{"id":4054,"date":"2020-02-06T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2020-02-07T17:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:18:35","slug":"cc-speech-and-debate-brings-home-win-heads-to-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2020\/02\/06\/cc-speech-and-debate-brings-home-win-heads-to-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Speech and Debate Brings Home Win, Heads to Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sarah Senese \u201923<\/strong><\/p>\n

This past January, the Colorado College Speech and Debate team brought home the title \u201cFirst Place Overall Sweepstakes,\u201d attesting to the hard work of both the team members and their coach, Sarah Hinkle.<\/p>\n

First Place Overall Sweepstakes is awarded to the team that not only has the highest number of students placing well within their individual events but to the team whose students have the best overall speaker points. These students spoke the most eloquently, made their points the strongest, and put the most heart into the topics that mean the most to them.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s special about the CC speech and debate team, is that unlike the other colleges and universities that compete with teams of 20-40 students, CC has just six dedicated students. These students, despite being outnumbered by all of the teams in competition, managed to place in the top three of most of their events \u2014 earning their title \u201cFirst Place Overall Sweepstakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Hinkle, coach of the speech and debate team, is visibly proud of her students when asked to speak on their win. For Hinkle, the most impressive part of the team is not their winning streak or ability to bring home trophies, but their love for the sport. The students have a \u201cheart for politics, global events, and platforming social change, and that\u2019s what CC is all about \u2014 using your power for good. And these students do that through competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Member of the team Colleen Campbell \u201923<\/strong>, has equally prideful comments on her accomplishments at their last competition at the University of Utah. For Campbell, \u201cwinning isn’t why I do speech and debate. Representing the college well and the team well is why I do it. What we won we did together, through pride and comradery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alanna Jackson \u201923<\/strong> also mentions what speech and debate means to her, \u201clearning, being vulnerable, finding experiences that you\u2019ve dealt with, and using them to push your piece to the next level \u2014 that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. And I know that when I push myself, my team will be there to support me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CC speech and debate team, though it be small, be mighty. Five out of the six students on the team will be competing in Tokyo, Japan, representing Colorado College at the International Speech and Debate Tournament during Block 6. Good luck:<\/p>\n

Noah Hirshorn ’20<\/div>\n
Deksyos Damtew ’22<\/div>\n
Stephen Sigman ’22<\/div>\n
Alanna Jackson ’23<\/div>\n
Colleen Campbell ’23<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sarah Senese \u201923 This past January, the Colorado College Speech and Debate team brought home the title \u201cFirst Place Overall Sweepstakes,\u201d attesting to the hard work of both the team members and their coach, Sarah Hinkle. First Place Overall Sweepstakes is awarded to the team that not only has the highest number of students … <\/p>\n

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