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Last Words tournament

The Butler Speech and Debate Team travelled to IUPUI again on March 2 to compete in the “Last Words” tournament where Junior, Marcus Harvey took 4th in Poetry and Senior, Molly Kordas took 5th in Programmed Oral Interpretation. The team … Continue reading

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State at IUPUI

The Speech and Debate team did not have to travel far for the 2013 State tournament this year.  It was just down the road at IUPUI. The speech portion took place on Saturday, February 16 and the parliamentary debate portion … Continue reading

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Speech Team travels to University of Michigan

The Butler Speech Team travelled to the frigid North for a tournament in February! Five students presented their speeches at the University of Michigan Tournament on February 9th as a warm-up for the State tournament. A great time was had … Continue reading

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Speech and Debate Team Rocks Ohio!

The Butler Speech Team travelled to Ohio University this past weekend. They competed in six events and brought home trophies in each one! Junior, Marcus Harvey took 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation, 4th in After dinner Speaking and Poetry. He also … Continue reading

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Butler Successfully Hosts High School Tournament

The Butler University Speech and Debate Team hosted a High School tournament on December 8, 2012. Eighteen High Schools attended from as far away as Evansville and as close as Fishers. There were 250 students plus coaches, and parents in … Continue reading

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Speech Team Members Win!

The speech team traveled to Transylvania University in Lexington, KY this past weekend. We did very well! Senior, Andrew Wray qualified for finals in Radio Broadcasting and won first place. He also placed 4th in Impromptu Story. Senior, Molly Kordas … Continue reading

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Students Excel at Bowling Green State University

Five Butler students traveled to Bowling Green State University on November 10. Junior, Marcus Harvey qualified for the final round and placed 6th in Poetry Interpretation. Junior, Ciara Williams placed 6th in Rhetorical Criticism. Maggie Smith, Tammy Nguyen, and Marielle … Continue reading

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Novice Debaters take 2nd place at Age of Aquarius!

This weekend the Butler University Debate Team traveled to compete at Ball State University in Muncie, IN.   Making their way to the final round of the novice division, the team of Anthony Ranieri and Phillip Tock took second place honors … Continue reading

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University of Cincinnati

We traveled to the University of Cincinnati this past weekend. Marcus Harvey, Junior, placed 6th in After Dinner Speaking and Mallory Duncan, Freshman, placed 6th in Persuasive Speaking! GO TEAM! We are traveling after Fall break to Ball State University … Continue reading

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Fall Tournaments!

The Speech Team has already been to the University of Indianapolis and Western Kentucky University. We are traveling to the University of Cincinnati this coming weekend and Ball State after Fall Break! We have many new students including 6 Freshmen … Continue reading

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