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By Tish Mocklcr
For the second time in 25 years, a UNL debate team
qualified for the National Debate Tournament.
Juniors Mike Overing and L:d Sisson, partners tor the
past two years, qualified for nationals at the district
tournament at St. Olat" College in Minneosta March 4
through 6.
Overing and Sisson tied for first place with two other
teams in the eight-round tournament with a record ot six
wins and two losses. Schools from a six-state region
participated, including Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
"They (UNL) were the top-rated team going into the
tournament," said Jack Kay, who has been the director of
forensics at UNL since 1979 and coached a team at the
National Debate Tournament in 1980.
"They have done very well at national tournaments,"
he said.
Kay said the two most important qualities for the Nat
ional Debate Tournament are research and analysis skills.
He said he expects them to do very well at the
tournament as they have done in the season with an 80
percent win record.
"They spend lots and lots of hours in the library. They
arc one of the best research teams in the country. Their
ability to tear apart arguments is just superb," Kay said.
Before the district tournament, the National Debate
Tournament Committee reviews the records of teams and
picks 16 teams from across the country to participate in
the national tournament. The district tournaments qualify
36 teams for nationals. After the district tournament the
committee reviews the remaining records and picks 10
teams to go to the tournament. This gives well-regarded
teams that did not qualify because they had a bad week
end another chance to attend.
The debate topic this year deals with the problems of
U.S. military intervention in countries in the western
hemisphere. Teams debating the affirmative side must pre
sent a case that justifies "the prohibition of all U.S.
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not invade Cuba and it should give back Guantanamo
N ival Base, Sisson said. They have won 75 percent of
their affirmative rounds running this case all year, chang
ing the emphasis of the case from round to round.
Overing and Sisson began their research in June when
the general topic for the year was given. They started
more specific research when the exact topic for the 1982
83 year was decided and announced in July. Sisson said
they spent two to three hours a day researching and work
ing on debate, but are working more now.
The debate season starts in mid-September and lasts
until March for most teams. Students usually must leave
for tournaments on a Thursday evening, debate Friday,
Saturday and Sunday and return home early Monday
morning, Sisson said.
Sisson, a chemical engineering major, said that in order
to cope with the rigors of the program he has had
"tremendous support from all the instructors, especially
the department chairman, Luh C. Tao." lie said his
schoolwork comes before debate. However, he tries to
shuffle both around and reach a happy medium.
Sisson is president of the Delta Sigma Rho Chapter of
the Tau Kappa Alpha, a debate honorary; documentarian
of the Forensics Union and president of Cather and Pound
residence halls.
Overing, treasurer of the Forensics Union and the Delta
Sigma Rho Chapters, said he has arranged all his classes
for Tuesday and Thursday so he has plenty of time for
tournaments.
The long hours that go into research and planning are
necessary because of the trend in debate towards more in
formation processing and the formulation of more
complex causal relationships in arguments, Overing said.
But the large workload before the round makes for less
pressure in the round, Sisson said.
Dealing with pressure is one of the most important
things that he has learned to do, Sisson said.
In a high pressure round, "you don't panic," Overing
said. He has learned not to whine or look for a way to
squirm out of an argument, Overing said, but rather to
look for the natural flaws in reasoning.
Sisson said debate gives him a break from school and
allows him to travel and do something he enjoys. He said
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