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Members of the University’s debate team have good reason to
smile, as they recently placed fifth out of 240 collegiate teams
at the Cross-examinaiion Debate Association Championship in
Columbia, S.C. earlier this month
Debate team ranked fifth
By Jennifer Johnston
Emerald Contributor
The University of Oregon de
bate team lias a reason to cele
brate.
In the Cross-examination De
bate Association National
Championship tournament
held in Columbia, S.C. earlier
this month, the University de
bate team ranked fifth of the na
tion's top 250 teams taking part
in the competition.
The University’s two-man
team of Peter Messer and Trond
Jacobsen defeated opponents
with a suet ess rate of 1 1 wins
to two losses and advanced to
the quarterfinals where they
were defeated by the current
national champions, Southern
Illinois.
Had Messer and Jacobsen not
met Southern Illinois early in
the quarterfinals, team mem
bers predicted that they would
have placet! higher in the com
petition. considering their de
feat of number-two ranked
UCLA in an earlier round.
The accomplishments of this
year’s debate program have
been considerable.
A trip to the national cham
pionship is usually a career
achievement for a college de
bater. said David Frank, foren
sics director and associate pro
lessor of speech. However, to
achieve this while still an un
derclassman without a substan
tial high school background re
veals an extraordinary amount
of dedication, talent and good
coaching, he said.
Debate director Matt Taylor
said that the debaters spent at
least seven or eight hours a day
preparing their debate materi
als.
"They are the hardest work
ing group of people I have
coached in debate." Taylor
said.
This year, debaters prepared
arguments for and against the
legislation of a gun control or
dinance.
The team's affirmative slant e
contended that guns precipitat
ed violence when made readily
available and that they bet a me
a "coping mechanism."
The negative stance argued
that, although this may he true,
the cost of enforcing gun re
strictions would be expensive,
and the money for enforcement
would inevitably be taken from
social programs which deal
with poverty.
Krank said this has been his
most successful young team to
(fate.
The fact that Messer and Ja
cobsen will return next year
makes it "very likely that they
will be the 1(190 National
Champions."
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