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Speech and Debate Competes at PSCFA’s Fall Championship

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] FC Speech and Debate Team participated in the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s fall championship tournament at Mt. San Antonio College on Dec. 5 and 6. Debaters Rohan Shah, Brian Wheat, and persuasion speaker Andrea O’Loughlin all took home bronze-medal awards.  Shah and Wheat lost a 1-2 decision to debaters from Irvine Valley… Read more »

Debaters Take Top Awards at CSUF Blumer Tournament

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College debaters took top awards at the 21st CSUF Blumer Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 14. Facing CSUF in both open and novice division finals, FC’s Zach Turner and Brian Wheat took first place in Open Public Forum Debate, while partners, Zoe Kline-Koeing and Daniel Trandell-Smoke took second to CSUF… Read more »

FC Debaters Capture Multiple Awards During Halloween Tournament

[tabs slidertype=”simple” auto=”yes” fx=”slide” autospeed=”4000″][tab][/tab][tab] [/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College debaters captured multiple awards at the CSUF-Fullerton College National Educational Debate Association Halloween “Swing” Tournament on Oct. 30 and 31. On Friday, Joseph Phillips and Cynthia Jimenez and teammates Daniel Boughter and Matt Adams finished in first and second place, while Michael Wu and Zach Turner received… Read more »

Fullerton College Victorious at ‘Three for Free’ Individual Events Tournament

Fullerton College was victorious at the ‘Three for Free’ individual events tournament hosted by Irvine Valley College on Oct. 16. In an event that included both informative and persuasive speeches, FC students finished first, second, and third. Andrea O’Loughlin earned a first place gold medal, Brandon Curington earned a second place silver medal, and Octavio… Read more »

Debate Team Hosts Season Opener

The Speech and Debate Team will host the 6th annual Early Bird Intercollegiate Debate Tournament on Friday, Sept. 18 at Fullerton College. The tournament is the first official debate tournament of the year for colleges and universities throughout Southern California. Debate teams who have attended in the past include students from CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, Irvine… Read more »

Debate Students Win Again

[one_third] From left: Taylor English, Kitiny Phumchun, Zach Turner [/one_third] [two_third_last] Three Fullerton College debaters picked up first, second, and third place awards on May 16 during the Southern California Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest in Los Angeles sponsored by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Kitiny Phumchun picked up first place and received a $1,000 scholarship, while… Read more »

Fullerton Debaters Win Big at 20th CSUF Blumer Forensics Tournament

[tabs slidertype=”images” auto=”yes” autospeed=”4000″][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-CSUF-BLUMER-TEAM-PICTURE.jpg[/imagetab][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CSUF-BLUMER-1nc-TURNER.jpg[/imagetab][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CSUF-BLUMER-2015-Finals.jpg[/imagetab][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CSUF-Blumer-cx.jpg[/imagetab][/tabs] Michael Wu and Zach Turner led a 1-2-4 Fullerton College finish at the 20th CSUF Blumer Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament May 2. They and the team of Sarah Benedict and Kenneth Baer closed out finals, with Wu and Turner prevailing in a… Read more »

Fullerton Forensics Team Shines at PSCFA Novice Championship

[tabs slidertype=”images” auto=”yes” autospeed=”4000″][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pscfa-gold-KEN-SARAH.jpg[/imagetab][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/PSCFA-2015-KEN-SARAH-JOHN-ROHAN.jpg[/imagetab][imagetab width=”800″ height=”500″]https://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ALEX-ROHAN-PSCFA-GOLD.jpg[/imagetab][/tabs] Fullerton College’s speech & debate team all came back with awards from this weekend’s Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association Spring Novice Championship. On April 25, the debate teams of Alex Antonowitsch and Rohan Shah, and Sarah Benedict and Kenneth Baer, both won their final championship… Read more »

Debate Team Brings Home Top Honors at National Tournament

For the first time in the history of the Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team, the team traveled outside of California to compete at the National Educational Debate Association’s (NEDA) National Tournament on March 13 and 14 in Dayton, Ohio, and brought home multiple awards, including the National Championship title. A collegiate debate association emphasizing audience-centered… Read more »