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Show Squad continues to win Debaters win 15 national spots . . . The Southern Utah State College forensics squad had earned 15 slots in the National Individal Events Tournament scheduled April 10-12 at Towson State University, Towson, Md. Nine SUSC students, including a freshman from Las Vegas who has qualified in four events, will compete in the national contest which is annually sponsored by the American Forensic Association. "SUSC is represented in every category of individual events except in , after dinner speaking," said an elated M. L. Smith, SUSC forensic coach. "Last year we earned 3 slots, this year 15." Students can qualify for the I.E. nationals in two ways. The first, according ac-cording to Sage L. Piatt, individual events coach, is by earning three first, second or third place wins in regular season competition. These three rankings must be earned in open or senior division contests. The second way for students to qualify nationally, she said, is to take a first, second or third place win in district competition. "Most of our students: qualified in their events before the districts, some of them before Christmas," Christ-mas," Piatt said. . "Two of our studen-K Chris Kerecman ail Jackie Clegg, have boll beaten last yearf national champion in extemporaneous speaking," she said. "With the strength we've got, we're confident to make our mark in national competition." The majority . of students in SUSC's forensic . squad debate and individual events-are events-are freshmen and sophomores and most of them will return to SUSC next fall. "In individual events alone, we plan to have a dozen specialists next year," Piatt said. Philip Sheburne, a 1980 graduate of Rancho High School, Las Vegas, will represent SUSC in prose interpretation, dramatic interpretation and in duo interpretation with partners Kevin Lewis and Tracy Ashman. Kevin Lewis, a freshman fresh-man communications major who graduated last year from Cottonwood High School, Salt Lake City, will compete in two events: duo interpretation in-terpretation with Philip Shelburne and in prose. Tracy A. Ashman will fill one of SUSC's 15 I.E. slots as a competitor, with Shelburne, in duo interpretation. The SUSC sophomore communications com-munications major is a 1979 graduate of Timp-view Timp-view High School. Chris Kerecman, Utah's 1980-81 Truman Scholar, will represent SUSC in extemporaneous speaking. The junior communications-political science major qualified for the nationals in the first three tournaments of the season. Another SUSC student to qualify for the nationals early in the season was Mitch Con-nell, Con-nell, a transfer from Arizona State University, who will compete in oratory and expository speaking. Jackie Clegg, a freshman fresh-man from Orem, will represent SUSC in extemporaneous ex-temporaneous and impromptu im-promptu speaking. She and Denise Brooks, Riverton, recently represented SUSC in the national junior debate championship, tying for fifth place with SUSC students Kevin Astle and Chris Lathrop. Nancy Adams, a national qualifier last year in poetry, will represent SUSC in expository ex-pository speaking and in oratory. She qualified for the nationals in the first tournaments of the season, winning three first places in expository. Adams, a sophomore psychology major, is a 1979 graduate of Cedar High School, the daughter of Mr. Norman Adams, 372 South 600 West, Cedar City. Kurt Opprecht, a freshman fresh-man communications major from Brigham City, will represent SUSC! in communication analysis, a new contest in individual events. Opprecht, Op-precht, a 1980 graduate of Box Elder High School, is also representing SUSC as a finalist in CEDA debate. Another CEDA competitor, com-petitor, Kim Michelle DeAdder, a a sophomore from Orem, will represent SUSC April 10-12 10-12 in poetry. She qualified for national competition early in the season and is also representing SUSC in ' CEDA competition at another tournament. |