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D Holiday C / Book Fair TUES., DEC. 1 Holiday Book Sale 20% Off Holiday Books Limited to stock • No further discounts WED DEC 2: PNW Mystery Writers j A Jance Kate Wilhelm #, Conrad Haynes If TMURS . DEC 3 Taste ot Oregon and UO cookbook treats FRI DEC 4 Freebies General Books See our Holiday Postcards ( Debate team gets set for tournament By Kelvin Wee fmerald Reporter Ranked first in the Northwest and 11th in the nation, the University debate team is one of nine top teams in the nation in vited to participate in the 6th Annual Weber State College Na tional Round Robin in Ogden. Utah, on |an 20 and 21 According to the team direc tor Kevin Boyer, the team was tanked seventh in the nation two w-eeks prior to the last ratings, and fell because they didn't participate in any tour naments during that two week period. Boyer, a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the department of Speech, said the ranking is the best ever achieved by the University debate team. The team was ranked ninth in the nation two years ago The work involved in achiev ing such heights includes spen ding countless hours resear ching arguments. Boyer said An average debater at the senior level spends about 10 to 15 hours each week researching and compiling their arguments prior to each tournament, he added. Although novice debaters art; not required to spend as many hours as senior debaters, Boyer said they are encouraged to spend an average of .) to 4 hours researching, and extra time on weekends attending practice sessions to improve their skills. Membership on the debate —UO-Bookstore Small Appliance Sale 20% Off THIS WEEK ONLY HAMILTON i BEACH Blender WEAREVER Popcorn Pumper Coffee Mill 5B5P Proctor-Silex Coffee Maker r HAMILTON BEACH Eurostyle “Mini Drip" • Limited to Stock on hand team is open to anyone who is interested in improving their speech skills. Boyer said. However, involvement with the team coupled with keeping up in school often leaves debaters little time for other activities. "We emphasize a lot on school work, and don't let peo ple compete unless they keep up with school work." Boyer said "We don't have a required GPA (grade point average) per say. but we do have a loose guideline where a student needs to maintain a 2.5 to 3.0." He explained although other schools have strict GPA guidelines, the University team will not discriminate against those who want to improve their skills in speech. The team is funded by three different sources, the biggest source being the Incidental Fee Committee. The team also receives funds from the speech department and from the high school tournament it hosts each year. Hoyer said. lie added that most of the fun ding does not cover their travel or lodging expenses, and debaters often must stay with friends to save money. The team participates in two different styles of debate. There are two member teams and in dividual event teams, also known as the Lincon-Douglas Debate. Several divisions are open to debaters, Boyer explained. Rosie Mays is director of the individual-events team. Mays, also a GTF in the speech depart ment. said the team consists of students with different majors. Mays said there are individual-event competitors who are good enough to qualify for national tournaments this year. She added that members must be placed high enough in three different senior individual-event tournaments in order to qualify for a place in the nationals. Forensics Team President Greg Oaks joined the team three years ago when he was a freshman. Oaks said he joined the team because he wanted to be involved in an activity while in college and had debated while attending high school. Membership on the debate team is open to anyone in terested in improving their speech skills, and those in terested should contact Kevin Boyer at 216 Villard Hall. Emerald writer awarded University student Michael Drummond won 19th place in the General News Writing Com petition of the William Ran dolph Hears! Foundation's 28th-annual |ournalism Awariis Program. Drummond, who is the Kmeruld's associate editor of University Higher Educa tion Administration, received certificate of merit for his Sept. 28 story on the culmination of the Oregon Public Employees Union's fall strike and how it af fected the University's opera tion. Drummond, a senior pre journalism major, also was awarded eighth place in the ltiHt) Hears! editorial writing category. "I am obviously pleased with the selection, and given the high-quality of applicants, I feel I fared fairly well,” he said. The Journalism Awards Pro gram is open to journalism ma jors from universities accredited by the Association of Schools of journalism and Mass Com munication. In the first com petition of the academic year, 123 students entered from t>7 schools in the first competition of the academic year. Locally, the University of Washington was the only other Pacific-10 school to place. Two writers placed first and 14th STUDENTS•FACULTY• STAFF gp(u 'UoccCxAUa* Influenza vaccinations will be given at the Student Health Center every WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRI DAY FROM 8:00 to 9:00 a m. beginning October 6 and continuing until the end of Fall term. Only one injection is needed. Students $2.50 Faculty and Staff $3.50 Annual flu immunizations are recommend ed for the following: 1. Persons with increased risk of complica tion from lower repiratory infections. 2. Persons 65 years or older. 3. Persons with any of the following: heart disease, compromised lung func tions, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, chronic severe anemia, and conditions which compromise immune mechanisms. For more information, call the Student Health Cantor at (686>-4441
