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campus<br />
today<br />
campus today<br />
IN THIS SECTION:<br />
• Award-Winning Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
‘Buzz’ Herman Lights Up<br />
Theatre Program<br />
• Archives Named <strong>for</strong> McClure,<br />
Collector Par Excellence<br />
• Eclectic Collection is<br />
Researchers’ Treasure Trove<br />
• Lost Boy <strong>of</strong> Sudan Survives War,<br />
Crocodiles, Finds Welcoming<br />
Home at <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong><br />
• Today’s Generation Y About<br />
Technology, Speed, Family<br />
Debaters Sion Owen, left, from Ox<strong>for</strong>d <strong>University</strong> <strong>and</strong> Kenneth Fleming from Glasgow <strong>University</strong> came to CMSU as part <strong>of</strong> a 26-stop U.S. tour.<br />
It’s a British Invasion inside Hendricks<br />
Despite delighting a campus audience with <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
humorous comments <strong>and</strong> a strong stage comm<strong>and</strong>, a<br />
British debate team was defeated by CMSU’s squad in<br />
Hendricks Hall this fall.<br />
Sion Owen, a recent graduate <strong>of</strong> Ox<strong>for</strong>d<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Engl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Kenneth Fleming, a<br />
graduate <strong>of</strong> Glasgow <strong>University</strong> in Scotl<strong>and</strong>, came to<br />
CMSU as part <strong>of</strong> a 26-school U.S. tour. The two are<br />
considered the top debaters in the English Speaking<br />
Union, representing all collegiate debate unions in<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong>, Scotl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wales.<br />
Taking the affirmative side, they squared <strong>of</strong>f<br />
against CMSU students Melissa Riley <strong>and</strong> Michael<br />
Bailey on the issue, “This House: believes that the<br />
United States should refrain from intervention in<br />
sovereign nations.” Riley, a senior from Washington,<br />
MO, majoring in journalism, has represented the<br />
university twice at the Montgomery Cup Debate<br />
Exhibition Tour <strong>of</strong> the British Isles. Bailey is a senior<br />
political science major from Blue Springs.<br />
Audience reaction decided the debate, favoring<br />
the CMSU opposition’s stance that intervention is<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten necessary <strong>for</strong> humanitarian reasons.<br />
Going into the event, participants were excited<br />
about the opportunity to treat a local audience to a<br />
lively evening <strong>of</strong> discussion. They knew, <strong>for</strong> some, it<br />
was the first opportunity to see such a debate.<br />
“I think awareness is the thing I want the<br />
audience to get from this the most,” Riley said.<br />
“We are hoping that the audience will get an idea<br />
about other concepts, other beliefs <strong>and</strong> views<br />
that they might not have heard otherwise.”<br />
Her opponent, Fleming, added, “Debating<br />
in general is to entertain <strong>and</strong> to be intellectually<br />
stimulating <strong>and</strong> thought-provoking. So, I hope<br />
this debate will ask people to consider America’s<br />
place in the world <strong>and</strong> what it means.”<br />
No debate about it, judging from audience<br />
reaction, both teams achieved these goals.<br />
winter 2005<br />
central today<br />
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