| Following a record-breaking year of regular season tournament
competition, four members of the Berea College Speech and Debate
Team recently competed in the International Forensics Association
Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic. Dolly Wilson, a senior
communications major from Springfield, Va., was a semi-finalist
in Impromptu Speaking.
Other members who competed were Chris Freeman of Ocean View,
Hawaii; Sarah Karim, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Nathan Roberts,
Big Stone Gap, Va. The team is coached by Dr.Verlaine McDonald,
assistant professor of English and Theatre.
During the regular season, the team captured 28 individual
student awards as well as four team sweepstakes awards. At
the recent Kentucky Forensics Association (KFA) State tournament,
the Berea team took 2nd place sweepstakes award in the "Small
College" category and 5th overall. Freeman, a sophomore
political science major, was elected KFA Parliamentarian for
2001-2002 and McDonald was elected to the Evaluation Committee.
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