SMOOTH TALKERS VIE FOR STATEWIDE HONORS.Byline: Phil O'Donoghue Daily News Staff Writer The subjects ranged from Shakespeare's plays William Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. His plays are traditionally divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy. to Jerry Falwell's take on Tinky Winky of the ``Teletubbies'' as students spoke up at a statewide forensics See computer forensics. tournament Sunday. Moorpark students expressed delight Sunday about the camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. as well as the performances on a weekend of team and individual speaking contests at the California Community College Forensics Association's annual tournament. ``The best part is not the competition but the camaraderie it generates,'' said Bentley Brown, 19, one of 15 on Moorpark's team. More than 350 students and faculty from 25 junior colleges converged on Moorpark for the event, which wrapped up Sunday. Contestants vied for honors in categories including prose interpretation  This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. , poetry interpretation, persuasive speaking and original one-act plays they had written. ``I love it. It's very hard and very time-consuming, but it's a great experience,'' Marielle Cohlan, 19, said about the competition. The dozens of trophies and plaques in the team room at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. attest To solemnly declare verbally or in writing that a particular document or testimony about an event is a true and accurate representation of the facts; to bear witness to. To formally certify by a signature that the signer has been present at the execution of a particular writing so as to students' dedication to speech competition through the years. Some team members said they spend as long as 30 hours a week, in addition to other studies and jobs, preparing for the competition. ``They're just the best bunch of people,'' said Georgie Monahan, president of the state organization and a teacher at Orange Coast College Orange Coast College (OCC), founded in 1948, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. , about the Moorpark team and coaches. She is a Moorpark alumna. Moorpark perennially produces the most successful community college teams in the nation, said James Wyman, who heads the college's forensics coaching staff. Since 1972, the team has won the national title seven times, placed second eight times and third seven times. The team last year placed fourth in the nation, Wyman said. Monahan said the school's success in forensics rests on practice and dedication. Team member Katina Daleiden, 26, received the Karl Bovero Award from the Pacific Southwest College Forensics Association for the most promising community college public speaker in the Southwest. Daleiden is the first student from Moorpark College to win the award in 12 years. She also has been selected to represent the region at an interstate oratory oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as delivering a speech. contest to be held in Lexington, Ky., April 23-24. Although they spend so much time on forensics, team members typically improve their grades in other subjects, too, they said. ``Being a team member has really changed my life around,'' student Matti Werber said. |
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