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Unconventional debaters rank fourth nationwide
Original research key for forensic team’s Jacobsen and Prosise ■EmfjlH
By Kirsten I ucas
t mar a id Reportm
I tin ability to go fxeyond conventional
arguments, such as those surrounding
the issue of |K>lilicul corm tness, makes
senior deflate partners 'led I’rosise and
'frond Jar ohsen one of the hottest debate
learns in the < ounlry today.
Forrmsti s department head David
I rank desr hires the duo as "one of lire
fittest teams In appear in academic de
frali' in the last der ade ”
Willi a combined total of If years of
delrale experience, the pair emerged
from a winning combination of minds,
i ritual of traditional thought, firm in
their beliefs and exert |sed by hours of
research
Mlhough they’ve risen to the top
t mks of their activity.: they don i slant)
alone
The forensics program here is team
or ten led, I rank sliirl It's a very tom
munal, kihhul/ like program
As a wliofe. Oregon's tf> mointter for
I'irsii s program placed fourth in the
! ...I,;rs inning 1(1 si hoofs in the latest
' ,oking :■! th' largi si national inter i of
■vi i'i delrale as.lialioti treating out
s11' li preslig. ajs institutions as I < ! A
i nu ll and University of (ailifomia at
Berkeley
In tie fast tournament, whir li took
1 By Interpreting things
in a variety of different
ways, you can argue the
same types of positions
on both sides of the
issue/
Trond Jacobsen,
Debate team member
|»I«< •• in Oklahoma. Jacobsen and
I’rosise took third overall Jacobsen. a
senior in mm iologv, vs,is tin- top speaker
among more than ho speakers The pair
look (irsl piai r in every other national
tournament prior to the Oklahoma tour
nament
Among other things, ]a< obsen attri
holes their soi l ess to the attitude and
appose h they take to debate
jaeolisen and I’rosise use tin Universe
tv library and other sources sue li as ' al
ternative press publications for hack
ground n searc h and evidence to um* in
their arguments
In addition to their research, they say
one of their most valuable resources are
(lie people around them, particularly
fellow senior division partners I,acid
Wiles and Pet, Mohn, who are among
the lop 20 teams m the country
Through working together, forensics
team members come up with solid evi
dence .in<i strong arguments with which
to ciwnjKitc
The (mms (or a debate is emlxidied in
the "resolution " Debaters then affirm
and negate ifie resolution
Jacobsen and I’rosise said they always
!>elicve in the arguments they use to af
firm and negate a resolution
The following is an example of a de
flate round from a recent tournament
Resolution "Colleges and universities
have inappropriately altered education
al praetu vs to address issues of rat e and
gender "
Affirmative argument "Such niter
ations have been inappropriate I >e cause
they are not integrated, but marginalized
in the curriculum Classes such as eth
nli and women's studies are crumbs to
the voices of diversity ”
Negative argument Such alterations
have been appropriate because ihes .il
loss people to confront systems "of op
pression. and give them the opportunity
to challenge oppressive institutions
from within
its not .is though the a( In its , or the
World in general lor that matter, is based
on opposing principles," Jacoi>srn said
Its interpreting things in a variety of
*5no<o tjy John $toope
Forensic team debaters Trond Jacobsen
(top) and Ted Prosiso have got what it
takes to consistently place at the top
nationwide
different wavs, you (..in argue the same
types ol positions on txilh sides of the
issue "
It's not us though we're required to
take the exai t opposite ol our beliefs for
liall of the round,"he s.lid
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I CAMPUS UPDATE
"Stop the Hate" symposium addition
today
A forum on discrimination against Aruhs has
been added to the ASUO l-'iill Symposium's "Slop
the Hate' wi'i'k of events Tin' pane! discussion
will lake plm:e today from 1 1 10 a in In 1 10 p m
in the I Ml' t ).ik Room
This ivi nt will l«' led by Hr M He/.a if eh-Nam,
ilirei lor u! (he Inslilute for Advanced Middle
Kastrrn Studies \mong ihe oilier participants .ire
! id.i Mohammad, former dtret lor tin- Muslim
Sluiienl Association ,md Abmhun H.imid owner
of Kugeru’ s C sis.ibl.int a resiauranl
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Student groups, departments or individuals
who have .m idea fur an even! designed to en
hance activities ior students of coloi or provide
awareness of issues surrounding cultural diverse
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and personal development of students of color at
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Poland through Jewish eyes slide
presentation Monday
University student Jonah IUii k m in will give a
slide presentation Monday at ' p n the 1-All ‘
Hen Linder Room on his travels igii Poland
earlier Iasi spring
1 started out trying to find where my grand fa
tiu-r grew up and I ended up meeting some really
amazing people Books: -m said 1 worked with
some Jewish students, met some uv.int garde a<
tors i'l| take people on a trip hv showing these
slides and talking alxiut the h-ehngs I had
Hookstein said ins presentation is a view of Po
land through |ev\ ssh ey es, vy ith a hx us on current
Polph. Jewish relations This won't fie a tour of
the death s amps, hr said Its a monument to
w ha! is still m evistem e
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campus and tlit* importiim e ul
education
Kvenl organizers said they
ended tin' <iit\ feeling pleased
with the program’s outrrac h
I'hil Kenl, a counselor in the
(Min o of Admissions, rated ltns
year's I'ffort as .1 suet ess. the
number of this years partii i
punts is nearly double lust
sear's
"Then; was a larger represen
liition from towns and cities
this year from as far away as
Hood River, (.rants I’ass and
(intario," Keid said
Saueeda praised the llniver
sitys contribution
"The fat t that the University
has contributed resources to tin
event demons!rates ,i continued
commitment toward an increas
ing diversity on campus."
Sam od.i said
CORRECTION
A slurv in Wednesday's
iMicraltl on the University's
nu reation facilities should
have staled the University
provjci<-N the s.imt- 1\ «*l of
molding and grounds main
tenance iur the facilities as i!
docs lor oilier campus build
in«s
I he i.mrr.ihl regrets the er
rur. <inil apologizes for any
( (infusion it may have caused
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