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Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009
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ebate team dominates contest
Ichelle Sanchez
es, members of Clackamas’
speech and debate team
them as an opportunity
growth.
ladkamas’ speech and
“Debate gives you
¡elteam set the bar in ability to learn, ” said
hunity college level eran speech and debate team
fchlteams this year, as member Jay Sabin. “It forces
Idompeted in several you to look at many different
lerlity level comperi avenues and broaden your
perspective.”
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Bartlett commented that,
Hni has participated “Every time you go to a
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than just argu The speech and debate team poses for a group shot before the debate on Oct. 28, 2008.
[team
ing and political
jargon.
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Jay Sabin
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are paring for an interpretation
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speech and debate
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team member
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compete. Many dents. Stephanie Bachelder
^Hcame
members par admitted, that she can some
| lilh several awards ticipate in interpretation times be found wandering
^Individual level and speeches in which students around, talking to . herself
^Hpstakes award as a take a piece of poetry, prose out loud.
^Bor the most collec- or other literary work, and
“I will be wrapping sil
^Hn awards. It was a through it express their verware at work practicing
^Bdav for the team. opinions on subjects such as my speech,” she laughs smil
B)Bartlett placed sec- teen angst, divorce and other ing-
fcnImpromptu and was a socially significant subjects.
So whether they are on the
Klin debate and Garry
Speeches prepared with road competing or in the back
Lt is second in forum out previous knowledge on room at work rolling silver
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in duo.
a given topic, known as ware, Clackamas’s speech
most students con- impromptu speeches, height and debate team members Debaters Taylor Haymen, left, and Jesse Kingsolver, right,
^■class debates as use- en the challenge at hand. are ready to give their all to collaborate on their counter argument at the Annual
^■liinerving experienc- But, whether they are pre- the what they love.
Invitational Speech Tournament on Dec. 13.
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ater alumna returns to Clackamas as guest director
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st djrecter Annie Rimmer gives her actors tips during a rehersal of ‘How I Learned to
II Clackamas’ upcoming winter show.
oif t miss Rimmer’s latest show
I ‘How I Learned to Drive’ by Paula Vogel
opening Feb. 26 and running until March 8.
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A new year, a new quarter
and the theater department has
a new guest director, Annie
Rimmer.
She is currently directing
the newest performance from
the theater, ‘How I Learned to
Drive.’ She was a student at
Clackamas before she trans
ferred to Willamette University.
She directed two other plays at
CCC, ‘Downtown,’ by Jeffery
Hatcher and “Dentity Crisis’
by Christopher Durang.
As a former student at
Clackamas, most of her stud
ies were in the theater depart
ment under theater instructors
David and Cynthia Smith-
English and technical theater
instructor Chris Whitten. It
was under these instructors
when she did her two plays
here.
“The theater department is
really strong here, and they
influenced me to direct here,”
said Rimmer, when asked how
her time here at Clackamas
affected her.
Whitten hinted that thanks
to the Clackamas Repertory
Theatre that David Smith-
English asked Rimmer to
guest direct in the summer of
2008.
Rimmer’s work is thought
of rather highly in the theater
department, particularly by
Whitten.
“Not only was Annie an
actress, she was a stage man
ager, and I remember her stu
dent directed one act as one
of the strongest pieces we
have ever had be a part of the
end of term showcase,” said
Whitten.
“Not only
was Annie an
actress, she
was a stage
manager, and
I remember
her student
directed one
act, as one of
the strongest
pieces we have
ever had be a
part of the end
of term show
case. ”
Chris Whitten
technical theater
instructor