by Allen Tomlin
MCC-Longview debater moves toward April’s national tournament with a successful season.
The team brought home victories in multiple events, including the Webster University tournament in St. Louis, one of the largest tournaments of the year.
“We used this tournament as an opportunity to put our nationals team in place so that we could start playing with new strategies,” coach Kris Stroup said. [...]
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Longview’s highly successful debate team, like any successful franchise, has changed hands. Speech and Debate Instructor Kris Stroup, who left Truman State University to take over Longview debate, has taken over for 10-year leader Bill Cue.
What does it mean to be part of a championship debate team?
“Debate is 90 percent looking like you know what you’re doing, and 10 percent make the judges think you do,” Stroup says. He looks like he knows what he’s doing, so it must be true…right?
The team will host a major tournament on the Longview campus October 29-30.
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Students and other members of the Longview community were honorod on May 2 with the following awards.
Academic Achievement
Letisha Atkinson, Jakobb Baldwin, Neil Bradshaw, Valarie Butler, Leslie Byrd, Richard Dellheim, Jason Demar, Sarah Gates, Jennifer Goodale, Kelly Hawkins, Brenda Higginbotham, Nancy Hill, Janet Kinnaird, Lisa LeGrande, Dustin Nicolaisen, Amanda Piskuric, Hannah Ray, Justine Reece, Cassandra Reynolds, Michelle Rice, Dominic Schoenherr, Danielle Schreck, Joseph Sparks, Guy Spragg, Mary Switzer, Laura Teghtmeyer [...]
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by Kelley Lear
MCC-Longview hosted debaters from Manchester, England, who are touring the States and bring a totally unique variety and style of debate. The Englishmen debated Longview’s team October 1, 2009 in the Cultural Arts Center. [...]
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March 24, 2011
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