2001-2002
|
The Faculty
Jim Hanson, Director of Forensics
Bob Withycombe,
Department Chair, Associate Dean of Faculty |
Keola
Whittaker, Parliamentary-IE Assistant
Julie Caton,
Student Assistant and Intramural Debate Coordinator
Brian Simmonds,
Policy Assistant |
Whitman Leadership
· Tom Cronin, College President
· Jim Hanson Director of Forensics and Debate Coach.
· Julie Caton, Whitman Forensics Assistant
· Keola Whittaker, Assistant Parliamentary and IE Coach
· Brian Simmonds, Policy Assistant Coach
2001-2002 Whitman News
1. The new reid
center opened in January.
2. Nader visited campus.
3. Maya Angelou canceled her vist.
4. Rainbow Rage’s theme is Pink.
5. Charle’s and Thad,
Whitman’s top debate team, place 5th in the nation.
6. Whitman won Northwestern’s
debate tournament.
7. Library begins and ends its e-reserve program.
8. Blue Moon includes controversial material which
the traditional publisher refused to print.
Nikki and Jim research rhetoric resources. Rhetoric and Film Studies Courses
CHANGE: The department is renamed the Rhetoric
and Film Studies department as Robert Sickles is added as a third member of the
department. The forensics team gets two rooms with computers, scanners and
printers for use plus a practice room and a cove for their heavy tubs of
briefs. Hunter 307, 306 are preparation rooms. 305 is a storage room. 204 is for evidence distribution, practice, and work. bob’s office 303, jim’s office
308, “the cove” for debate tubs was hunter 310.
Courses
treat Rhetoric as a liberal art, proposing that such communication is not a
skill learned by rule but an exercise of judgment that can be no better than
the communicator's understanding of the nature of the communicative acts.
The Rhetoric minor: A minimum
of twenty credits in Rhetoric and Film Studies that consists of course work in
two areas of study: (A) a four credit Performance requirement to be satisfied
through Rhetoric 110, 210, or four credits of Rhetoric 221 or 222; (B) a
sixteen credit Theory, Criticism, and Case Study requirement to be satisfied
through Rhetoric 240, 270, 370, 379, and 380. Up to four credits of
departmentally approved Rhetoric 401 and 402 may be taken to satisfy the
Theory, Criticism, and Case Study requirement. Minor modifications in this
program may be made with the approval of the department.
RHETORIC 110. Fundamentals of Public
Address, 4 hours.
RHETORIC
121, Basic Intercollegiate Forensics, 1 hour
RHETORIC
221, Public Address in Intercollegiate
Forensics, 2 hours
RHETORIC
222, Debating in Intercollegiate
Forensics, 2 hours
RHETORIC
240, Rhetorical Explorations: Gender, Class and Race, 4 hours
RHETORIC 270. Persuasion, Agitation
and Social Movements, 4 hours.
RHETORIC 370. Seminar:
Western Rhetorical Thinking, 4 hours.
RHETORIC 379, 380. Special Topics
Courses. Rhetorical Criticism, Freedom of Rhetoric, Background of
African American Protest Rhetoric, Argument in the Law and Politics, Political
Campaign Rhetoric: Persuading
RHETORIC 401, 402. Independent Study.
World News
- January 11 - The U.S.
Federal Trade Commission approves the merger of America Online and Time
Warner to form AOL Time Warner.
- April 1 -
- February 6 - Likud
Party leader Ariel Sharon wins election as Prime Minister of Israel.
- June 21 - A total
solar eclipse occurs.
- July 2 - The world's
first self-contained artificial heart is implanted in Robert Tools.
- September 11 - Almost
3,000 people are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World
Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in
rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania after an
American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the The
Twin Towers (a nickname for The World Trade Center (WTC)) and United
Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a grassland in Pennsylvania.
- November 10 - The
People's Republic of China is admitted to the World Trade Organization
after 15 years of negotiations
Team Awards
Policy Awards
Beth Schueler
and Emily Cordo, NW Scrimmage 5th, Lewis and Clark 5th,
U.
Brian Ward and David
Guidry, Whitman,
1st, NW CEDA Champs, 3rd, CEDA Nationals, 33rd
Brian Ward and Mike Winnike, NW Scrimmage, 9th; Lewis and Clark, 3rd,
Charles Olney and Joey
Bennett, Whitman, 1st
Charles Olney and Thad
Blank, NW
Scrimmage 1st, U. Kentucky, 5th, Lewis and Clark 1st,
U. Oregon 1st, Wake Forest, 5th , U.S.C., 5th,
Fullerton, 9th, West Georgia, 9th, Northwestern, 2nd,
NW CEDA Champs, 1st, NDT, 5th, CEDA Nationals, 3rd
Chris McCool and John Poor, U.
Chris
McCool and Scott Thompson, Whitman, 1st, Jr.
David Guidry and Joey
Bennett,
NW Scrimmage 9th, Lewis and Clark 9th,
Emily Marr and Lauren
Ritter, WWU,
5th, Whitman, 5th
Emily Marr and Mike Winnike, CEDA Nationals, 33rd
Emily Marr and Scott Daniel, U.
Joey Bennett and Scott
Thompson,
U.S.C. 1st,,
Jr.
Sean Beaver and Scott
Thompson,
Lewis and Clark 1st,,
Jr.
Thad Blank and Mike Winnike, Whitman, 1st
Parli Awards
Bridget Kustin
and Natalie Havlina, Lewis and Clark 9th
Bridget Kustin
and Natalie Havlina, Point Loma RR Qualifier, Hatfields, 9th
Chandra Carlisle and
Nicholas Thomas, U.
Chandra
Carlisle and Zahava Wilstein, Utah, 9th
Whitman, 5th, Jr.
Chris Gorman and Mario Cava, U.
Chris Gorman and Nicholas
Thomas, Whitman,
5th, NPTE, 10th, NPDA Nationals, 17th
Dani Boucher and Chandra
Carlisle, Hatfields, 5th
Dani Boucher and Samantha
Howell,
Lewis and Clark 1st, U.
Darrell Miller and Sam Spiegel, Lewis and Clark 5th,
U.
Dean
Chuang and Martin Ishikawa, Whitman, 3rd, Nov.
Gabe McGuire and Natalie
Gabe McGuire and Todd
Borden,
Lewis and Clark 2nd, Northridge, 9th
Nicholas Thomas and Sam
Spiegel,
Individual Events Awards
Andy Monahan Nov. Impromptu, 4th,
Lewis and Clark
Bridget Kustin Jr. Impromptu, 4th,
Lewis and Clark; Semis, CSU-Northridge; Sr. Informative, 1st, Lewis
and Clark, 4th, Oregon, Semis, Point Loma, 4th, Dean McSloy, 5th, Whitman; Sr. Impromptu, Semis,
Point Loma
Chandra Carlisle, Semis, Jr. Impromptu,
Finalist, Dramatic,
Charles Olney Nov. Impromptu, 4th,
U.
Chris Gorman Jr. Extemp,
6th and Jr. Impromptu 2nd, U. Oregon, Sr. Impromptu,
Semis, Utah; Sr. NFA LD, 3rd, Whitman
Dani Boucher Jr. Dramatic, 3rd,
U.
Darrell Miller Sr. ADS, 2nd,
and Jr. Prose, 4th, Lewis and Clark; Sr. ADS, 1st, Jr.
Dramatic, 1st, Jr. Prose, 2nd, U. Oregon; Sr. ADS, 4th,
CSU-Northridge
Emily Marr, 3rd, Jr.
Impromptu, Whitman
Gabe McGuire Sr. Impromptu, 5th,
Lewis and Clark
Joey Bennett, 3rd, Jr. NFA LD,
Whitman
Katie Imbeau
and Sam Spiegel, Sr. Dramatic: 2nd, Lewis and Clark; 6th, 1st,
WWU, Dean McSloy; 3rd, Whitman, NIET
Qualified; Sr. Prose, 1st, WWU
Katie Imbeau Sr. Dramatic: 3rd,
Lewis and Clark; 2nd,
Mario Cava Sr. ADS, 6th,
Lewis and Clark; 4th, Oregon, 5th, Utah; 4th
Dean McSloy; Jr. Impromptu, 5th, Oregon;
Sr. Impromptu 4th, Utah; 3rd, Dean McSloy;
5th, Whitman College; Jr. Poetry, 2nd; U. Oregon; Sr.
Poetry, 5th, Utah; 2nd, Dean McSloy;
Mario Cava and Dani Boucher, Sr. Duo, 6th,
Utah
Michael Winnike Nov. Impromptu, 1st,
U.
Natalie Havlina Jr. Extemp,
3rd, Lewis and Clark, Whitman; Sr. Extemp,
6th, Whitman; Jr. POI, 2nd, Whitman
Nicholas Thomas Sr. Extemp,
6th, Lewis and Clark; 1st, Oregon; 3rd,
CSU-Northridge; 5th, Utah; 3rd, Dean McSloy,
NIET Qualified; Sr. Forensic Criticism, 5th, U. Oregon; Sr.
Impromptu, Semis, CSU-Northridge; 2nd, Utah; 3rd,
Whitman; 2nd, Portland State; NIET Qualified; Sr. CA, 2nd,
CSU-Northridge; 2nd, Utah; 1st, Portland State; NIET
Qualified
Sam Spiegel
Scott Thompson, 3rd, Jr. Extemp-LD, Whitman
Sean Beaver Nov. Impromptu, 3rd,
U.
Thad Blank, 2nd, Sr. Extemp-LD, Whitman
Todd Borden Jr. Impromptu, 2nd,
U.
Zahava Wilstein Sr. ADS, 2nd,
U.
