Tuesday, April 12th is the last day for LDL student election nominations. We've extended the deadline so that you can consider the new positions we've added (see below). Voting will take place on Thursday, April 14th. Remember that these elections are only for the rest of this school year; we'll have elections next year for yearlong positions.
Positions
President
Duties: 1) School representative to LDL: Represent teammates to the coaching staff and help solve problems.
2) LDL representative to school: Represent LDL at meetings or student council. Give speeches if necessary (slowly :) ). Be in charge of making sure parents know about what LDL is all about.
3) Outreach: Plan ideas for recruitment both at his/her own school and at other schools.
4) General team leader: The president should be able to have a good enough grasp of debate concepts to be a coach of sorts to younger or newer LDL students. S/he can schedule outside practices with the coaches or with other students to make sure nobody falls behind.
Fundraising Chair
Duties
1) Come up with fundraising ideas: Fundraising Chair can plan with the coaching staff to come up with ideas for money and to set specific goals like camp attendance or the NFL tournament (again, not football).
2) Track teammates' progress: it will be the FC's responsibility to know the fundraising goals of each individual from his/her school and chart how far fundraising needs to go.
3) Fill in Presidential duties if President is absent.
Secretary
Duties
1) Notation: Take notes on the general concepts in LDL meetings. If some LDL students miss a week, the secretary should be able to fill them in on the concepts we covered and help point them to resources (websites, team president, etc) that could help them catch up.
2) Press: The Secretary will draft a press release after every significant LDL event to be read at school on the morning announcements detailing LDL's success or lack thereof. The secretary should build up good relations with office staff at his/her school. The writing should be professional, though it can be funny, and is subject to Hank's review, as he is the ultimate arbiter of funny.
3) Plan recruitment materials: The secretary will lead the way in designing and planning posters, fliers, and other outreach materials for the school.
You can nominate someone by emailing me or by giving me a piece of paper with the name and position you'd like to nominate during the meeting today or Tuesday. Yes, you can nominate yourself. A week from tonight we'll have brief speeches from the nominees and voting. If you can't be there you can vote by email between Tuesday and Thursday.
Let me know if you have any questions. See you on Thursday!
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
UO Debate Team - Your 2011 National Champions
Good news for debate in Oregon - the U of O debate team is your two-time 2011 national parliamentary debate champions!
Seniors Matt Gander and Hank Fields represented Oregon in two national final rounds. The first was at NPTE, an invitational "March Madness" tournament for the top 64-ranked teams in the nation. Oregon defeated Whitman College in the final round on a 7-0, claiming the title back for the first time since 2001. The second, the NPDA, is a competition open to every college in the nation - over 150 teams were represented. Oregon defeated Washburn University on a 6-3 in the final round. It was the first time Oregon won the tournament, and Oregon FG became one of three teams in the history of collegiate Parli debate to win both national tournaments.
Gander and Fields were both raised on Oregon debate. Matt graduated from Sprague High School in Salem in 2007 and won public debate at the state tournament his junior year. Hank is from Coos Bay and graduated in 2007 from Marshfield High School, where he competed in CX and public debate. Both are proud ODI alums and applied to Oregon to do collegiate debate. LDL would like to congratulate them for their success and wishes them luck next year!
Seniors Matt Gander and Hank Fields represented Oregon in two national final rounds. The first was at NPTE, an invitational "March Madness" tournament for the top 64-ranked teams in the nation. Oregon defeated Whitman College in the final round on a 7-0, claiming the title back for the first time since 2001. The second, the NPDA, is a competition open to every college in the nation - over 150 teams were represented. Oregon defeated Washburn University on a 6-3 in the final round. It was the first time Oregon won the tournament, and Oregon FG became one of three teams in the history of collegiate Parli debate to win both national tournaments.
Gander and Fields were both raised on Oregon debate. Matt graduated from Sprague High School in Salem in 2007 and won public debate at the state tournament his junior year. Hank is from Coos Bay and graduated in 2007 from Marshfield High School, where he competed in CX and public debate. Both are proud ODI alums and applied to Oregon to do collegiate debate. LDL would like to congratulate them for their success and wishes them luck next year!
UO Clark Tournament
LDL had a strong showing at their home tournament - the UO Clark Tournament on February 25 and 26.
Competing teams:
The THREE HEADED MONSTER: Thurston SPD - Aaron Smart, Edie Powell, and Austin Dillon.
Thurston VV - Katherine and Cisco Velazquez
Thurston SS - Matt Selby and Kelsay Smart
We had a great time debating South Eugene, Century, and other Thurston teams. We got to compete against top teams from around the state in what was most LDL students' first open competition (and just their third tournament ever). Katherine Velazquez was third speaker in open policy, and Aaron Smart was fifth. LDL student Alex Payne (yeah, we'll claim him even though he was competing in public forum) blew the competition out of the water, securing first speaker and winning the tournament. Finally, Katherine Velazquez was the recipient of the 2011 Clark Tournament Scholarship to attend the University of Oregon next year. We are incredibly proud of all LDL students' hard work.
Go Colts, Axemen, Highlanders, and the LDL Sea Lions!
Competing teams:
The THREE HEADED MONSTER: Thurston SPD - Aaron Smart, Edie Powell, and Austin Dillon.
Thurston VV - Katherine and Cisco Velazquez
Thurston SS - Matt Selby and Kelsay Smart
We had a great time debating South Eugene, Century, and other Thurston teams. We got to compete against top teams from around the state in what was most LDL students' first open competition (and just their third tournament ever). Katherine Velazquez was third speaker in open policy, and Aaron Smart was fifth. LDL student Alex Payne (yeah, we'll claim him even though he was competing in public forum) blew the competition out of the water, securing first speaker and winning the tournament. Finally, Katherine Velazquez was the recipient of the 2011 Clark Tournament Scholarship to attend the University of Oregon next year. We are incredibly proud of all LDL students' hard work.
Go Colts, Axemen, Highlanders, and the LDL Sea Lions!
UC-Berkeley Debate Tournament
Please congratulate Thurston students Katherine and Cisco Velazquez, Edie Powell, Austin Dillon and Aaron Smart and North Eugene's Alex Payne for their stunning success at the biggest speech and debate tournament of the year at UC Berkeley February 19-21. Representing Lane County, the team secured big wins over opponents from some of the finest debate schools in the nation, including Nevada Union, Little Rock Central (AR), and James Logan (CA) high schools. Katherine Velazquez was in the top 50 among more than 300 speakers. Alex Payne performed like a boss in IEs as well, breaking not one but TWO events, extemp and impromptu, at the biggest tournament of the year.
Competing in a policy debate field of over 160 teams, all teams proved that LDL can hang tough with the very best teams. Their success was especially incredible as this was only their second competition, and the tournament drew far more experienced competitors from schools as far away as Washington, DC. Wish the team luck next weekend at the UO tournament, where they will compete against crosstown rivals and occasional best friends South Eugene.
Competing teams:
Thurston VeVe Francisco and Katherine Velazquez
Thurston/North PoPa Edie Powell and Alex Payne
Thurston DiSm Austin Dillon and Aaron Smart
Special thanks to our gracious busmates including Sprague, Tualatin, and Silverton among others. Most importantly, thanks to David Harris from Tualatin for setting up the whole trip.
Competing in a policy debate field of over 160 teams, all teams proved that LDL can hang tough with the very best teams. Their success was especially incredible as this was only their second competition, and the tournament drew far more experienced competitors from schools as far away as Washington, DC. Wish the team luck next weekend at the UO tournament, where they will compete against crosstown rivals and occasional best friends South Eugene.
Competing teams:
Thurston VeVe Francisco and Katherine Velazquez
Thurston/North PoPa Edie Powell and Alex Payne
Thurston DiSm Austin Dillon and Aaron Smart
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Happy 2011!
2011 Schedule
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| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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JANUARY 15 (Saturday)
Practice Day
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| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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FEBRUARY 13 (Sunday)
LDL Winter Warm-up Round Robin
FEBRUARY 21 (Monday)
Pre-tournament Prep
FEBRUARY 24-26 (Thursday-Saturday)
UO Clark Tournament
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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MARCH 10 (Thursday)
LDL Meeting Cancelled – College Debate Nationals
MARCH 10-11 (Thursday-Friday)
Southern NFL District Tournament – U of O
MARCH 17 (Thursday)
LDL Meeting Cancelled – College Debate Nationals
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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APRIL 9 (Saturday)
Last Day for State District Tournament
APRIL 21-23 (Thursday-Saturday)
State Speech Championships – WOU (Monmouth, OR)
JUNE 13-18
NFL National Tournament – Dallas, TX
Sunday, December 5, 2010
LDL success at Clackamas High School!
Great start to the season for the Lane Debate League at CHS. 3 teams competed in policy:
Thurston PV Edie Powell and Maggie Vanwey-Wells
Thurston DS Austin Dillon and Aaron Smart
Thurston VV Katherine and Francisco Velazquez
All 6 were attending their first debate tournament EVER. Their hard work really showed:
The coaches received positive comments about every single team member, and everyone contributed to the team's success! People were floored to see Thurston, a school that has never competed in debate, perform so well. You did us real proud.
Thurston PV Edie Powell and Maggie Vanwey-Wells
Thurston DS Austin Dillon and Aaron Smart
Thurston VV Katherine and Francisco Velazquez
All 6 were attending their first debate tournament EVER. Their hard work really showed:
Thurston VV - 2nd place, Novice Policy
Austin Dillon - 3rd speaker (and self-proclaimed debate fanatic)
Aaron Smart - 4th speaker
Katherine Velazquez - 5th speaker
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| The Usual Suspects |
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| Edie and Maggie talking strategy |
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| Katie Bergus tells Katherine, Austin and Aaron how it is |
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| Cisco and Aaron, strictly business on game day |
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| Austin practices reading the 1AC |
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| Megan Gaffney, Maggie, and Edie |
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| Coaches Bergus and Gaffney |
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| LDL Fan Club member Hank Fields |
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| Awards |
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| Thurston VV - final round awards! |
Great work everyone!
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