1985-1986
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The Faculty
Bob Withycombe,
Director of Forensics |
Whitman News
A. Robert Skotheim was the college
president.
B. Peter Allen was the ASWC president.
C. Tuition was $10, 896, an eight percent increase.
D. The Vienna Boys Choir and George
Carlin visited Whitman.
E. Campus security was a hot issue as police raided a
sorority dance and a stalker was arrested for rape.
F. Whitman students built a shanty town on the lawn of
Memorial to protest South African apartheid.
G. Whitman celebrated the 100th anniversary of
the school’s first graduating class.
H. Whitman formed its first AIDS policy.
Speech Courses
Courses remain the same.
Speech Department Description: Courses
treat public speaking as a liberal art, proposing that such speaking is not a
skill learned by rule but an exercise of judgment that can be no better than
the speaker's understanding of the nature of the communicative acts.
SPEECH 110. Fundamentals of Speech, 3 hours. (description changes; 11 and 12 are focus more on delivery
and articulation)
SPEECH 221, 222. Principles and Practice of Forensics, 1
hours (individual events), 2 hours (debate).
SPEECH 270. Argumentation and Persuasion, 3
hours.
SPEECH 370. Seminar: Western Rhetorical Thinking, 3 hours.
World News
A. Rock Hudson died.
B. The STAR defense initiative
dominated headlines.
C. South African divestment sparked nationwide campus
protests.
D. Memorial services were held for the Challenger
astronauts.
Team Awards
A. Members of the team included John Lange, Drummond Kahn,
David Johnson, Todd Brown, David Bansmer, Erik Highberg, David Hackett, Nate Johnson, Lanora
Welker, and Glenn Simshaw, and Leola Weimer, and
Carla Elston.
B. Whitman hosted a high school debate tournament with 700
students.
C. Whitman also hosted the last Northwest Forensics
Conference tournament of the season, where the question of whether UN
membership benefits the
D. Whitman took fifth at the
E. Kahn and Hackett were first at the
F. Nancy Hilpert and Highberg were third at the Reno
tournament.