Bobcat Debaters headed to the Oxford IV

The teams of Laura Driver/Luis Baez and Ryan Herrera/Shanna Schultz will be representing Texas State at the Oxford IV. I'll try to update our points as we go.

- Luis

Texas State Speech and Debate Team Take 1st in State

The Speech and Debate team at Texas State won the 1st place overall school sweepstakes awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association tournament last weekend. W

Debaters Attend Claremont BP Tournament

After 8 preliminary rounds, these were the standings:

Texas State B (Ryan Herrera and Shanna Schultz) had 13 points.
Texas State A (Luis Baez and Laura Driver) had 12 points.
Texas State D (Alec Hartman and Ty Krohn) had 11 points.
Texas State C (Joseph Flores and Katy Rhodden) had 9 points.

The break was 16 points. See the full tab here: http://debate.uvm.edu/usudc/USOpen2010/Team%20Tab%20After%20Round%208.html

Bobcat Speech Team Takes 1st in San Fransisco

On September 25^th and 26^th Texas State University attended the Golden Gate Season Opener hosted by San Francisco State University.  Texas State did extremely well both days of competition. Their effort would lead to Texas State winning first place in overall sweepstakes for the tournament.

Day 1

In Duo Interpretation:

The team of Jaysin Spradley and Mike Yates took 2^nd

The team of Brandon McCasland and Brett Gray took 1^st

In Dramatic Interpretation:

Mike Yates took 3^rd

Jaysin Spradley took 2^nd

Brandon McCasland took 1^st

In Program Oral Interpretation:

Brandon McCasland took 1^st

Mike Yates took 2^nd

In Prose:

Mike Yates took 2^nd

Brandon McCasland took 3^rd

Brett Gray took 5^th

In Informative Speaking:

Samin Agha took 1^st

Fallon Hopper took 2^nd

In Persuasion:

Fallon Hopper took 2^nd

Brianne Geese took 5^th

In Impromptu Speaking:

Brianne Geese took 2^nd

In After Dinner Speaking:

Samin Agha took 3^rd

Day 2

In Duo Interpretation:

The team of Jaysin Spradley and Mike Yates took 1^st

The team of Brandon McCasland and Brett Gray took 2^nd 

In Dramatic Interpretation:

Brandon McCasland took 1^st

Mike Yates took 2^nd

Jaysin Spradley took 3^rd

Brett Gray took 5^th

In Program Oral Interpretation:

Brandon McCasland took 1^st

Mike Yates took 2^nd

In Poetry:

Jaysin Spradly took 2^nd

In Prose:

Brandon McCasland took 2^nd

Jaysin Spradley took 3^rd

Mike Yates took 4^th

Brett Gray took 5^th

In Informative Speaking:

Fallon Hopper took 1^st

Samin Agha took 3^rd

In Persuasion:

Brianne Geese took 3^rd

In Extemporaneous Speaking:

Saming Agha took 1^st

In Impromptu Speaking:

Brianne Geese took 1^st

Brandon McCasland was also named top speaker of the tournament. Mike Yates was named second top speaker of the tournament.

Southwest BP Debate Workshop hosted by Texas State University

Last Friday, several colleges across Texas and Louisiana gathered at Texas State University – San Marcos for a workshop on British Parliamentary Debating. McNeese State University, San Jacinto College – North, Lone Star College – Kingwood, Texas State University – San Marcos, and Sul Ross State University were schools in attendance.

The goal of the workshop was to introduce British Parliamentary debating among schools in the region. The workshop included a general introduction to the event, lectures on positions, lectures on motion analysis, viewings of exemplary WUDC elimination rounds with discussion, and two practice debates with critiques.

The practice motions were:

Round 1: This house supports torture.

Round 2: This house believes that Taiwan should declare independence now. 

Texas State University – San Marcos and McNeese State Univeristy, between the two schools, have competed at tournaments in Portland, Oxford, Worlds, Vermont, California and Colorado against BP focused debate programs.