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Forensics Society Finishes in Top 10 in Debate at National Tournament
Forensics Society placed ninth in debate and 10th in Division I for individual awards at the National Forensics Association’s National Tournament in April at Tennessee
State
University.A total of 85 colleges and universities competed in the national tournament including, New York
University, University of Pennsylvania, Emerson
College, Otterbein
College, and Clemson
University. Four students had high placements in their events. Also, Beth Wehler ’09 (Gettysburg, Pa.) and Teevrat Garg ’10 (Haryana, India) qualified to represent Pennsylvania at the Interstate Oratorical Association’s Annual Competition April 25-26 in Madison, Wis. Wehler qualified for the semi-final round, making her speech one of the 12 best in the country.
May 13, 2008
Mock Trial Students Win Top Honors in National Tournament
One of Lafayette’s two Mock Trial teams collected an honorable mention in recognition of its performance at the national level, as well as several students taking individual awards, at the Hamilton National Tournament March 7-9 at Miami University's campus in Hamilton, Ohio. Receiving individual awards were Margi Schierberl ’10 and Adam Pie ’08 for best witness with Schierberl ranking as the top overall witness with the highest score. Timothy Daniel Reynolds ’08 also received an individual award for best attorney for his performance.
Mar 27, 2008
Jacqueline Macri ’09 Connects with the Audience
"When in rehearsal for a play, there are days, sometimes only moments, when you can feel yourself in the skin of your character; your lines flow naturally from one to the next, and above all, that sense of trying to actively figure out every line as you say it is gone.It is, as if, after weeks of trying, your subconscious has found – and highlighted – the part of your personality represented by your character. It may be a fleeting feeling, but there are few experiences in that setting that can beat it," says Jacqueline Macri ’09. The psychology major played the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the Lafayette College Theater production of Pride and Prejudice, which was performed March 5-8.
Mar 26, 2008
Lafayette Forensics Society Wins State Title
On March 8-9, the Lafayette Forensics Society took first place at the Pennsylvania Forensics Association (PFA) State Tournament held at West Chester University. Joe Dudek ’09 (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.), Mark Kokoska ’08 (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Christina Hunt ’11 (Phoenixville, Pa.), and Teevrat Garg ’10 (Haryana, India) took first place in their events and were named individual state champions. Garg and Elizabeth Wehler ’09 (Gettysburg, Pa.), who took first and second respectively in persuasive speaking, will continue on to the Interstate Oratorical Association (IOA)’s National Tournament, which is the longest running speech contest in North America.
Mar 12, 2008
Lafayette Forensics Society Hosted Spring Six Debate Tournament March 1 On March 1, the Forensics Society hosted the Lafayette College Spring Six Debate Tournament on campus and Mark Kokoska ’08 and James Hilbert ’11 took a share of the tournament title. The tournament featured six rounds of debate. After these rounds, the top eight advanced to the quarterfinals. Lafayette had four debaters in the top eight. The schools in attendance included the University of Pennsylvania, Ithaca College, Ohio University, Otterbein College, and Bridgewater College.
Mar 06, 2008
Behind the Scenes of College Theater’s Pride and Prejudice
"We are always brought back to the pure experience of a human character — whether it is the pain of misunderstanding, the embarrassment of exposing one’s flaws, or most wonderfully, another’s total acceptance of them — that reaches across hundreds of years," says Jacqueline Macri ’09. Marci is a Marquis Scholar majoring in psychology. She is playing the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the Lafayette College Theater production of Pride and Prejudice, directed by Mary Jo Lodge, assistant professor of English. The show will be performed at 8 p.m. on each evening of March 5-8.
Mar 04, 2008
Students Learn the Value of a Dollar
"The Lafayette Investment Club is a unique club for the fact that it is entirely student-run and actively manages a real money portfolio worth roughly $500,000. With investing experience ranging from “no experience, but I want to learn” to “I manage a personal portfolio,” the investment club is ideal for anyone interested in learning how to make (or lose) money. As president of the Investment Club, I believe the best aspect of the club is the ability for members to choose their role within it. Unlike other clubs which are geared towards certain majors or certain hobbies, the management of money affects everyone," says Anthony Sepe
’08 (Carmel, N.Y.) an economics & business major.
Feb 29, 2008
Reeder Street Fellows Invite Campus to Talk about Social Identity Feb. 27 The Reeder Street Fellows invite the campus community to discuss social identity, what it means in everyday life, and what happens when it is threatened, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the living room of the Reeder House, 225 Reeder St. Refreshments will be provided. The topic for the discussion is related to the Presidential Lecture on Diversity given by Stanford Professor Claude Steele on Feb. 21. His talk was entitled “Identity Happens: How Stereotype- and Identity- Affect Intellectual Performance and Shape the Challenges of an Integrated Society.” It was not necessary to have attended the lecture in order to participate in the discussion.
Feb 25, 2008
Forensics Society has Successful February
February has been a busy and successful month for the Forensics Society. On Feb. 9, the team placed second in Suffolk
University’s “Presidential Love Swing” in Boston, Mass. On Feb. 10, the team again placed second in the University of Florida’s “Presidential Love Swing,” also at Suffolk
University. The team also traveled to Fairfax, Va., where they took fourth place in George
Mason
University’s “Virginia is for Lovers” Swing on Feb. 16.
Feb 22, 2008
Mock Trial Teams Qualify for National Tournament Both of the College’s Mock Trial teams qualified for the Hamilton National Tournament after taking fourth and fifth place out of 28 teams this past weekend at the Baltimore Regional Competition, hosted by the University of Maryland’s School of Law. The Hamilton National Tournament will take place March 7-9 at Miami University in Hamilton, Ohio. “By qualifying two teams for the National tournament, we have met our goal for the year, and now look to continue our success at the national level,” says Adam Pie ’08 (Doylestown, Pa.), history major and president of the College’s Mock Trial teams.
Feb 20, 2008
College Theater Presents Pride and Prejudice
College Theater will present Pride and Prejudice, adapted by Jon Jory from the Jane Austen novel, on March 5-8 at 8 p.m. each evening in the Williams Center for the Arts. A brown bag preview will be held at noon on Monday, March 3, on the main stage of the Williams Center. Lunch will be available for $3. First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is Austen’s most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day. The comic and romantic work tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, as well as the joys and woes of the Bennet family in their search to find suitable husbands for their daughters.
Feb 18, 2008
McKelvy Scholars will Discuss Self-Actualization Feb. 17 The McKelvy Scholars invite the campus community to join them for their first dinner discussion of the semester Sunday, Feb. 17 at McKelvy House, 200 High Street. Dinner of Chinese food will be served at 6 p.m. and the discussion, led by mechanical engineering major Tonye Wilcox ’09 (Watchung, N.J.), will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. The discussion will focus on the concept of “self-actualization,” coined by Abraham Maslow as the pinnacle of human existence in which a person reaches the fullest sense of enlightenment, autonomy, capability, and peace with his or herself and others.
Feb 15, 2008
Lafayette Greek Community Receives Northeast Regional Greek GPA Award Lafayette’s Greek community was recently honored with the Northeast Regional Greek GPA Award for the fall 2007 semester from Gamma Sigma Alpha (GSA), a national Greek academic honor society which recognizes outstanding scholarship among fraternities and sororities. The award from GSA is given to the fraternity and sorority community in the northeast that achieves the greatest positive gap between the all Greek average and the all university average. Last semester, the Greek community on campus had an average GPA of 3.253.
Feb 15, 2008
A Student of Jazz
Dan Stefan ’10 (Havertown, Pa.) is a member of the College’s Jazz Combo. "The possibilities of music are vast and endless. The more I learn, practice, and play, the more I realize there is to learn and attempt to master as it should be. Jazz Combo is great because there are a few musical conversations going on at once which I can manipulate by providing appropriate chords. The freedom is fantastic, and the class is allowing me to truly develop a personal relationship with the music and my imagination; which is indeed one of the greatest rewards of the class," says Stefan.
Feb 01, 2008
Third Annual ACACIA Conference Will Explore Urbanization in Africa Feb. 15-17
Africans Creating African Consciousness and Interest Abroad (ACACIA) will host its third annual conference from Feb. 15-17. The theme is “Urbanization: The Modern Face of Africa” and it will focus on issues which Africa is currently facing, including technology, public health, population and land policy, urban art, gender issues, and economics. The conference is open to the public. The conference is taking place in conjunction with the College’s celebration of Black History Month Feb. 1–March 5, which includes lectures, art exhibits, films, performances, and a benefit dance.
Feb 01, 2008
Forensics Society Competes in Tournaments at West Chester and Webster Universities The Forensics Society competed and had individuals place in two tournaments over winter break. On Jan. 19, a few members of the team competed in the West Chester University Hugs and Kisses Tournament. A larger group of students traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to compete in Webster
University’s Gorlok Gala from Jan. 25-27. In the Hugs and Kisses Tournament, Lafayette competed against nine other schools including James
Madison
University, Seton
Hall
University, University of Florida, St. Joseph’s University, and Wilkes
University. At the Gorlok Gala, seven Lafayette students faced off against 18 other schools.
Jan 30, 2008
Mock Trial Teams Take Second and Fourth at the Cartoon Classic
The College’s two Mock Trial teams placed second and fourth out of a total of 24 teams at the Lafayette-hosted Cartoon Classic invitational tournament Nov. 30 – Dec. 2. The second place team achieved the College’s highest score in the history of the program. A total of 24 teams from 12 colleges and universities throughout the Northeast competed. The institutions were Villanova University, University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College, Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins University, Colby College, Amherst College, University of New Hampshire, Suffolk University, Wesleyan College, Elizabethtown College, and Seton Hall University.
Dec 11, 2007
Forensics Society Competes in The Ohio State University’s Holiday Frolic The Forensics Society placed fourth at The Ohio State University’s Holiday Frolic, held on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Often referred to as “Fall Champs” in the forensics world, it is one of the largest and toughest competitions that Lafayette competes in. The competition had teams from 32 colleges and universities. Some schools who participated in the competition include United States Air Force Academy, Ohio University, The Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Alabama, Northwestern
University, and Marshall
University.
Dec 07, 2007
A Different Kind of College Living
Viktorija Gecyte ’08 (Vilnius, Lithuania) is spending her senior year living on Reeder Street, one of the College’s two off-campus, residential communities. Named for its Reeder Street residence, the Reeder Fellows program borrows its basic structure from the McKelvy House Scholars program – regularly holding discussions open to the campus and organizing activities both on and off campus. "Sitting at my desk, occasionally I watch how a neighbor across the street practices martial arts in his yard, how people run and walk their dogs, how everyone comes back from class or how the sun goes down at dinner time. It makes Reeder feel like home, not an institutionalized residential college housing area," she says.
Dec 04, 2007
Slideshow: The Cartoon Classic The College’s Mock Trail Team hosted 26 teams from 12 colleges and universities throughout the Northeast during the Cartoon Classic invitational tournament. The Cartoon Classic received its name because competing teams are given the names of cartoon characters, such as Charlie Brown and Mickey Mouse, instead of traditional team numbers. Teams were from Villanova University, University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College, Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins University, Colby College, Amherst College, University of New Hampshire, Suffolk University, Wesleyan College, Elizabethtown College, and Seton Hall University. Watch a slideshow from the tournament.
Dec 03, 2007
