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
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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-
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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.”
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