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Wednesday, November 20,1985/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Debaters to host tourney, gain experience By JUNE PANG Staff Writer “Debate, perhaps more than any other extracurricular activity, bridges the gap between academics —* and career” — An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Texas A&M’s debate society has a chance to bridge that gap when it hosts 40 teams from all over the country for a debate tournament Dec. 6-8. “We want to show our campus to ather students,” said Wayne Kraetner, A&M’s debate coach and a lecturer in speech communication. But, more importantly, we want to et the debate students observe how rther students debate.” T he experience of debating with students from other universities is important for debaters, Kraemer said. So far this semester, Aggie debat ers have competed in six debate tournaments, including three dis trict bouts. District tournaments may be sponsored by any university in A&M’s National Debate Tourna ment (NDT) district. This district contains five other states: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas and Missouri. A&M has five debate teams pre paring for the 1986 annual national tournament in March at Dartmouth College. Kraemer said the A&M teams are doing well. One team won a first place and a third place in two district debates. Another team won a third place in a district debate. Last year, an A&M team qualified for the national tournament but did not make it to the final round. A&M won four debates and lost four de bates. Usually it requires five wins to enter the final round, Kraemer said. A&M has recently joined another form of debate organized by the Cross Examination Debate Associa tion, Kreamer said. The association ranked A&M first among five universities which re cently joined the group. The rank- Student leader profile OCApresident Michelle Davis enjoying off-campus life utonium. t explain howii :d to increase! n’t intend tom )ons.' T hey jus the size of thek e happy. A fed ib. The irickisi rvant it to go,1 ;rcss has been in the presenli n man new have now u ain’t seen noil By MEG CADIGAN Staff Writer Sam is one of the reasons Off- Campus Aggies President Mich elle Davis enjoys living off-cam pus. Sam, one of Davis’ roommates, is a small tabby, which has many fans. Davis says even her parents, who were a little skeptical about Sam at first, love the cat. But being able to keep a pet isn’t the only reason Davis gives for loving off-campus life. “I lived on-campus just one summer and I really didn't like it,” she says. “I prefer cooking for myself and having a lot of space to myself. T he dorms are too cramped up.” Davis says she likes to be able to get away from school at the end of the day. “A lot of people are on campus all day, and 1 don’t know if I’d be able to stand it,” Davis says. However, she says, living oil- campus isn’t always a bed of roses. “You have a lot more room to clean up than in a dorm,” she says-. Davis, now a senior, got in- Michelle Davis volved with OCA during the spring semester of her freshman year when she was an apartment council president. She was OCA treasurer and vice president her sophomore and junior years, re spectively. “I just kind of stepped up each year,” she says. As OCA president, Davis is en thusiastic about her goal of get ting OCA recognized by students. “They’ve (OCA) been around for seven years, and people don’t know who they are,” Davis says. She says OCA is not associated with the Off-Campus Center in Puryear Hall, but many students don’t know this. “We’re the organization that lets the students have fun,” Davis says. , Davis says she hasn’t always been outgoing, and the idea of coming to a university the size of A&M was somewhat intimidating. But, she says, she took the advice of a high school counselor and applied to A&M. “She (the counselor) said, ‘you need a challenge,’ and boy, was she right,” Davis says. “The min ute I came on campus I fell in love with it.” It’s easy to see Davis has lost her high school shyness. Now she leads meetings of up to 200 OCA members. She also takes part in the OCA Hogs bonfire cutting group. "Tve only missed two cuts this year,” Davis says proudly. Davis is a business analysis ma jor, how'ever she began her A&M career as a computer science ma jor. “I spent two years in computer science and got wise and got out," Davis says. “Then I got into Bana and I really enjoy it.” ing was judged by the teams’ debate records through October. Every year NDT determines a general topic on which all teams de bate. The topic is usually broad so students can break it into many sub- topics to prepare and debate throughout the year, Kraemer said. Kraemer said his students have been debating under sub-topics such as dental education, death educa tion, the no-pass no-play rule and foreign language education. He said students must research the topic be fore the debate and know how to present their material clearly while under pressure. Analyzing ability and reasoning skills are also impor tant, Kraemer said. Anonymous bomb threat hits Zachry A caller Tuesday told a secretary in the Zachry Engineering Center- that a bomb would explode in the building within two hours. Dr. Robert D. Chenowetb, profes sor of electrical engineering, said the call came in about 2:30 p.m. “It was a very short message,” Chenoweth said. “He said he had hidden a bomb in the building and it would explode at 4:30 p.m.” Chenoweth notified building proctor Dan Drew, who called the University Police. Police arrived and evacuated the building. Officer Rick Flores said police searched the building where the public would have easy access while professors checked lab rooms and classrooms. Chenoweth said he had an idea of the caller’s motives. “There is a very strong suspicion that the person who called probably had a test that he or she had not pre pared for,” Chenoweth said. At 5 p.m. Flores told students waiting outside that classes were cancelled but they could go back into the building. Zane Orr, an engineering major, • said, “My prof is real hard. I know he’ll push us twice as hard next week to make up for this.” i columnist k Syndicate, doit (it suffer by a! ig their politic vities are higt re. They seen n a university! hing diffei pretations is! education pr» efforts are & it the exchaif dumbing do»i le. 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