2010-2011
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The Faculty
Jim Hanson,
Director of Forensics
Aaron Hardy, Policy
Debate Coach
Nick Robinson,
Parliamentary-IE Coach
Bob Withycombe, Professor of Rhetoric |
Jimi Durkee, Assistant Policy Debate Coach
Lewis Silver,
Assistant Parli-Policy Coach
Nick Griffin,
Student Assistant, Intramural Debate Coordinator
Alex Folkerth and Carter LeBlanc, Student Assistants
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Whitman Leadership
· George Bridges, President, Whitman College
· Tim Kaufman-Osborn, Dean of Faculty
· Chuck Cleveland, Dean of Students
· Bob Withycombe, Rhetoric and Film Studies
· Robert Sickels, Rhetoric and Film Studies
· Jim Hanson Director of Forensics and Debate Coach, Chair, Rhetoric and Film Studies.
· Nick Griffin, Whitman Forensics Assistant, IM Debate Assistant
· Nick Robinson, Parliamentary Debate and IE Coach
· Aaron Hardy, Policy Debate Coach
· Jimi Durkee, Assistant Policy Debate Coach
· Lewis Silver, Assistant Policy-Parli Debate Coach
2010-11
World News
1. California failed to legalize weed as voters opposed
their Proposition 19 55%-45%.
2. Republicans gain control of the House and make gains
in the Senate during midterms, leaving many worried that government will enter
into a stage of gridlock where nothing gets passed.
3. A major oil spill off the coast of Louisiana kills
local wildlife, harms local fisheries, and goes unfixed by British Petroleum
for months.
4. Barack Obama begins the fight to repeal Don't Ask
Don't Tell. A massive debate ensues.
5. The website WikiLeaks released over 250,000 secret
American diplomatic cables, prompting a political storm and major backlash
against the website.
6. Obama withdraws the majority of troops in Iraq.
7. After resigning from governor of Alaska, former
Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, is heavily
covered by the media including her controversial “tea party” candidate support
and FOX News show.
8. Leslie Nielsen, star of Airplane! and the Naked Gun
series, died.
9. The iPhone 4 comes out, promising features above and
beyond the iPhone 3. Tech-aholics rejoice, others wonder what the difference
is.
10. 33 miners were trapped underground in Chile after a
mine tunnel collapsed. They were trapped for more than 2 months before being
rescued.
11. Obama pushes a tax compromise that infuriates
liberals and creates a large furor in Washington D.C.
2010-11 Whitman News
1. Harper Joy Theater is being remodeled.
2. Maxey Hall completes a significant remodel and
addition after 1.5 years of work on the building.
3. The stairs in front of the Memorial Building are
remodeled and completed in early November.
4. The faculty, having voted to switch to a 3-2 class
load, watches as a much larger than expected first year class along with the
reduced number of classes create significant difficulties during
preregistration. In response, students start movements to change the system and
increase class availability.
5. Whitman sororities voted for a 4th sorority to come to
Whitman, Alpha Pi.
6. Bon Appetit, which spends seven to 10 thousand dollars
a year on dishes at Whitman due to students continually stealing them,
continues to fight against students removing dishes from dining halls to no apparent
avail.
7. Joe Wheeler won the 9th annual Mr. Whitman pageant,
which raised $45,785 for the Chris Elliot Fund.
8. ASWC unanimously votes to fund three environmental
initiatives with the goal of making a sustainable campus.
9. Students lobby for the reinstallment of the Free
Expression Wall, a place on campus for students to publicly voice their
thoughts, after it was removed in 2007 because of student complaints.
10. Whitman's campus became part of a cycling course
during the annual Tour of Walla Walla. Students were treated to high-speed
bicycle racers whizzing past Reid campus center.
Team Members 2010-2011
2010-11
Coaching Staff
·
Jim Hanson, Director of Forensics (19th
year)
·
Aaron Hardy, Policy Coach (6th year)
·
Nick
Robinson, Parliamentary-I.E. Coach
·
Jimi Durkee,
Assistant Policy Coach
·
Lewis Silver,
Assistant Policy-Parli Coach
·
Nick Griffin,
Student Assistant
2010-11
Participants (xx students)
Xx to be included later.
Rhetoric and Film Studies Courses
Hunter 307, 306, and 304 are
preparation rooms. 305 is used by students.
Bob is in 204. Jim’s office
is 308.
Traditionally, the discipline of
rhetoric focused on the effectiveness of the spoken or written word as it is driven
by the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, and context). Over the last
several decades, persuasive media have expanded well beyond the conventional
spoken and written message. The increasing pervasiveness of film, video, TV,
and the Internet in world culture has expanded the mission of rhetorical
studies. To reflect these advances in technology and understanding, we now
focus on the uses of language and image to characterize social reality, to
debate and confront controversies, and to aid in the transformation of social
institutions. Accordingly, the department of rhetoric and film studies is a
multidisciplinary program that enriches understanding of the complexity of
contemporary communication by providing a solid grounding in the theory, history,
production, interpretation, and criticism of a wide variety of written, oral,
visual, and filmic texts.
Rhetoric and film studies courses
satisfy humanities distribution requirements (language, writing, and rhetoric
in the previous distribution requirements) except: Rhetoric and Film Studies
110, 160, 250 and 360 meet fine arts distribution requirements. Rhetoric and
Film Studies 240 and 340 may count toward the alternative voices distribution
requirement. Rhetoric and Film Studies 121, 221, and 222 do not count as
distribution requirements and may not be taken P-D-F.
The
Rhetoric and Film Studies major: A minimum
of thirty-four credits in rhetoric and film studies, including the following:
Rhetoric and Film Studies 160 Introduction to Film Studies. One
additional film course (365, 366, 367, 368). One rhetoric course (240, 250,
340, 350, 351, 352, 371, 378). Rhetoric and Film Studies 487 Rhetoric
and Film Criticism. Either 491 or 498. Additional work in rhetoric and film
studies to make a total of thirty-four credits. Students may substitute up to
eight of the elective credits with approved rhetoric and film courses (e.g.,
transfer credits, and/or credits from other Whitman departments). Students may
not count more than four credits of 121, 221, or 222 toward the major.
The
Rhetoric and Film Studies minor: A minimum
of twenty rhetoric and film studies credits, with at least four credits from
the Rhetoric area and four credits from the Film area. Students may substitute
up to four of the elective credits with approved rhetoric and film courses
(e.g., transfer credits, and/or credits from other Whitman departments).
Students may not count more than four credits of 121, 221, or 222 toward the
minor.
Bob
Withycombe, Jim Hanson, Robert Sickels
The
school begins 3-2 teaching load (down from 3-3 previously) leading to
significant shortages of rhetoric courses, especially in film courses.
RFS
387 switches from senior to junior year seminar.
RFS
110. Fundamentals of Public Address, 4 hours.
RFS
121, Fundamentals of Debate, 1 hour (no longer includes speeches/dramatic
interpretation)
RFS
160, Intro to Film, 4 hours
RFS
165, Intro to Filmmaking, 4 hours
RFS
221, Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate and Speaking Events, 2 hours
RFS
222, Intercollegiate Policy Debate, 2 hours
RFS
240, Rhetorical Explorations: Gender, Class and Race, 4 hours
RFS
250. Persuasion, Agitation and Social Movements, 4 hours.
RFS
303, German Film and the Frankfurt School
RFS
325, Imagining Community through Contemporary Japanese Fiction and Film
RFS
340, Background of African American Protest Rhetoric, 4 hours
RFS
350, Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment, 4 hours
RFS
351, Argument in the Law and Politics, 4 hours
RFS
352, Political Campaign Rhetoric, 4 hours
RFS
360, Advanced Film Making, 4 hours
RFS
365, Special topics: Studies in Film Genre
RFS
366, Special topics: Major Figures in Film (The Independent Revolution, The
Silver Age of Cinema, The Golden Age of Cinema)
366,
ST, Hollywood Stars
RFS
368: Special Topics, World Cinema (Cross listed, Gender and Sexuality in
Contemporary Hispanic and Brazilian Film; (De)constructing "Third
World" Poverty: Imagery and Ethics in the Developing World, Pedro
Almodóvar's
368,
ST, Television and American Culture
RFS
371, Rhetoric in Early Western Culture
RFS
387, Rhetoric and Film Criticism
RFS
379, 380. Special Topics Courses
RFS
388: A History of American Public Address
RFS
401, 402. Independent Study.
RFS
491, 498, Thesis (Regular and Honors)
Team Awards
2010-11
Policy Awards
xxADAM MCKIBBEN AND JAMES STEVENSON
(HYBRID) xxWNPT, FIRST JV |
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2010-11
Parli and IE Awards
xxADAM MCKIBBEN AND HARRY HIXON xxWhitman McSloy Classic 1, DOUBLES |
