Monthly Archives: February 2015

Know Your District’s NSDA Qualifiers? Send Them Our Way!

[fblike] With NFL Districts beginning their qualifying tournaments for this year’s national tournament, we would like to begin assembling qualification lists for those extempers who will be competing in Dallas, Texas this year in International and United States Extemp. We currently have … Continue reading

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2014-2015 Extemp Central National Points Race: New Standings Posted to Reflect Harvard and the California Invitational!

[fblike] The 2014-2015 Extemp Central National Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of Harvard and the California Invitational. To access the standings, you can click on the National Points Race tab on the right of the … Continue reading

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R&D from Prepd: Weekly Roundup for the Week of February 16-22, 2015

[fblike] Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete!  Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests. Here is our weekly … Continue reading

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2015 Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational: Graham Achieves a Convincing Victory, Regains #1 Ranking

[fblike] More than 200 extempers attended this year’s Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational, making it the largest national circuit tournament of the 2014-2015 season. However, weather conditions led to the tournament having a truncated schedule and deciding to break … Continue reading

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R&D from Prepd: Sino-Indian Relations

[fblike] Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete!  Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests. This R&D covers Sino-Indian … Continue reading

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2015 California Invitational: Hu Wins Second Consecutive National Points Race Tournament; Defending Champion Yu Takes Fifth

[fblike] Ethan Hu of Leland High School (CA) has used the last two weeks of California tournaments to establish himself as one of the top extempers in the country. After doing the best of any extemper in both extemp categories … Continue reading

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2015 University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic: Guiliano Gives Holy Ghost Its First Winner Since 2004; Holy Ghost Takes Top Two

[fblike] The University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic hosted one of its larger fields in recent years, due in part to the weather difficulties that plagued the Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational. Nick Guiliano of Holy Ghost Preparatory (PA) … Continue reading

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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of February 16-22, 2015

[fblike] Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.  Good luck! To access a list of all our old quizzes, click here.

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R&D from Prepd: John Kitzhaber’s Resignation

[fblike] Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete!  Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests. This R&D recaps the … Continue reading

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Instability in Yemen (2015)

[fblike] Last year, American officials, including President Barack Obama, cited Yemen as an example of a nation that was successfully fighting terrorism.  However, 2015 has not been kind to the Arab world’s poorest country.  Last month, Shi’ite Houthi rebels kidnapped … Continue reading

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