| Show A tThe KaplelPaRej Weature Jhunida)10ctobecJ8J19() Speech and debate talent opens season with victories Bryncr both of Price and the team of Aimec Anderson from Holiday and Dan Espcrson of Kerns rounded out the top contenders for CEU In the area of individual events Christine Johansen Ficchko of Price earned third place honors in persuasive speaking while Carver was named fourth in impromptu and fifth in informative speaking This past weekend the CEU team traveled to Rexburg Idaho to compete in the Upper Snake River forensics meet hosted by Ricks College CEU gained a first place finish overall In the area of Junior Debate CEU closed out the competition in semi-finaThe teams of Carver and Webster Pdo and McGee and Jennifer DcRosc and Paige Petersen tied for first place Anderson and Espcrson were quarter finalists Julie Stilson and Tami Davis finished first in novice debate Best Speaker awards in debate McGee-secon- d went to Carver-firDustin Latimer-fift- h Petersen-sevent- h Anderson and ls st Bryner-cight- Even before the College of Eastern Utah opened for the fall quarter the CEU speech and debate squad got down to the business of winning tournaments and bringing home trophies in what appears to be one of the most promising year’s in CEU forensics history According to head coach Neil Warren the team won 11 trophies and two other awards at the University of Utah's Fall Speech Scrimmage held September 22 and 23 “The U of U tournament is considered one of the best in the nation and is a good barometer of how we will do in the rest of the year" Warren said “We undoubtedly had some of the best talent among the 22 colleges and universities that participated" Santa Rosa Calif native Joe Carver received top honors for CEU with a trophy for “Second-beSpeaker" in Junior Debate while Julie Stilson of Price cap st tured the Novice Debate's Speaker" award "Third-be- st Four of CEU's Junior teams advanced to final rounds at the tournament Carver and his teammate Mac Webster of Price led the pack followed by Orem residents Amy Pelo and Karen McGee Paige Petersen and Bill Debate Petersen requests budget increase (continued from page 1) to other states where the average salary is often 25 higher than we're able to offer them in Utah" President Petersen also re- quested an appropriation for onetime equipment purchases and more than $100000 additional funding for the enrollment growth that is anticipated at both CEU's Price campus and the San Juan Center in Blanding "When we start adding significant numbers of people to our student body we simply must add more facility members and instructional equipment to maintain quality Otherwise the classes quickly and the stubecome dents are learning skills on obsolete or defective equipment" he over-crowd- ed said Petersen's request and other budget issues which will affect Utah's nine colleges and universi ties will be considered by the Board of Regents when their next meeting is held on the CEU campus in Price on October 26 During first session the Board will consider Initiative A a Slate Tax Initiative which proposes the elimination of sales tax on food items The board intends to oppose the action because the elimination of a major source of tax revenue could significantly reduce State funding for education In this session the regents will also consider several items important to CEU according to Petersen "We will make a special presentation to the Board in the fust session "he said One of the most important issues the Board will consider as they formulate the 1990-9-1 budget is increased funding for the Stale's higher educational institutions Much of the increase requested in the Regents budget will be used to provide for the 4000 additional students the Board projects will be added to college and university enrollment in the State next year The Board's Planning and Facilities Committee will hear a proposal for a master plan to develop CEU's San Juan Center the first ever proposed for the Campus “We have over 400 students enrolled in classes there" Petersen said “Money for the San Juan Center is an important part of CEU's budget request" he added CEU representatives will also request additional funds for the colmuseum "We lege's doubled the museum's space last e funding inyear with a crease from the State" Petersen said "We are asking for an increase of $100j000 per year in the museum's regular operating bud pie-histor- ic one-tim- get" The Institutional Council will meet in CEU's museum after lunch which will also be held there The regents will conclude the day with their regular monthly meeting at 2 pm In this session they will consider matters which will affect all of Utah's colleges and universities including next year's budget request After hearing from each of the nine institutions in the Utah System of Higher Education the regents will formulate their own budget request to be presented to the Utah Legislature in January All sessions of the Regents' meetings are open to the public and Petersen encourages students to attend “It is a good opportunity for them to see what happens at these meetings" he said pre-histor- ic h Stilson-nint- h and Webster-tent- h CEU also walked away with several awards in the area of individual events In extemporaneous speaking Carver placed fust Webster ranked second and McGee was named third In the area of impromptu Bryner finished first Carver was in second and Webster ranked third Carver placed second in informative speaking followed by Pelo in third place and Davis in fifth Bryner took second in communication analysis Carver placed fifth in poetry interpretation and Sheryl Lake finished third in prose interpretation In the area of individual events Best Speaker awards Carver finished second CEU brought home a total of 23 trophies and 9 other awards from the Ricks tournament even doing better than the hosting school Warren said this early success was a reflection of the strong diversity in the team this year “We have a new look" he said “In addition to an additional coach (Scott Pullan who has years of successful coaching experience from Davis High School) we have students from all across the state bringing an abundance of talent to the squad in all of the events we compete in" It appears as if the CEU forensics squad is well on its way to another successful year |
