Hillsdale College’s debate team spent the weekend reminding its competitors just how many awards it could snatch with just a dozen students, most of whom are freshmen. The team placed second in “The Gorlok” at Webster University in Missouri, and several students set new personal records Jan. 27-29. Students said the results from this most...
Under the authority of Provost David Whalen, the rhetoric and public address department announced the topic of the Edward Everett Oratory Competition this week. Participants will respond to the prompt, “Is the Supreme Court the Final Arbiter of the Constitution?” In the competition, students write and perform a speech based on the topic in an...
In less than two minutes, freshman Nathaniel Turtel had prepared a five-minute speech spanning centuries of history based on a single quote on a yellow strip of paper. Turtel, a member of Hillsdale College’s speech team, was a finalist in two events at the Fall Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League Tournament that Hillsdale held Saturday in...
Speech and debate tournaments before Thanksgiving gave Hillsdale College’s teams much for which to be thankful. Both teams brought home first place awards from the Falcon Classic at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. With separate events offering students more opportunities to compete, Hillsdale’s debate team competed in separate tournaments Nov. 19 and 20, while...
It was a speech tournament so big, the officials took time during the awards ceremony to note that they processed more than 5,000 ballots while judging speeches. Despite the competition, junior Mary Blendermann broke to the semifinals in the informative category for Hillsdale College’s speech team on Nov. 5th at the Norton Invitational at...