Forum Ponders the Great Debates Q; What is Bro. Rene's favorite travel f(X)(H 2. Q: What are Ihe three W's? 3. Q; What is in Mendel's schootbag~
f you don't know Ihe answers to these questions, then you're obviously nol a member of The Forum, laSalle's very own speech and debate team, led by our belov<'d godhead Bro. Rent~ Sterner FSC. While most of the school's learns have bul one season of grueling COml>elillon, forensics is a year long aClivity. Students focus on one or two different events which range from Deb..u e and Lincoln·
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Douglas debate (for the more argumentative at heart) to such speech events as Prose and Poetry Reading, Dramatic Interpretation of Literature, Duo Interpretation (Being a Friend), Oratory, and EKlcmporaneous Speaking. Of course, there's Congress, an event competed in by all, but masll.!red by a few, VERY (ew. The Forum coml>eles against other schools on both the local, stale, and national level. wilh its goals always bemg learning, victory, and, most importantly, having (un. (Forensics is a co-ed sport after all!!!) This year's Forum hopes to win the City Championships (as always) and go on for the Greater Glory of Ren~ at Baltimore (Calholic Nationals) and Minneapolis for Nationals (we hope Vincenzo won't get lost in Ihe Mall of America!) SeniOf'S Brian Egan and Seth Scanlon form La Salle's Varsny Debate Team A, debaung thIS year on the Issue of luveOile cnme. After winnlO8 such tourn<lments <IS the Lol S<llIc Invit<ltioooll olnd tn.e Shikellemy High School Tournament, one wonders if they have .lctually found the solution to Juvenile cnme. In the wacky ·....orld the is tn.e L·D debate, President, KralTlel'"-lookalike, and L-D god Steve Mc Elroy has set the pace with hIS first place wins.1I ShikeUemy, Scranton. and La Salle. Junior Paul Kahan and 5elllor Mendel SChmledekamp are always ready to debate fOf that w.'Cond spot, and have consistently shown our opponen15 Ihat La Salle is a force to be reckoned with. Oratory, where the speech is wrllten, performed. and rewritten by you, the high school student, is led by Vincenzo La Ruffa, champion at orth HIlls, La Salle, and West Chester University Tournd· menlS. The -lnterpM events. where dt every moment you are someone else, has such characters as
Gregory Hosmer (La Salte, Scranton, Towson), who does humorous interpretation, Gamal Palmer, and Ryan Mascio. Extemporaneous speaking, the event in which In you must be prepared to speak on any current eventS topic, is home to James Palmieri, Terry Fallon, and Brian -Cdesar" Carberry. The Forum, like .111 athletic events, cannot run smoothly without the dssiSlance of coaches. So, to our dedicated moderator, Brother Rene Sterner (who coaches Oratory and Extemp), Mr. Edwin Kelly, formerly of Permsbury High School (who coaches L-D debate and Extempl, the ever mathematical Mrs. Smith (who deals with the unruly Interpersl, Mr.}oseph tvkMahan lDebate), we extend our thdnks and recogmtlOO. The Forum: Home to a diverse colJecllon of students, bound together by the joy found in communication. The Forum: A place where hard work and research dre commonplace. The Forum: The art of pursuing the truth while simultaneously having fun. (The Pfeceding is an example of a rhetorical device. Brother will be proud.) he 1996-97 l,l Salle High School ~bate Tum. Bad: row, frft,o rish': Dan GrisS,lni, Mike Iielnik, Mall MUrfilY, Palll "ahan, Brian Egan, Steve Mc Elroy, Seth Scanlon, Dean Frillen, aiesh Noronha. Front: Bill Phelan, Ion Pain(', Mario Oi (Ierico, Terence Fitzgibbons. 'MOU'II,UOP '1M U;Ma SSU!YI awos aJI! aJilyl 'AaH:V'( (SJJ'Il!ads pooS }o aU!!q ayl SI .4.';)ul?punpa~d _'!JOM ''!JOM ''1JOM.,:V ·Z (ilSJOO';) JO a8Je,-xXX) .4.150J:I pUl? !1!4J s,.4.puaM V :V '1
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