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UNL forensics takes eighth I
■ Students from nearly
100 schools come to UNL
for a forensics tournament.
By Cara Pesek
Staff writer
' They’ve been a common sight on
campus the past several days.
They’ve been spotted tucked
away in discreet corners of the
Nebraska Union silently mouthing
speeches and gesturing broadly,
milling around Broyhill Fountain in
their black tailored suits and greet
ing friends with smiles and hugs.
The business suit-clad visitors
were delegates to the American
Forensics Association 2000 National
Individual Events Tournament,
which kicked off Saturday morning
and wrapped up Monday night after
three intense days of competition.
Ric Shafer, associate director of
forensics at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said more than
500 students from 100 schools par
ticipated in the tournament.
And the competition at the tour
nament was tough.
“It’s a real honor to make it here,”
said Kendra Kingsbury, one of 15
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UNL students to qualify for the tour
nament. “Evefyone here is good.”
Kingsbury was one of many
tournament delegates sitting nerv
ously in the union waiting to see if
her name would appear on the list of
participants who had made the
finals.
Kingsbury, who participated in
impromptu speaking and persuasive
speaking, did a lot of waiting over
the weekend. She made it through
several rounds of competition, and
then through the quarterfinals and
semifinals. She said she hoped all
her waiting would pay off with an
invitation to finals.
“It’s kind of a waiting game,”
Kingsbury said. “There are ups and
downs, and it’s stressful, but excit
ing.”
Christina Kloch, a tournament
delegate from Hastings College, said
the weekend was also both fun and
stressful.
Although Kloch didn’t make it
past the first round, she said qualify
ing in itself was exciting.
“This is very big, and it’s very
exciting to be here because not
everyone makes it,” she said.
Kloch said she also enjoyed just
watching the events.
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honor to make it
here. Everyone
here is good ”
Kendra Kingsbury
UNL student
“The events are fun to see,” she
said. “It’s nice to see what other
states do.”
The waiting, stress and excite
ment of the weekend came to an end
Monday night during the awards cer
emony.
For the 18th time in the past 20
years, Bradley University took home
the team title. UNL finished in
eighth place.
Shafer, who recently left Kansas
State to work with the Nebraska
team, said he was pleased with
UNL’s finish.
“It was really hard to leave
Kansas State because I called it
home for six years, but throughout
the course of this past year, the squad
has turned UNL into home for me.”
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Damage was widespread: Roofs and
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had a boat, plane and helicopter
searching for the man in the Gulf of
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An internationally recognized
author and filmmaker will talk
Wednesday about her new book
focused on women and advertising.
Jean Kilbourne’s speech,
“Deadly Persuasion: Why Women
and Girls Must Fight the Addictive
Power of Advertising,” starts at 7
p.m. in the Mary Riepma Ross Film
Theater. Admission is free.
Kilbourne has won the Lecturer
of the Year award twice from the
National Association for Campus
Activities.
She has been called a pioneer in
her work on alcohol and tobacco
advertising, as well as on images of
women in advertising.
She was named by the New York
Times as one of three most popular
speakers on college campuses.
Student group raises money
for Nebraska AIDS Project
The Humanities in Medicine
student group was offering up a
tasty treat Monday in the Nebraska
Union, hoping to raise money and
awareness of AIDS.
The group raised $210 selling
root beer floats. The money will be
donated to the Nebraska AIDS
Project. The group also handed out
pamphlets, condoms and red rib
bons.
The idea came about when Laura
Martindale, a sophomore biology
major, started doing research for a
study abroad trip she will be taking
to Africa. While on the trip, she also
will do AIDS education.
Martindale realized that the
Nebraska AIDS Project is not pub
licly funded. So she suggested doing
a fund-raiser for the organization.
The group focuses on giving
pre-medicine students opportunities
to connect with people by doing
activities such as attending interna
tional festivals and going to gallery
openings.
Behrouz Zand, a sophomore
psychology major, said medical
schools look for well-rounded Stu
dents. Often, doctors lack a humani
tarian side, he said.
Alexis HaiflCy, the group’s pres
ident and a junior English major,
said students interested in getting
involved with the group can go to
Student Involvement, 200 Nebraska
Union.