MSSU - U.K. Debate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 9, 2007

Kelly B. Larson
(417) 625-3196

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The British National Debate Team will face off against two debaters from Missouri Southern State University from 7 - 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12 in Webster Hall Auditorium at MSSU.

 

Missouri Southern will take on the British on the following topic:  Resolved: This house would scrap the Olympics.

 

Debaters from Missouri Southern taking part will be Whitney Hart, junior Political Science and Communication major from Lamar and Cody Snyder, junior Business major from Neosho.  Refreshments will be served following the debate.  They will take on British debaters Alex Just and Alistair Cormack.

 

Alex Just is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland and former President of the Oxford Union and a senior at the University of Oxford studying History and Politics. 

 

His first speech ever was about sausages.  He built on that base to become a Grand Finalist at the World Schools’ Championships in Singapore and a Grand Finalist at the World Universities Championship in Malaysia.  He has coached debate in Australia, France, Qatar and the U.S.  Most recently, he coached the Scottish national debating team that won the 2007 World Championship in South Korea.  His interests include soccer, music and cooking.

 

Alistair Cormack, born and raised in London, is a recent graduate from the University of Durham with an honors degree in History and Politics.  He was president of the Dunham Union Society and represented Durham at both the European and World Debating Championships. 

He has won several British inter-varsities and was ranked in the top ten European speakers of 2005 and is a finalist at the English National Championships.  He has convened the Durham IV and Durham Schools competitions.  He has toured the ESU and Japan.  He is a skilled puppeteer and has a keen interest in international cinema.

 

For more information, contact Kelly B. Larson, Missouri Southern Forensics Director, at (417) 625-3196 or e-mail larson-k@mssu.edu.

 

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