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Senior champ debater Jon Blu menthal
displa s one of the many first speaker
awar. that he won. Blu men th al and his
par er Senior Rob Millimet were the top
team and state co-champions. (T. Mar-
tin)
Devotion Helps

Produce Winning

-ream

-Je nnifer Hu eftle-
citement of the competition kept
me going.·· The students stuck in
t e debate room with the activity itself because of the
ion of trophies lined benefits it produced: whether
wall that were won because of the information of
pa eekend's tourna- current events they received.
ment. Coach Scott Milliken improvement of speaking skills .
said. " We had our most success- deepening of l~ic or just the joy
ful year ever. " What led to this of winning.
success? Hours of work and The team competed in policy
\ dedication. and Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Although the five month long Policy was the high speed , evi-
season of tournaments started dence filled debate based upon
in November. the preparation by the formation and refutation of
the team started long before. proposed government pro-
The team began to examin e the grams. A new development for
resolution and wrote their first the team was its formation of a
cases in the spring. Summer was L-D class. Milliken said. "L-D
spent gathering research and at- was so different it needed to be
tending debate camps. As the separated to be able to give the
start of the school year began proper emphasis to the style · ·
the class rounds increased the Lincoln-Douglas was a slower
students experience and talent. form of debate that focused on
An effective means of preparing the weighing of values in a situa-
for tournaments the in school tion. Senior Rob Glover said.
matches were not short for com- "Having a class helped to give
petition. proper exposure of subjects.
The tournaments' long sched- The classroom practice rounds
ule was taxing for most stu- unlocked potential, it helped to
dents. Competetion started on develop us as a major force on
Friday continuing until 11 p m . the circuit.··
starting at eight a.m . Saturday Although team members
and lasting most of the day. what cou ld argue about anything one
nsible for kee ping th e tournament
. deba tors work ing in th e tab was the appeal' Novice debator subject was undebatable, the
r . ave to be fast and error-free in Sophomore Scott O'Donnell team was a major force to be
tlti calculations . (T. Martin) said . " The winning and the ex- dealt with ....