Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Meeting at CEDA

Saturday at CEDA Nationals we held a drop-in informational discussion on current issues in debate, including but not limited to the discrimination and sexual harassment policies for the CEDA National Tournament and beyond. The Sexual Harassment Officers (SHOs) for this year are myself (Sue Peterson) and ML Sandoz from Vanderbilt. For those [...]

Job Opportunity – Progressive Politics

This was posted on edebate and I thought I would also post it here for anyone who may have missed it:
To: Graduating Seniors
Subject: Progressive Presidential Election Campaign Job Opportunities
The November 2006 midterm election was an exciting step forward for
progressives; but much work remains. The new Congress, on its own, will
not resolve our nation’s most pressing [...]

The Great Debaters – A Great Opportunity

If you are in the debate community and you have not yet heard about the movie The Great Debaters, you must have been living in a cave recently!  I am excited to see the movie as it looks like a great story and an inspiration, but I am even more excited to have this opportunity [...]

Get your students judging!

I am a staunch believer in the power of judging as an educational tool!  This weekend CSU Chico will be holding its Rookie Tournament and everyone on the team is required to judge.  In addition, I strongly encourage my students to judge high school speech and debate competitions whenever possible.  The p0wer of perspective can [...]

Rookie Tournaments for Recruitment

As we wind down our first semester of competition (one more tournament), we are also getting ready for our big Rookie Tournament on campus.  CSU Chico has had a large rookie tournament that invites all of the public speaking classes and argumentation and debate classes to compete in a tournament towards the end of the [...]