photo oy roily tieIdelberger
Augie's 1991-92 debate squad is exceeding earlier expectations. Squad members
are (left to right) Scott Metcalf, Mike LeMay, Shane Semmler, and Chris Moorhead.
CLEP and Proficiency
Exams to be given
CLEP and Proficiency Exams
will be given Saturday, Feb. 1,
1992 and must be ordered by
5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
Call 336-4113 or 5417 for
information.
Research
opportunities
available
The U.S. Department of
Energy's Student Research
Participation Program is
sponsoring research programs
for sophomores, juniors and
seniors majoring in
engineering, physical and life
sciences, mathematics,
computer science and the
social sciences.
The application deadline is
Jan. 21, 1992. For more
information contact Pat
Pressley at (615) 576-1083 or
the Student Research
Participation Program,
Science/Engineering
Education Division, Oak
Ridge Associated Uni-versities,
PO Box 117, Oak
Ridge, TN 37831-0117.
Fall semester grades
to be sent
Fall semester grades will be
sent to students' campus or
local addresses after Interim
classes begin., If students
wish to have their grades sent
to a different address, they
should come to the Registrar's
Office to make arrangements.
Plan to attend study
break parties
Tonight Augie's Union Board
of Governors will host a study
break party in the Back Alley
from 9 p.m. to I a.m. Free
pizza and pop will be served
until it is gone, and a dance
will follow.
On Sunday, the Granskou
Hall Council is sponsoring a
party from 9-10 p.m. to
relieve finals week stress
through massage, music and
laughter. There will be loud
music, cartoons and back-rubs...
and don't forget the
free food!
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
SIOUX FALLS, SD
Augustana
Mirror
One team's success story
Hard work brings affirmative results
by Karla M. Larson
Mirror co-editor
Training for one of this year's most successful
Augustana teams does not involve running
laps or performing passing drills, but is every
bit as strenuous as that for any other activity.
This year's debate
squad, seniors Mike
LeMay and Chris
Moorhead and soph-omores
Scott Metcalf
and Shane Semmler,
knew that they would
have a good year, but
have exceeded their
earlier expectations,
said debate coach Dr.
John Bart, Augustana
associate professor of
communication.
The LeMay-Moorhead
team has won 81
percent of their prelim-inary
rounds with a
record of 26-6. Overall, they have won 76
percent (31-10), a 14 percent improvement
from last year.
Bart said that the standard for consideration as
a top ten national team is to achieve at least a
70 percent win record.
LeMay said that the team was, at one point this
season, recognized by some as third in the
nation, following only Dartmouth and
Georgetown. Having won both rounds against
Dartmouth this year, the LeMay-Moorhead
team has aspirations of culminating the season
with a very successful national tournament,
LeMay said.
Moorhead and LeMay are in not only their
seventh year as debate partners, but their
seventh semester as college roommates, as
well. The former district champion high
school debate team began as freshmen at
Millard North High School in Omaha, Neb.,
and they have debated together since.
Bart said they have gathered the experience and
reputation necessary for a successful season.
"Chris and I know each other's strengths and
weaknesses, which can only help us in the
debate context," LeMay said, "and we've been
able to draw on our past three years of college
debate."
Of course, behind the wheel of every good
debate team's van is a coach with a solid
background within the genre. Bart, who has
been Augie's debate coach for the past six
years, served as assistant coach for two years
each at the University of Kansas and Wayne
State.
LeMay said that he and the squad are grateful
to have a chance "to debate under a debate
mind who is considered one of the top debate
coaches in the nation."
He also believes that Bart' s informal approach
to coaching has been beneficial to the squad.
"John doesn't take coaching as an authority
figure--he's one-on-one with the students. Our
relationship is very close." LeMay said.
Metcalf and Semmler have contributed greatly
to the success of this
year's squad, Bart said.
"They've taken on a lot
of the research, which
can be quite a burden in
a squad our size," said
LeMay.
Bart and the teams travel
to weekend tournaments
across the nation during
the school year. The
tournaments require
hours of research in
preparation, so a debater
often must sacrifice time
with friends and family.
"The time committments
are the hardest part of
debate," LeMay said.
"It's a very strenuous activity--it's very
physically and emotionally draining."
LeMay said that most debaters make those
committments and sacrifices because they
believe they can gain from the activity.
"Debating has honed my research and
analytical skills, but most importantly, it has
helped me to realize that every issue has two
valid sides," he said.
LeMay said, however, that his favorite part
about debate is winning. "It's knowing you're
good at something," he said. "It's competition
like any other sport."
The team travels to the University of
Redlands, Calif., for their next tournament
Dec. 31-Jan.4.
Augie to host American College Theatre Festival
by Brian Wilsnack
Mirror reporter
Nearly 700 theater students and
faculty members will converge
on the Augustana campus in late
January for the 24th annual
American College Theatre
Festival.
"[The festival] is an organization
dedicated to the improvement of
college theater," said Julia
Pachoud, festival coordinator.
The region V festival will be held
January 21-26 in and will include
the Dakotas, Colorado,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri. The
Festival is sponsored by the
Kennedy Center and is also
partially underwritten by the
Ryder Corporation.
The festival will feature activities
such as
workshops and
competitions in
the areas of
design, lighting,
acting and
critiquing
productions. Six
productions will
be represented
and the winner
will be sent to
the Kennedy
Center in
Washington, D.C. for national
competition. Two students will
be selected out of 200 for Irene
Ryan acting scholarships, as well.
In 1990, one of the two winners
of the Irene Ryan scholarship was
a USD student
(chosen from
over 1600
competitors).
Region V is also
known for its
support of
original scripts.
The workshops
presented by
regional and
national profes-sionals
will
include topics such as stage
combat, scenic design, directing,
stage movement, lighting and
dramatic criticism.
Augustana and Sioux Falls
College will host the Festival
workshops and the Irene Ryan
Performance Scholarship
competitions. The Sioux Falls
Community Playhouse will house
all performances and the Evening
of Scenes form the Ryan finals.
The Holiday Inn City Centre will
serve as Festival Central.
This year's festival roster
includes Broadway Director
Gerald Friedman, Czech-oslovakian
scenographer Jaroslav
Mo)ina and ACTF Producing
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