The
WKU Forensics Team
kicked off its competitive season by hosting the WKU/Alumni Fall Forensic Tournament on WKU’s campus the weekend of Sept. 20-22.
Combining four tournaments into a single weekend, the event offered competition in debate and individual events over three days, hosting 14 schools from Louisiana to Michigan and Pennsylvania, including the University of Alabama, Bradley University, Illinois State University, Pennsylvania State University and Truman State University. WKU students competed in the tournament, but as host the team was not eligible for team sweepstakes awards.
WKU Director of Forensics Ganer Newman said the tournament is intended to bring debate and public speaking together. “WKU is equally dedicated to both debate and public speaking, so we provide a tournament which acts as a model for a more comprehensive forensic education,” he said. “Considering that this is the first tournament of the school year for most teams, they find that getting ready to compete this early is a prohibitive challenge. I am extremely proud of all of the work our students and staff put into making our season opener a success. We especially want to thank the thirty-nine instructors and graduate students who volunteered as judges. This tournament was truly a campus community effort.”
