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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Extemper’s Corner: An Interview with Evan Larson
Interview by Logan Scisco At the 2009 NFL National Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama, Evan Larson of Bellarmine College Prep anchored the best extemp squad at the tournament and emerged as the United States Extemporaneous Speaking National Champion. A two-time champion … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Evan Larson interview
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The Glenbrooks 2009 Preview
by Stacey Chen The Glenbrooks is one of the largest tournaments of the year in both speech and debate events, as well as one of the most fun! Extemp at Glenbrooks generally contains a fairly large and diverse pool of … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy, Tournaments
Tagged 2009 Glenbrooks preview, Glenbrooks strategy
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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of November 17th-23rd, 2009
1. Has the UN food summit been a failure? 2. Does the status of Franco-German relations dictate the direction and power of the EU? 3. Should Brown back Blair for EU president? 4. Does Uribe need to do more to … Continue reading
Posted in Int'l Extemp, Weekly Questions
Tagged Alvaro Uribe, Cambodia, China, Colombia, EU, extemp, extemp central, extemp central questions, extemp questions, extemp topics, France, Germany, Gordon Brown, Hugo Chavez, international extemp questions, Iraq, Kurds, Latin America, Middle East peace, November 2009 extemp questions, nuclear weapons, practice extemp questions, practice extemp topics, Russia, Sino-U.S. relations, Thaksin Shinawatra, Tony Blair, UN, Venezuela
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Extemp Central National Points Race November Update
by Logan Scisco Just like last year, the Extemp Central National Points Race is close heading into the Glenbrooks this weekend. No extemper has managed to gain points at more than one of the first three tournaments that count for … Continue reading
AGD: Senators’ STATEments on National Geography Week
by Corey Alderdice I would be willing to wager that–as an extemper–you could identify every US state on a map. We even think you’re smart enough to name all the state capitals in five minutes. US Senators, well, that’s another … Continue reading
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Tagged AGD, Wasting Prep Time
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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of November 17th-23rd, 2009
1. Is Obama making a major political mistake in putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in U.S. federal court? 2. Does Lou Dobbs departure from CNN spell trouble for the network’s future? 3. Will the Stupak amendment sink healthcare reform? … Continue reading
Posted in U.S. Extemp, Weekly Questions
Tagged extemp, extemp central, extemp central questions, extemp questions, extemp topics, November 2009 extemp questions, practice extemp questions, practice extemp topics, US extemp questions
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Editor’s Corner: The Significance Statement
By Logan Scisco Of all of the techniques speakers use in extemporaneous speaking, I would argue that one that nearly half of extempers fail to employ is the significance statement. I will admit that for the first two years that … Continue reading