1992-1993
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On the left: Steve Rowe (with tongue sticking out!), Troy,
Becky Coombs, Kerrie Leitch, Jason Lillis, Jennifer Becker On the right: Shawn Swinney, Rowland Hobbs (to the side),
Casie Buckner, Matt Levin, Nicole Matarelli, Christina Olson, Bob Withycombe
(Co-director of Forensics; standing to the side), Charlotte Smith (Jim took
the picture) |
The
Faculty
Bob Withycombe, Co-Director of Forensics
Jim Hanson, Co-Director of Forensics |
Whitman News
I.
Whitman College in 1992-1993
A. Prentiss Hall was
renovated at a cost of $3.95 million, $1.7 million under estimates.
B. The Global Awareness
interest house opened.
C. The college received a
statue of Marcus Whitman from the state of Washington.
D. Memorial Building was
reroofed in the summer of 1992.
E. With 403
students, the incoming class was the second largest ever.
F. David Maxwell was
the college president, but he resigned during the year.
G. Dan Zuiches was the
ASWC president.

Becky
Combs, Kerrie Leitch, and Shawn Swinney
Speech Courses
Jim added Rhetorical Criticism to the curriculum. 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.
SPEECH 379, 380. Special Topics Courses. Jim offered
Rhetorical Criticism under this area.
SPEECH 401, 402. Independent Study.

Charlotte Smith and Nicole Matarelli
World
News
In the world, Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential
election.

Bob
Withycombe gives Jennifer Becker a top award at the Linfield College
tournament.
Team
Awards
A. Jim Hanson started with
the team as co-director of forensics with Bob Withycombe.
B. Withycombe was the
national president of CEDA.
C. Dovell-Gose Oratory
Contest
1. In the men’s
division, Ryan Hagemann won first and David Bruggerman was second.
2. In the women’s
contest, Christina Olson was first, Beth Anderson was second, and Charlotte
Smith was third with a speech on democracy in history.
D. The intercollegiate
topic for the second semester was “Resolved: That the U. N.’s implementation of
it Universal Declaration of Human Rights is more important than preserving
state sovereignty.
E. Competitive
season
1. Western
Washington University Scrimmage
a. Cassie
Buckner and Jessie Comes competed in open debate with a 2-4 record.
b. Jen Becker and
Smith were second in open with a 5-1 record.
c. Rowland
Hobbs and Sean Swinney had a 2-4 record in open.
d. Matt Levin and
Loan Lam had a 1-5 record in open.
e. Steve Rowe
and Greg Schnoor had a 2-4 record in open.
f. Smith
was third speaker.
g. The team
earned seven CEDA points.
2. Lewis and Clark
College
a. Becker and
Smith had a 4-2 prelim record in open and won second with a 3-0, 2-1, 0-3 elim
record.
b. Hobbs and Nicole
Matarelli had a 3-3 record in open.
c. Levin and
Schnoor had a 3-3 prelim record and won third in open with a 2-1, 1-2 elim
record.
d. Swinney/Buckner/Comes
had a 3-3 record in intermediate debate.
e. Lam and
Rowe had a 4-2 record in intermediate.
f. Smith,
Schnoor, Becker, and Levin were first, second, fourth, and sixth speakers,
respectively, in open division.
g. Buckner and
Comes tied for ninth speaker in intermediate.
h. The team
earned 15 CEDA points.
3. University of
Oregon
a. Lam and
Rowe had a 2-4 record in open division.
b. Matarelli and
Hobbs had a 4-2 prelim record in open division, won ninth, and had a 0-3 elim
record.
c. Smith and
Becker had a 4-2 prelim record in open, won third, and had a 3-0, 2-1, 1-2 elim
record. Smith and Becker were second and third speakers, respectively.
d. Swinney and
Buckner had a 4-2 prelim record in open, took ninth, and had a 0-3 elim record.
e. The team
earned 14 CEDA points.
4. Wichita State
University
a. Smith and
Levin had a 2-4 prelim record in open.
b. Matarelli and
Hobbs had a 1-5 record in open.
c. The team
earned three CEDA points.
5. Pacific Lutheran
University
a. Rowe and
Lam had a 5-1 prelim record in open and tied for first with a 2-1 elim record.
b. Smith and Becker
had a 5-1 prelim record in open and tied for first with a 2-1 elim record.
c. The team
earned 14 CEDA points.
6. Western
Washington University
a. Swinney and
Ari Herschlip had a 1-5 prelim record in junior debate.
b. Lam and Buckner
had a 2-4 record in senior debate.
c. Matarelli
and Hobbs had a 5-1 prelim record in senior and won fifth with a 0-3 elim
record.
d. Rowe and Andy
Backlund had a 3-3 record in senior.
e. Smith and
Becker had a 5-1 prelim record in senior and won first with a 3-0, 2-1, 2-1
elim record. Smith and Becker were first and fifth speakers, respectively.
f. The
team earned 17 CEDA points.
7. Heart of America
a. Becker and
Smith had a 3-5 record in open, as did Hobbs and Matarelli.
b. Backlund and Rowe
had a 2-6 record in open.
c. Buckner and
Lam had a 1-7 record in open.
d. The team earned
six CEDA points.
8. Pi Kappa Delta
Nationals
a. Backlund
and Rowe had a 2-4 record in open, as did Matarelli and Hobbs.
b. Schnoor and
Buckner had a 3-3 record in open.
c. Smith and
Becker had a 3-3 record in open and won second place with a 2-1, 2-1, 1-2 elim
record.
d. The team earned
11 CEDA points.
9. Whitman College
a. Herschlip
and Swinney had a 2-4 record in junior debate.
b. Lam and Buckner
had a 3-3 record in senior debate.
c. Rowe and
Backlund had a 5-1 prelim record in senior and tied for first with a 2-1, 2-1
elim record, as did Smith and Becker who also were first and fifth speakers,
respectively.
d. The team earned
18 CEDA points.
10. Willamette University Invitational
a. Schnoor had
a 3-3 record in senior on a hybrid team with Pacific Lutheran University.
b. Matarelli and
Hobbs had a 5-1 prelim record in senior and were third with a 0-3 record.
c. Smith and
Becker had a 3-3 prelim record in senior and won third with a 0-3 elim record.
d. Lam and Buckner
had a 3-3 prelim record in junior and tied for first with a 2-1, 2-1 elim
record.
e. Kerrie
Leitch and Kim had a 2-4 record in novice debate.
f. Rowe
and Backlund had a 4-2 prelim record in junior and tied for first with a 3-0,
2-1 elim record.
g. Matarelli,
Becker, and Smith were second, fourth, and fifth speakers, respectively, in
senior.
h. Rowe was
second speaker in junior division.
i. The
team earned 16 CEDA points.
11. Northwest CEDA Championships
a. Backlund
and Rowe won ninth in open with a 3-3
prelim record and a 1-2 elim record.
b. Hobbs and Buckner
were also ninth in open with a 3-3 prelim record and a 0-3 elim record.
c. Smith and
Becker had a 5-1 prelim record in open and won fifth with a 2-1, 0-3 elim
record. Smith was also third speaker.
d. The team earned
11 CEDA points.
12. Towson State University
a. Becker and
Smith had a 3-5 record in open division and tied for third and fourth speakers.
b. The team earned
three CEDA points.
13. CEDA Nationals
a. Becker and
Smith had a 6-2 prelim record in open and won fifth with a 2-1, 2-1, 2-1, 0-3 elim record.
b. Lam and Buckner
had a 3-5 record in open.
c. Matarelli
and Hobbs had a 5-3 prelim record and won 33rd with a 0-3 elim
record.
d. Rowe and Backlund
had a 3-5 record in open.
e. The team
earned 17 CEDA points.