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| Jack Bradley, First Place Speaker and Third Place Finisher |
The ISU Rupp Debate Squad earned top speaking
honors at the first Climb! Online Debate tournament of the semester on January
14th! Jack Bradley was named first speaker and took third place while Raiven
Nickerson was 2nd speaker and took fourth place on the open
division. The team participated with four skilled debaters, Jack Bradley,
Raiven Nickerson, Alex Vail, and Michael Mares. Speakers sparred on issues
ranging from taxation of sugar to banning football.
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| Alex Vail (right) striking topics in a preliminary debate. |
Bradley and Nickerson performed especially
well during this tournament. Jack’s topic draws saw him arguing against the
implementation of a carbon tax, and debating to banning football. Raiven’s
topics included – among others --discourse on the increased use of wind energy,
and why Democrats politicians should work with Trump. In the end, both competitors
made it to semi-finals, and were named the top two speakers at the tournament!
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| Jack Bradley debating in Semi Finals with a three judge panel. |
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| Semifinal topic strike card. |
This tournament was a strong opener for the
team, with two of its members making it to semis, and taking the top two spots
for speaker awards, Jack earning first speaker and Raiven earning second,
respectively. The ISU squad has hit the ground running this semester, and hopes
to take more titles this semester.
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| Raiven Nickerson debating in Semifinals with a three judge panel. |
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| Jack Bradley |
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| Raiven Nickerson |
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| Kaden Marchetti |
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| Alex Vail debating online in the CMP Ifft Speech Lab |
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| Michael Mares debating online in the CMP Ifft Speech Lab |
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| Raiven Nickerson, 2nd Speaker. Jack Bradley, First Speaker. |
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