The Thursday November 3 1988 Mikp Oliver Jufie Taylor Aaron Southard and Melissa CEU's readers theatre team (L-Jewell helped the squad earn sweepstake victories R) The debate team of Tom Martin and for their next debate topic Billy 3 Eagle-pag- e Thomas prepare data by Garth Frandsen Forensics squad start season with first & third sweepstake wins by Ragun Larkin stafT writer The Forensics team triumphantly returned from two recent speech meets shouldering (me first and one third place sweepstakes trophy Eighteen speech students competed in the Upper Snake River Forensic Tournament held at Ricks College October 2 capturing 12 trophies and seven other awards including the first 21-2- place sweepstakes team trophy Those students were: Julie Taylor Melissa Jewell Mike Oliver Aaron Southard Billy Thomas Tom Martin Scott Wardle Brian Hall Michelle Dimick JD Conover David Dayton Jennifer Olsen Ron Gilson Brian Hunt Susie Cook Holly Drury Ray Graham and Wade Olsen In the sweepstakes catagory CEU seized first place with 76 points College of Southern Idaho took second place with 41 points and UVCC received third with 33 points CEU’s score was equal to the total points of both the second and third place teams The team took individual awards in the catagorics of readers theatre oral interpretation poetry interpretation informative duct acting debate persuasion communication analysis impromptu and speaking to entertain First place winners were Julie Taylor- - readers theatre oral interpretation and poetry interpretation Melissa Jewell-reade- rs theatre and informative Mike Olivcr-readc- rs theatre and Aaron Southard-reader- s theatre Second place winners were Julie Taylor- - duct acting Melissa Jewell- Thomas- - debate the October BOR meeting hosted by CEU Chairman W Eugene Hansen discusses the semester program proposals with members (L-- Elva M Barnes Vice Chairman Steven Photo by C Hamster E Snow Hansen Commissioner of HE Wm RoKe Kerr and Donald B Hobrook Martin-deba- te At Third place winners were R) Scott Wardle- - debate Brian Michelle Dimick-persuasi- for UVCC system Regents approve semester The three schools that y Anna Murphy taff writer During the October ' State Board of Regents meeting held at College of Eastern Utah Utah Valley Community College requested to try a semester system which was unanimously approved Semester calendars consist of fall and spring semesters also a summer term As to where CEU and eight other schools operate on a quarter system with four quarters in an academic year Robci Torgcrson CEU's aca- dem vice president and at this operate on a semester system are the University of Utah's law time CEU is not seriously school Brigham Young Univer- thinking about switching over to die semester system sity and Westminster College Last year Utah Higher Some of the students at Rolfe Commissioner Education CEU feel that the quarter system is betur than a semester system Kerr proposed the state's colleges and universities switch to semesters and would rather go to a college or university that did operate on the fall of 1989 He backed away the quarter system Some from the position when opposton reasons include more variety of arose among the U of U and Utah classr longer break periods State faculties CEU's instructors transferability within the state's are the about split other system feelings rollcgcs and universities to and class length down the middle according duct acting Billy and Tom Hall-deba- te on Fourth place winners were Julie Taylor-communicati- analysis Scott andJD on Wardle-impromp- Conover-speakin- analvsi: Jewell-cnmmunicati- ir f g on Michelle Dimick-informati- ve speaking Mike Oliver was the only sixth place winner and he qualified in communication analysis H'int-persuask- Gilson-informati- m ve CEU's speech coach Neil Warren said M The team is off to a running start and working hard If we can just keep them academically qualified" Warren went on to say that he appreciates the professor's cooperation in working with the team to keep them informed and to allow them to catch up in their classes The team goal is to lake region and be one of the top 10 teams at the national competition When asked what his major concern was about the team coach Warren said u Our biggest problem? It's good when you have a larger team but it costs more money and the budget has not increased yet this year A sixth of the budget was used on the Pasadena trip We have 14 tournaments scheduled for this year The kids had to learn to sleep silling up in a car and they have to cat on $2 a meal" On Oct 26-2- 7 eleven team members traveled to Pasadena Calif to compete with 21 other community colleges in a tournament returning with 10 trophies and IS certificates of excellence in performance includirg a third plac wrm-stakteam award This is a step up for the team considering that they look fourth place last year ’a In the individiH three first place awards were captured Michelle Dimick and David Dayton advanced to the in LD debate and both won their debate so they were each awarded first place ( LD es tu to entertain Fifth place winners were Melissa Jennifer Olsen and Brian and Ron four CEU competitors missing finals by one point The were David Dayton- - impromptu 'vr semi-fina- ls debate) debate is received theatre readers CEU's (Continued on page 8) one-pers- on