The final round of the Edward Everett Oratory competition will be held in Phillips Auditorium on Thursday, March 8 at 11 a.m. Five finalists will face off for a $3,000 prize. This year’s topic was social networks, which senior Samantha Nasser said allows ample room for diverse responses among the competitors.
“Last year, everybody had variations of the same speech,” she said. “But with this year’s topic, I’m the only one talking about policy, or at least as far as I’m aware. Mine has more of a political aspect on social networking.”
This year is Nasser’s second participating in the competition (she took third place last year). The other finalists are senior Trevor Anderson, junior Andrew Dykstal, senior Blake Faulkner, and senior Elliot Gaiser. Junior Jill Buccola will be the alternate.
Each speech presented will be the same speech from the preliminary round. The only adjustment permitted in the speech is in presentation.
“I probably freak out my roommate by pacing the room all the time,” Nasser said. “So I try to leave her in peace and go somewhere else when I practice.”.
