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:hallenging Senior Bruce Hietbrink's Excited about their success at the Forensics
·ebuttal, Junior John Koenig and Sophomore Matt National Qualifying Tournament are Finalist Senior Greg
:lausen check flowsheets in a practice debate round. Browm, Qualifier Junior Jenny Peterson, and Finalist Ju-
S. PEDERSEN ) nior Jeff Bivens. (J. GAllENTINE)

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am open for cross-examination," through any piece of evidence they could find
stated Senior Bruce Hietbrink as he that would help their case.
concluded his award-winning affir- How hard they worked showed in their
mative constructive speech at a debate tour- tournament results. Out of 30 tournaments,
nament. Hietbrink was one of the many de- they earned seven sweepstakes awards, and
bators who took home trophies from success- countless individual honors were received by
ful tournaments this season. the students.
Success did not come about without hard "In the six years I've coached debate, I
work. The debate team went to a camp dur- think this is the best team we've had," said
ing the summer to brush up on their speaking Coach Scott Milliken. "We only had three
skills, and many long hours were spent re- seniors, but the rest of the squad was experi-
searching cases. One could always find de- enced enough and skilled enough for us to
bators in the library painstakingly sorting have a strong team."
Two members of that "strong team," Jun-
iors Chris Moorhead and Mike Lemay, quali-
fied for the Tournament of Champions in poli-
cy debate. The partners ~ent to Kentucky
in May to debate a resolution dealing with ag-
riculture. "We were at a tourney at Augus-
tana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., when we ear-
ned the spot for TOC. It was a shock, but
we had fun," said Moorhead.
"Debate was a method of channeling my
aggression in a positive way," commented Ju-
nior John Koenig . "It gave me a way to ex-
press my political and moral views while re-
maining calm." Like Koenig, Sophomore
Chris Reade found debate a good solution for
aggression. "When I got frustrated, I knew
that I could assert my energy through debate
and make it worthwhile."
Researching, writing, speaking, and being
prepared were vital elements in a debate
round. These things enabled a debator
to always stay one step ahead of an oppo-
nent. lN

Lisa Ferris
)ebate: front- Debbie Brown. Josh Harmon, Rob Glov- Julie Eckersley, David letterman, Bruce Hietbrink 1 back-
r, Matt Clausen, Noah Pollak , Mike levine, Tracy Bau- Donovan Wattier, Greg Brown, Jeff Glenn, Joseph Cox,
1art; second row- John Koenig, Heather Weekley. Mike Jim Peterson, Robb Hoover, Conlon ladd, Todd Martin,
?May. Chris Moorhead, Susan Seiler, Rob Millimet, Greg Chris Shearer, Mike Thielen, Travis Tyler, and Chip Ott.
awes, Ed Nickel, Chris Reade, Peter Chung. Keith Hale. (D. lOUDEN) 143

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