Thank you in advance to all of you who are participating in our Nationals Prep Work Weekend this upcoming Saturday, the 29th of March.
If possible, please arrive by 9am for a meet and greet in Goldspohn room 20.
For those of you unfamiliar with North Central Campus and lacking the corresponding treasure map, I have marked it on this post.
If you have any questions, please contact me (Jake Gruber) or John Stanley. You should have our numbers. If you don’t, just respond to this post and ask.
Team! Alumni! Affiliates!
In an effort to make the most of our prep-time for Nationals, I’ll be hosting a mock tournament on 3/29 (Saturday) – on campus.
Tournament will be run in 4 rounds, each contestant may be DE in a round to show all events going to nationals. Tournament dress is optional, of course. Rounds will be held at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, and 1:30, with lunch provided at 12:30. Please arrive and compete in a timely fashion.
Any student that is in town is expected (read: required) to attend. Waste not, want not.
The Champion. “Even with the flu.”
Alums! Friends/husbands/coworkers of alums! We need judges! I’m guessing we’ll need at least 3 sections in each round. I can judge one, who else is up? Also, we can certainly double or triple up judges (more ballots = more better) in rounds, so don’t be shy!
I will be creating schematics for the mock tournament, which will be accessible from this website, and published at least 24 hours before the tournament begins!
Thanks! Email me at voirola@gmail.com if you have any questions – or if you want to get added to the judging list!
Hey look at how each movie is presented. Great ideas and set up.
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So, team.
First: CONGRATS!!! So many happys from State! I hope it was inspiring and invigorating for the weeks ahead…we’re about to put in WORK!
Here’s what’s what. I was super sick at the end of last week, and missed a ton of work. I will be making up that work time this week by adding on tons of hours to my regular work schedule. I’ll literally be working 11 hour days. Plus commute.
So. I want you to know that while I *do* want to help with pre-nats prep…it ain’t gonna happen this week.
We’ll chat next week, folks.
ALSO: Just as a standard for my coaching schedule: Sign up at minimum 24 hours in advance. Sessions reserved within 24 hours may or may not be honored (I gots to have a plan for my life, kidlets).
Put on your BGP,
Amanda
On March 1st 2014, Hailey Simmons placed second in Oratorical Speaking at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association’s State Tournament. Hailey will be one of only two delegates representing the state of Illinois at the oldest forensics tournament in the country: the Interstate Oratorical Association National Tournament.
Representing the state of Illinois at the Interstate Oratorical Association is an honor the significance of which those within the world of competitive forensics quickly recognize. For those outside the activity the true scope of this achievement can be harder to grasp as the time, talent, and dedication required to reach this zenith are very difficult to imagine.
What makes it all the more significant is that Hailey Simmons is only a sophomore member of North Central College’s Speech and Debate Team. Despite her relative lack of experience in the activity, Hailey made it her goal to represent Illinois and worked tirelessly toward this goal. Through countless revisions, endless practice, intense (and sometimes heated) coaching, Hailey never once wavered in reaching her objective. She truly represents the very best of what North Central Forensics – and the state of Illinois – has to offer.
Congratulations Hailey Simmons on your amazing accomplishment.
The members of the North Central Forensics team congratulate John Stanley for being the 2014 IIFA recipient of the Dennis Ross Coaching Award.
John, you are our coach, our leader, our inspiration, and our friend. A team could not ask for a better guide and mentor for this wonderful, terrible, joyous, heart-breaking, beautiful, soulful journey that is forensics.
Thank you for being all you are.
This from Dr. Richard Paine on the NCC Alumni Facebook Page:
“I just got back from IIFA – and I know that the results are already known to many people! But just in case you haven’t heard all the details, the results of the State Championship this year include: A close-out in the final round of debate, meaning that a mutually-held State title now belongs to Steve Perry, Abigail Rachel (Abbi Van Hook), Abby Forensics (Abby Escatel), and Megan Nilles. First place in Duo Interpretation for Rachel Suwadi West and Shawn Anaya. Second Place in After Dinner for Rachel. Fourth Place in Oratory for Rachel. Fourth Place in Prose for Shawn. Fourth place speaker in debate for Abbi Van Hook, 5th place debate speaker for Megan Nilles, and 6th place debate speaker for Steve. Sixth Place in After Dinner for Abby Escatel. Third Place team overall (with Bradley first, Illinois State second, Northwestern fourth, and Northern Illinois fifth rounding out the team sweepstakes awards). AND. For only the third time in team history, a North Central student has qualified to attend the Interstate Oratorical Contest, a landmark achieved by Hailey Simmons. She will travel to James Madison University in Virginia in April to compete. AND. John Stanley was selected by the students of the state of Illinois as this year’s Dennis-Ross coaching award winner. Alumni including CodyNicholas Follis, David DePino, and Kacy Sue (Abeln) were there to celebrate it with him, as was his former-student-now-coach-at-Elgin Tim Anderson. It’s been an IIFA to remember.”
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