Another strong outing for debate and speech

Drury's competitive debate and speech teams returned this weekend after an excellent weekend at Webster University's 2006 Tournament (sporting a partial roster of students).

Drury placed 2nd overall out of the top 20 speech teams ranking only behind Lafayette College (PA) who made an unexpected foray into the Midwest. Drury also placed 4th overall out of 35 schools in combined debate and speech sweepstakes.

Drury placed ahead of teams such as Arkansas State, William Jewell, Washington University, Truman State, Central Missouri State, Missouri Southern, Purdue University, Creighton, Mizzou, Loyola (chicago) and Notre Dame. Drury ranked above all other Missouri colleges/universities this weekend!

Notables include:

• The Varsity Debate team of freshman Mark Dapp & sophomore Spencer Harris were the #4 seed coming out of preliminary rounds. Dapp/Harris won a double octofinal round against a Western Kentucky team, an octofinal round against a Mizzou team, a quarterfinal round against a Western Kentucky team before finally losing a close round to Mizzou's Dudly/Shaw (a team ranked in the top 3 of 600 last year). Harris was also the top Varsity Lincoln Douglas speaker and the 6th best Varsity Pairs Speaker of the weekend. Both Dapp and Harris lost close octofinal debates to exit the Varsity Lincoln Douglas Tournament.

• Sophomore Brandy Enver was the 2nd best overall competitor in varsity speaking events. Enver was the weekend champion on Varsity Programmed Oral Interpretation, 2nd best Varsity Poetry Interpretation & 2nd best Varsity After Dinner Speaker.

• Junior Jessica Redmond tied for 6th overall competitor in varsity speaking events. Redmond placed 5th in Varstiy Informative Speaking and 3rd in Varsity Poetry Interpretation.

• Sophomore Jeff Davis was the 5th (of 64) best Varsity Lincoln Douglas debater coming out of preliminary rounds. Davis lost a close elimination round to Central Missouri's McCambridge.

• Sophomore Carly Crocker placed 4th in Varsity Communication Analysis and 4th in Varsity After Dinner Speaking.

• Freshman Jordanna McLeod placed 5th in Varsity After Dinner Speaking.

Check out the Mirror's special edition

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The Mirror staff sifted through more than 100 photos submitted by students, staff and faculty to produce a special photo edition capturing the mood of fall 2005. Enjoy!

Go crazy! Campus Art Contest...

The contest has begun.

Submit your edgy artwork for the 2006-07 convocation series "Liberty and Security in a Post 9/11 World." Dr. Regina Waters is looking for art that may be used for promotional materials -- banners, posters, T-shirts, brochures, etc.

The winning artist will walk away with $200. Runners-up whose work is used will receive $100.

The Basics

• Submission guidelines: Send graphic design images (minimum of 17X22 inches at 300 DPI), photographs, drawings, and/or paintings to Dr. Waters (Shewmaker 137) by Tuesday, Feb. 28. Winners will be announced March 10.
  
• Entry form available online.
• Contact Dr. Waters, '06-'07 Theme Year co-director, at ext. 7251 or at rwaters@drury.edu.
  

About the Convo theme year

Post 9/11 U.S. foreign and domestic policies have generated unprecedented levels of debate over the tension between the military and security tactics employed to fight the war against terror and the threats that those tactics may impose on the very democratic principles (free speech, free press, freedom of religion, etc.) that are worth fighting for. The 2006-07 theme will focus on speakers, topics and events that explore important questions that have been generated by the 9/11 attacks and its aftermath.

For more information on the Convocation Series, visit http://www.drury.edu/section/section.cfm?sid=291

Debate & Speech turns in two strong performances

Drury Debate & Speech competitors attended two national caliber tournaments Jan. 14-15.

At the University of Missouri's Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tournament, freshman Mark Dapp advanced to the octofinal round only losing there on a close 2-1 decision. This was Dapp's national qualifying tournament. Sophomore Jeff Davis was the number 2 seeded debater after preliminary rounds losing a contested 2-1 decision in octofinals. Dapp, Davis and sophomore Spencer Harris will all vie for the national title in April.

At the swing speech tournament (2 tournies, 1 weekend) hosted by Bradley University and the University of Texas (on Bradley's campus), Sophomore Brandy Enver placed 2nd in Varsity After-Dinner Speaking (Sat.) 5th in Varsity After-Dinner Speaking (Sun.) and 3rd in Varsity Poetry Interpretation. Brandy continues to demonstrate her national-level speech and interpretation ability on the national circuit. She will vie for several national titles in April.

Undergrad paper accepted for conference

The first student academic paper from Foundations of Communications class has been accepted to the 2006 Central States Communication Conference in Indianapolis!

The paper written by Brittany Beggs, Sarah Duvall, Amanda Hornick, and Reneta Kenelova titled “Don’t Let BP Fuel You: Strategies Used in the BP on the Street Campaign To Reduce Cognitive Dissonance” has been accepted to a panel titled Campaigns, Competitions, Compliance Gaining, and Clinical Trials: Individual Papers in the Undergraduate Research Honors Conference.

Other schools represented on the panel include Cameron University, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, and Hamline University.

If you see these students give them a big congrats!