China were: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennslyvannia, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
The wording of the resolution is:
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey
Coaching Opportunities
Posted on December 22, 2009 – 10:03 am by: Nick BubbWFD is proud to announce that we are now listing Speech and Debate Coaching Opportunities. If you are interested in coaching speech and debate, please see the permanent page. The page will be periodically updated as information is made available to WFD.
The link is:
Congratulations State Champions
Posted on December 14, 2009 – 12:04 am by: Tim Scheffler286 competitors from 29 schools qualified for the 2009-1010 Wisconsin Debate Tournament held at South Milwaukee HS this weekend. At the end of competition WFD is pleased to congratulate our Wisconsin State Champions.
Middle School Policy:
MacDowell Montessori Keenan Gibson, Khahil Davis, Donovan Green, Tom Lowe
Novice Policy:
Rufus King Aliye Kidwell, Marvin Stokes-Beamon, Lonnie Anderson, Akebia Juett
Lincoln Douglas:
James Madison Memorial Co-Champions Brendan Caldwell & Arjun Seshadri
Varsity Policy – Four Person:
West Bend Taylor Marx, Emma Hill, Rachel Williams, Matt Holcomb
Public Forum:
James Madison Memorial Lingran Kong & Valerie Shen
Varsity Policy – Two Person:
Nicolet Abby Loxton & Jason Schwartz
Also honored:
Coach of the Year:
Bill Batterman Marquette University HS
WDCA Scholarship Winners:
Valerie Shen James Madison Memorial
Jason Schwartz Nicolet