2003-2004
|
The Faculty
Jim Hanson, Director of Forensics Jim shaved the beard during the
fall but it reappeared during Thanksgiving break.
Bob Withycombe,
Department Chair |
Brian Danielson, Parliamentary-IE
Assistant
Samantha Howell, Student Assistant
and Intramural Debate Coordinator
Joe Carver, Policy Assistant
Katie Imbeau,
Student Interp Coach |
Whitman
Leadership
· Tom Cronin, College President
· Jim Hanson Director of Forensics and Debate Coach.
· Samantha Howell, Whitman Forensics Assistant
· Brian Danielson, Assistant Parliamentary and IE Coach
· Joe Carver, Policy Assistant Coach
· Katie Imbeau, Student Interp Coach
2003-2004 World and Whitman News
- Tim O'Brien returns
to
- Bogley named as new Vice President of Whitman College
- President Cronin
announces departure
- Policy change
eliminates PDF from distribution
- Ben Stein speaks at
Whitman
- Cornel West speaks at
Whitman
- Guster comes to Whitman
- Bowling added to IM
sports
- ASWC passes
resolution on the Patriot Act
- Rajmohan Ghandi to speak at
Whitman
- January 30 - Iraq
disarmament crisis: The leaders of the United Kingdom, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain release a
statement, The Letter of the Eight, demonstrating support for the United
States' plans to invade Iraq.
- March 15 - Hu Jintao becomes president
of the People's Republic of
- April 14 - The Human
Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to
99.99% accuracy.
- June 26 -
- August 2 - The United
Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for
- December 1 - The use
of hand-held cell phones while driving is made illegal in the
- December 13 - Saddam
Hussein, former President of Iraq, is captured in Tikrit
by the
Team Members 2003-04
Jim, Jackie, Chris C,
Chandra, Chris G,
Staff: Jim Hanson,
Director of Forensics, Joe Carver, Assistant Policy Coach; Brian Danielson,
Assistant Parliamentary and I.E. Coach; Samantha Howell, Student Assistant and
Intramural Debate Manager; Katie Imbeau, Dramatic Interpretation Student
Assistant; Bob Withycombe, Chair, Rhetoric and Film Studies; and Thomas Cronin,
President, Whitman College.
33 Competitors, Fall 2003:
Alex Bollinger, Ben Meiches, Beth Schueler, Bridget Kustin, Chandra Carlisle,
Chris Chamness, Chris Gorman, Christine Cleland, Danielle Williamson, Dawn
Holmes, Emily Marr, Eric Suni, Holly Black, Hugo Vargas, James Hovard, Jeff
Buntin, Jessica Serisky, Kathryn Bergh, Kimberly Schlesinger, Kyle Gotchy,
Laura Hanson, Lydia Eberly, Matt Schissler, Meghan Hughes, Nav Rekhi, Patrick
Carter, Rob Olsen, Ross Richendrfer, Sam Spiegel, Sarah Zangrillo, Stephen
Reed, Teri Swartz, Tyler Kent
This was the year where
Northwest Policy tournaments took a nose dive. Gonzaga hosted an introductory
tournament and then Lewis and Clark had a very small division. After that, the
next Northwest tournament was held at UPS at NW CEDA Champs.
Bridget and Chris won 3 tournaments during the fall semester. 
The Parli-IE
Squad for 2003-2004.
Kim, Kathryn, Holly
Jackie, James, Rob,
Jim, Chris, Danielle, Steve, Laura, Hugo,
Tiger, Dawn, Alex, Patrick, Brian
The Policy Squad for 2003-2004.
Jim, Ben, Beth, Jeff, Matt, Joe,
Eric, and Meghan and Ross in the front.
Meghan, Ross, Matt, Alex, Jeff Beth, Brian , Lydia Chris (who hurt his shoulder bull riding at Universal Studios) Rhetoric and Film Studies Courses
CHANGE: The department major is adjusted
and several class names and numbers are changed including the debate courses.
Hunter 307, 306, and somewhat 304 are preparation
rooms. 305 is a storage room.
Bob’s office 303, Jim’s office 308, “The
Cove” for debate tubs is hunter 310.
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.
RFS 110. Fundamentals of Public Address, 4
hours.
RFS 121,
Dramatic Interpretation, Speech, and Debate, 1 hour
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 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, 4 hours
RFS 365,
Special topics: Studies in Film Genre (The Western)
RFS 366,
Special topics: Major Figures in Film (The Independent Revolution, The Silver
Age of Cinema)
RFS 367,
Special topics: Film Studies and Popular Culture
RFS 368:
Special Topics, World Cinema (Cross listed, Gender and Sexuality in
Contemporary Hispanic and Brazilian Film)
RFS 371,
Rhetoric in Early Western Culture
RFS 379, 380. Special Topics Courses. Rhetorical Study of
Kenneth Burke, American Public Address
RFS 401, 402. Independent Study.
RFS 487,
Rhetoric and Film Criticism
RFS 491, 498, Thesis (Regular and Honors)
Danielle,
Jeff, Joe, Matt Dawn,
Chris, Jackie, Danielle, Steve
Team Awards
POLICY AWARDS
“Top 25 in the NDT and CEDA Rankings
as a squad despite our youth and several tournament cancellations in the
Northwest. Watch out
for this coming year.”
ALEX BOLLINGER AND DANIELLE WILLIAMSON
LEWIS-CLARK,
FIRST, JR
1-5 (Junior 1st place; Alex 1st speaker; Danielle 2nd speaker)
ALEX BOLLINGER AND KIRSTEN DUSENBERRY (Gonzaga)
UC-BERKELEY,
2ND, JR
5-1, 3-0
semis, 1-2 finals, Alex speaker award
BEN MEICHES AND JEFF BUNTIN
USC,
4-3, 1-2 doubles
NW CEDA
CHAMP, FIFTH
6-0, 0-3
quarters, Ben 3rd speaker; Jeff 6th speaker
CEDA NATS,
33RD
5-3,
closeout in triples
BETH SCHUELER AND ERIC SUNI
GONZAGA,
THIRD
4-3, 3-0 octas, 2-1 quarters, 0-3 semis; Beth 7th speaker
LEWIS-CLARK,
SECOND
5-1, 2-1
semis, 0-3 finals; Beth 2nd speaker; Eric 1st speaker
USC, 17TH
5-2, 0-3
doubles
5-1, 0-3 octas; Eric 6th speaker, Beth speaker award
NORTHWESTERN,
17TH
6-2, 0-3
doubles
NW CEDA
CHAMPS, 3RD
5-1, 2-1
quarters, 1-2 semis; Beth 2nd speaker; Eric 4th speaker
CEDA NATS,
17TH
5-3,
closeout in triples, 0-3 in doubles; Beth 26th speaker
NDT, 29TH
4-4 (15
ballots)
DANA RANDALL AND MIKE WINNIKE
USC, FIRST
7-0, 3-0, closeout,
Dana 3rd speaker; Mike 4th speaker
JEFF BUNTIN AND ROSS RICHENDRFER
GONZAGA,
5TH
4-3, 2-1 octas, 0-3 quarters
LEWIS-CLARK,
FIFTH
4-2; Jeff
8th speaker
MATT SCHISSLER AND ROSS RICHENDRFER
USC, FIRST
JR
7-0, 3-0
semis, closeout finals; Matt 1st speaker; Ross 2nd speaker
NW CEDA
CHAMPS, 3RD
5-1, 2-1
quarters, 0-3 semis
MEGHAN HUGHES AND NAV REKHI
USC, FIRST
JR
7-0, 3-0,
closeout, Nav 5th speaker
5-2, 3-0
quarters, 3-0 semis, 1-2 finals
Ben, Ross, Meghan, Nav,
Danielle Beth,
Nav, Jeff, Joe, Ross, Eric
Parli Awards
“Second in the nation as a squad and
second place at the NPTE! And,
almost all return!”
ALEX BOLLINGER AND JACKIE JENKINS
WWU, FIRST
Jr,
6-0, octas thru quarters wins;
Alex, 1st speaker, Jackie 6th speaker
4-2, octas loss
NPDA
NATIONALS, 65TH
6-2, quads
loss
BEN MEICHES AND JEFF BUNTIN
3-3, Ben
4th speaker; Jeff, 14th speaker
BETH PEARSON AND KIM SCHLESINGER
5-1, octas loss
NPDA
NATIONALS, 65TH
5-3, quads
loss
BETH SCHUELER AND ERIC SUNI
3-3, octas thru finals, wins, Beth 16th speaker
BRIDGET KUSTIN AND CHRIS GORMAN
REED,
FIRST
5-1; Octas-Finals, wins
LEWIS AND
CLARK, FIRST
5-1; Octas-Finals, wins
PACIFIC,
FIRST
4-2, Octas-Finals, wins
CHANDRA
REED,
THIRD
3-3; Octas-Quarters, wins; Semis loss; Chandra, 8th speaker
LEWIS AND
CLARK, NINTH
5-1, Octas loss.
UC-SAN
DIEGO, NINTH
6-2, octas loss
Point
Loma, 4-2
CHRIS CHAMNESS AND STEPHEN REED
LEWIS AND
CLARK, 3RD, JR
4-2, Octas-Quarters wins; Semis loss
PACIFIC,
SECOND
5-1, Octas-Semis, wins; Finals, loss, Stephen 7th speaker
(Junior)
CHRIS GORMAN AND CHANDRA
5-1; Octas-Finals, wins; Chris, 9th speaker
CHRIS GORMAN AND SCOTT THOMPSON
6-0, octas win, quarters loss
UC-SAN
DIEGO, FIRST
6-0, octas-finals wins; Chris 2nd speaker
WWU, NINTH
3-3, octas loss; Chris 3rd speaker; Scott 13th speaker
POINT
LOMA, NINTH
6-0, doubles win, octas loss, Chris
17th speaker
6-0, octas win, quarters loss; Chris
15th speaker
NPTE,
SECOND!
8-4
ballots, 6-0 in first 6 elims; loss in finals on a
79-23 ballot
NPDA NATS,
9TH
7-1,
quads-doubles wins; octas loss
EMILY MARR AND SAM SPIEGEL
REED,
NINTH
4-2; Octas loss
ERIC SUNI
AND SAM SPEIGEL
WWU, NINTH
4-2, octas loss
HUGO VARGAS AND PATRICK CARTER
LEWIS AND
CLARK, 5TH, JR
4-2; Octas, win; Quarters, loss, Patrick 5th speaker
PACIFIC,
9TH, JR
4-2; Octas loss.
WWU,
FIFTH, JR
6-0, octas win, quarters loss, Patrick
2nd speaker
PLU, 2ND,
JR
4-2, semis
win, finals loss; Patrick, 1st speaker
JAMES HOVARD AND LAURA HANSON
LEWIS-CLARK,
SECOND, NOVICE
4-2, Octas-Semis, wins; Finals, loss; Laura 4th speaker
4-2; Laura
1st speaker; James 7th speaker
KIM SCHLESINGER AND ROB OLSEN
LEWIS AND
CLARK, 1ST, JR
4-2, Octas-Finals, wins
REED,
NINTH
5-1, Octas loss
4-2, octas loss
WWU, THIRD
4-2, octas-quarters wins, semis, loss
MATT SCHISSLER AND ROSS RICHENDRFER
4-2; Octas loss, Ross, 6th speaker
Nav, Kim, Scooter Joe,
Eric C., Ross, Andrew
Individual Events
Awards
“Lots of talent among our students
doing individual events.”
ALEX BOLLINGER
DRAMATIC
SECOND,
NOVICE, WWU
BETH PEARSON
IMPROMPTU
FIRST Jr,
BRIDGET KUSTIN
INFORMATIVE
FINALIST,
Lewis and Clark
CHANDRA
IMPROMPTU
SECOND,
CHRIS CHAMNESS
AFTER
DINNER SPEAKING
FINALIST,
Lewis and Clark
IMPROMPTU
SECOND,
JR, WWU
CHRIS GORMAN
IMPROMPTU
THIRD,
Lewis and Clark; FINALIST,
EXTEMP
THIRD,
HOLLY BLACK
DRAMATIC
Finalist,
Nov Pacific
JACKIE JENKINS
INFORMATIVE
THIRD, WWU
KATHRYN BERGH
IMPROMPTU
FINALIST, Pacific
Nov. FIRST, WWU
EXTEMP
FINALIST,
Novice Lewis and Clark
SECOND, Novice, WWU FINALIST, Novice, Spok. Falls
SIXTH,
KIM SCHLESINGER
EXTEMP
SECOND,
JR, Lewis and Clark; SECOND, Jr,
KYLE GOTCHY
DRAMATIC
3RD,
Lewis-Clark
LAURA HANSON
EXTEMP
FIRST,
Novice, Lewis and Clark, FIRST, Novice, WWU
IMPROMPTU
THIRD,
Novice, WWU
LAZARO CARRION
DRAMATIC
FIRST, Jr,
PATRICK CARTER
COMM.
ANAL.
FINALIST
at Lewis and Clark, Pacific, WWU
IMPROMPTU
FINALIST,
JR Lewis and Clark; FINALIST, Novice, WWU
POI
FINALIST,
WWU; FINALIST Jr,
ROB OLSEN
EXTEMP
FIFTH,
ROSS RICHENDRFER
IMPROMPTU
FIRST,
Novice, Lewis and Clark
SAM SPEIGEL
PROSE
SECOND,
WWU; FINALIST,
STEPHEN REED AND TRAVIS PETERSEN
DUO INTERP
FINALIST,
STEPHEN REED
DRAMATIC
FINALIST,
Lewis and Clark; FIRST, Pacific
POI;
FINALIST, Pacific; FIRST, WWU
TERI SWARTS AND TYLER KENT
DUO INTERP
FINALIST,
Lewis and Clark