2011 CHICAGO CONVENTION
HOBART JARRETT DEBATE COMPETITION The inaugural Hobart Jarrett Debate Competition featured two finalists: the Southwestern Region team versus the Eastern Region team. The Southwestern team was represented by Brothers Darnell Porter and Demetrius Sumner, of Beta Sigma Chapter at Southern University & A&M College. That team was declared the winner after the Eastern squad withdrew from the competition.
Beta Sigma Chapter’s Demetrius Sumner faces off with Southwestern Regional Assistant Vice President Christopher Harvey in debate exhibition.
Beta Sigma Chapter’s Darnell Porter faces off with Western Regional Assistant Vice President Mario J. Carroll in debate exhibition.
An exhibition competition was then conducted with the winning team, debating a team comprised of two regional assistant vice presidents: Brothers Mario J. Carroll of the Western Region and Christopher Harvey of the Southwestern Region.
Brother David Grisby, chairman of the debate competition committee.
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS BOWL
Members of the Southwestern Region team ready themselves for a question. From left: Tarricke Mills of Zeta Zeta Chapter at Univ. of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.; Thomas Amous of Zeta Sigma Chapter at University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla.; and Beta Sigma Chapter Brothers Demetrius Sumner and Darnell Porter from Southern University & A&M College in Baton Rouge, La.
Members of the Southern Region’s team, won the 2011 national scholars bowl competition. The team is from Delta Delta Chapter at Albany State University in Albany, Ga.
Members of the team representing the Western Region listen to a question; from left: Marques Watson and Tremeal Bradford of Gamma Xi Chapter at the University of California, Los Angeles; Mario J. Carroll of Alpha Epsilon Chapter at the University of California, Berkeley; and Chris Bell, also of Gamma Xi Chapter.
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